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Wang Zhaoxuan Assistant Professor

Research Institute:The Curriculum Teaching and Educational Psychology

  • Phone number: (+86) 18633452378
  • Email:zxwang@xmu.edu.cn
  • Research direction:Curriculum and instruction、Teachers’ learning and professional development

BIOGRAPHY

Wang Zhaoxuan is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education, Xiamen University. She holds a Ph.D. in Education (Ph.D.) from the University of Macau. Her primary research interests focus on curriculum and instruction, as well as teacher learning and professional development.


EDUCATION

2025

Ph.D. in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, China

2021

M.Phil. in Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

2018

B.A. in Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China


PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles in English

1) Wang, Z., Yuan, R., Zhang, H., & Qiu, L. (2025). Exploring experienced language teachers’ relay teaching experience in a continuing professional development programme: a case study from China. Professional Development in Education. 119. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2025.2486055 [SSCI]

2) Yuan, R., Wang, Z., Liao, W., Wu, W. R., & Fang, S. Y. (2024). Probing university teachers’ self-study experiences: insights from a systematic review spanning two decades. Studies in Higher Education, 50(4), 896–916. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2360546 (Corresponding author) [SSCI]

3) Wang, Z., Yuan, R., & Wang, K. (2024). Unlocking the power of big ideas in education: a systematic review from 2010 to 2022. Research papers in Education, 39(5), 822–850. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2024.2358019 [SSCI]

4) Wang, Z., Tsang, A., Yuan, R., & Yang, M. (2023). Probing curriculum coherence in pre-service teacher education: an exploratory study. Journal of Education for Teaching, 49(4), 739–742. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2023.2169601 [SSCI]

5) Wang, Z., Yuan, R., & Liao, W. (2022). Learning to teach through recursive boundary crossing in the teaching practicum. Teachers and Teaching, 28(8), 1000-1020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2022.2137139 [SSCI]

6) Yuan, R., Wang, Z., & Liu, S. (2023). When big ideas meet critical thinking in lesson study: insights from a pre-service language teacher education course. Language Teaching Research, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688231211664 [SSCI]

7) Yuan, R., Liu, S., & Wang, Z. (2025). Humanising teacher education through translanguaging: experiences from an online English-medium instruction (EMI) course. International Journal of Multilingualism, 22(2), 921-943.https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2023.2268120 [SSCI]

8) Liao, W., Li, X., Dong, Q., & Wang, Z. (2023). Non-university-based teacher educators’ professional learning: a systematic review. Teaching and Teacher Education, 136, 104374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104374 [SSCI]

9) Yuan, R., Liao, W., Wang, Z., Kong, J., & Zhang, Y. (2022). How do English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) teachers perceive and engage with critical thinking: a systematic review from 2010 to 2020. Thinking skills and creativity, 101002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101002 [SSCI]

10) Liao, W., Liu, M., Wang, Z., & Qin, K. (2022). Chinese expert teachers’ critical thinking strategies for professional growth. Professional Development in Education, 50(6), 1089–1103. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2022.2097290 [SSCI]

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Chinese

1) Wang, Z. X., Zhou, J. Study on the tripartite guidance mode in preservice teacher internship: taking Elementary Teacher Preparation Program of Michigan State University as example. International and Comparative Education, 44(05),78-85. (CSSCI) [职前教师实习的三方指导模式研究——以美国密歇根州立大学小学职前教师培养项目为例]

2) Wang, Z. X., Zhang, Y. Q., He, K. W., & Yuan, L. (2020). The influence of school climate on the job satisfaction of rural school teachers: the mediating role of teacher leadership and teacher self-efficacy. Teacher Education Research, 6, 84-90+98. (CSSCI) [乡村教师感知的学校氛围对其工作满意度的影响:教师领导力和自我效能感的中介作用]

3) Sang, G. Y., & Wang, Z. X. (2020). Meta-ethnography and its significance to educational research. Journal of Research on Education for Ethnic Minorities, 2, 63-68. (CSSCI) [元民族志研究方法及其对教育研究的价值] (Corresponding author)

4) Liao, W., & Wang, Z. X. (2021). Discussion on academic teacher educators’ challenges of and strategies for constructing professional identity. The Journal of Teacher Education. 2021, 8(04), 65-73. [学术型教师教育者的身份建构] (Corresponding author)

5) Yuan, L., Hu Y. X., Wang, Z. X., & Chen B. L. (2020). On the evidence-based lesson study: new paradigm of teacher education. Teacher Education Research, 32(4), 17-23+44. (CSSCI) [论循证课例研究的实践:教师教育的新取向]

6) Wang, Z. X., Zhang, Y. Q., & Cheng, L. (2019). Measurement of kindergarten teachers’ professional identity and its relationship to social support. Journal of Inner Mongolia Normal University (Educational Science), 10, 61-69. [幼儿园教师职业认同的测量及其与社会支持的关系]


AWARDS & HONORS

2024

Ministry of Education, Excellent typical cases of foreign language teaching in basic education

2024

University of Macau, Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Research Outcomes

2021

Outstanding graduate of Beijing Normal University


ACADEMIC VISITING

08/2019-12/2019

Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

02/2017

Global Leadership Program, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley, USA


INVITED TALKS

October, 2022

An intern teachers’ learning through boundary crossing: A case study based on S University, USA. Eighth National Empirical Research Forum on Education. East China Normal University, Beijing, China.


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

October 2024

Learning of Non-University-Based Teacher Educators in Interdisciplinary Research Community: Insights from China. Paper presented at the The Fifth Global Teacher Education Summit held by Beijing Normal University (Beijing, China).

2024.07

Learning to construct and apply big ideas in language teacher education: a

case study in China. Paper presented at the 6th Academic Seminar on the Innovation and Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Central China Normal University (Wuhan, China)

December 2023

Unlocking the pedagogical power of big ideas in education: a systematic review and future directions. Paper presented at the ERAS International Conference and WERA Focal Meeting 2023 held by National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).

October 2023

Examining the impact of relay lessons on the professional development of experienced language teachers: a case study. Paper presented at the first high-end forum on foreign language pedagogy held by Beijing Foreign Studies University (Beijing, China).

October 2021

Taking stock of existing studies on critical thinking in language teacher education from 2010 to 2020. Paper presented at the Fourth Global Teacher Education Summit held by Center for Teacher Education Research, Beijing Normal University (Beijing, China).

June 2021


Study on the guidance mode for intern teachers’ learning and its influence—a case study of a practicum program in M university in the U.S. Paper presented at the Research Postgraduate Conference held by Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China, online).


SERVICE

2023.03-2025.03

Construction of Teacher Education Experimental Zone, Jinsha County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province (Project No.: SKHX2021221) Teacher educators professional development program. Main tasks: project design and improvement, course development, teaching Student evaluation, research, etc.


PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Kindergarten teacher qualification

National basketball referee