On 6th April, the Faculty of Education, ECNU, held an academic reception in Toronto, Canada. Nearly 200 scholars from around the world attended the reception, including Professor Rick Ginsberg (Dean of School of Education, University of Kansas), Professor Michael W. Apple, (an internationally renowned scholar of critical education sociology), and Professor Thomas S. Popkewitz, (from University of Wisconsin). The seminar was hosted by Professor Zhao Yong, (Global Chair Professor of East China Normal University).
In the meeting, Professor Rick Ginsbergas a special invited guest firstly gave a speech, he said, “ECNU is a global powerhouse in educational research”. And gave an exceptionally high comment on the development of educational research of ECNU.
Professor Rick Ginsberg, Dean of School of Education, University of Kansas
Professor Yuan Zhenguo, Dean of Faculty of Education,ECNU, made a presentation to introduce the current development situation, strategies and measures of the Faculty, especially in talent cultivation, academic research, international communication, and recruitment scheme etc. Ren Yan from ECNU Personnel Department also introduced the talent recruitment system of ECNU. During the interaction, Professor Michael W. Apple said passionately, “ECNU is my second hometown”, and Professor Thomas S. Popkewitz affectionately declared “Excellent graduates from ECNU are the best gifts to me.”
Yuan Zhenguo, Dean of the Faculty of Education
Professor Michael W. Apple
Professor Thomas S. Popkewitz
Discussion in the meeting
Journal ECNU Review of Education
Thanks to the platform provided by American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference 2019, the Faculty of Education took opportunities to communicate with the world. The theme of AERA 2019 is “Leveraging Education Research in a “Post-Truth” Era: Multimodal Narratives to Democratize Evidence”. A total of 23 papers from Faculty of Education, ECNU, had been accepted by the conference, with the highest number of accepted papers and the largest number of participants in recent years at ECNU.
During the 5-day AERA conference, teachers and students of the Faculty of Education made nearly 20 academic reports through group meetings, round-table discussion. They exchanged and shared research results and academic views, spread the voices of Chinese scholars, which expanded international influence of ECNU in educational disciplines.
Appendix of papers accepted
| Author | Theme |
| Ting Liu | Early Childhood
Cognitive Competence of Very Young Children |
| Huang, Chiao Ling; Yang, Shu Ching | Coping Strategy of Students to Deal With Online Academic Resources: Plagiarize or Not Plagiarize |
| Jing Lv | Evaluating the Efficacy of Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling Approaches with Missing Correlations |
| Rui Shi, Guo Wang，Xiang Feng | Integration of Automated Essay Scoring With Creative Writing for ESL Teaching in China Primary School |
| Zhengmei Peng,
Gang Zhu |
Profiling EFL Preservice Teachers’ Metaphorical Professional Identity |
| Gang Zhu,Zhengmei Peng,
Diana Wandix-White, Lynne Walters,Li Deng |
A Systematic Literature Review on International Teaching Practicums: Current Status and Future Directions |
| Xianlong Xu | A Paradox of High Access but Low Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Chinese Teachers |
| Tao Wang，Audrey Osler,
Yunhuo Cui |
Cultivating Citizenship in Global Education: Opportunities and Challenges of a Competence-Based Curriculum for China |
| Diyue Liu, Yi Jiang | Perceived Social Relationships in Predicting Adolescents’ Academic Motivation and Outcomes: Father Absence as a Moderator |
| Bian Wu | Exploring the Epistemic Development Trajectories in Jigsaw-Based Collaborative Problem Solving |
| Tao Wang | Education and Social Integration of Muslim Migrant Children in China |
| Yong Jiang | Create a New Pathway to Collaborative Reflection: The Problems and Improvement on Chinese Preschool-Based Teaching Research |
| Gang Zhu,
Christopher Thompson, Maria Suarez,Zhengmei Peng |
A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Flipped Instruction on K–12 Students’ Academic Achievement |
| Yuhua Bu | Reflecting On Practice: Backbone Teachers’ Personal Practical Knowledge of
Their School Reform Experiences |
| Gang Zhu,
Zhengmei Peng,Deng Li, Guofang Li,Matthew Etchells |
Student Teachers’ Emotions, Dilemmas, and Professional Identity Formation Amid the Teaching Practicums |
| Jie Zheng | State Formation and Higher Education: Government Policy Shifts and Internationalization of Higher Education in China |
| Xinzi Dai, Xingning Pei | Research on Instructional Strategies for Science Learning
Trigger High-level Responses from Students: Reflective Prompts in STEM Cooperative Learning |
| Gang Zhu,Zhengmei Peng,
Li Deng |
Framing EFL Preservice Teachers’ Reflections Amid the Teaching Practicum Through Metaphors |
| Dan Zhang | The Actual Logic and Dilemma in Policy Implementation for Migrant Children Education: Case Study of Shanghai Primary Schools |
| Jing Zhang | Predicting scholastic Performance: When Interests take over from Openness |
| Fangwen Wu, Yi Jiang | Perceived Relationships at School in Predicting Adolescents’ Motivation and Educational Outcomes Across Different Age Groups |
| Julie A. Luft; Jaime Marie Diamond; Dorothy Y. White; Chunlei Zhang; Robert Idsardi | Prepared for the Future? What a Literature Review Reveals About K-12 STEM Professional Development Programs |
| Gang Zhu,
Mary Rice |
Examining the Evolution of ESL Preservice Teachers’ Metaphorical Epistemology During Clinical Experiences |