Tell us about your research interest and why you were drawn to it.
My work explores the strengths and weaknesses of different education systems and the conditions and “affordances” for improving those systems.
The Chinese education system, like the whole society, has changed dramatically in the past ten years, and those changes, particularly following the school closures, are not well understood outside China.
I believe that learning about what is and is not changing in education in China (and in other Asian countries like Vietnam and Singapore) can contribute to a better understanding of what it will take to create schools and learning experiences in the future that provide support for students’ academic development and foster a wide range of other competencies and their overall well-being.
What brought you to Beijing and what are you currently working on?