| Date |
Activity |
| 3-7 April 2014 |
Paper 'Accountability and the Impact of Teacher Development on Student Outcomes and Progress: Evidence from China' presented by Prof Sally Thomas at the 2014 AERA Annual Meeting: The Power of Education Research for Innovation in Practice and Policy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2-7 January 2014 |
Paper 'The Impact of Teacher Development on Student Outcomes and Progress: Evidence from China' presented by Prof Sally Thomas at the 27th ICSEI Congress: Redefining Education, Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| 1-3 November 2013 |
Keynote paper ‘Teachers Professional Development and the Role of Professional Learning Communities to Enhance Teachers Practice and Student Outcomes: Evidence from China’ presented by Prof Sally Thomas at the 11th International Curriculum Forum: School-Based Teacher Professional Development, The Institute of Curriculum & Instruction, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (see the link for the Forum details) (
review (PDF, 1,777kB) on the Forum (pdf, 1.7MB)) (Thomas's
presentation (PDF, 999kB) (pdf, 1.0MB)) |
| 24 October 2013 |
The final ITDEQC local dissemination seminar at LEA2 with local officials, researchers, teachers, and headteachers from school participants |
| 22 October 2013 |
ITDEQC project meeting at NIES, Beijing |
| 21 October 2013 |
The final ITDEQC local dissemination seminar at LEA1 with local officials, researchers, teachers, and headteachers from school participants |
| 18 October 2013 |
The final ITDEQC local dissemination seminar at LEA3 with provincial/local officials, researchers, teachers, and headteachers from school participants |
| 16 October 2013 |
Prof Thomas, Dr Peng and Mr Li meeting with Prof Baocun Liu (Director of International and Comparative Education Research Institute, Beijing Normal University) in Beijing for the possibility of exchange and collaboration |
| 15 October 2013 |
A one-day project final dissemination conference held in Beijing on 'Improving Teacher Development and Education Quality in China' organised jointly by National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development Ministry of Education, Beijing Education Examination Authority, and National Institute of Education Sciences (NIES) / University of Bristol ITDEQC project. Chaired by ITDEQC project China coordinator Mr. Jiangzhong Li, the conference included:
- Opening remarks and introduction to ITDEQC project - Dr Huisheng Tian (President of National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development)
- Three presentations of ITDEQC project findings - Prof Sally Thomas, Dr Lingyu Yi and Dr Wen-Jung Peng
- Opening wider to the outside world and improving the quality of university teachers: China's policies and practices - Dr Jianfeng Liu (NIES Vice President)
- Green assessment and innovation indicators at A level in China - Dr Shanshan Zhang (National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development)
- Assessment reform at A level in China, the potential of value added measures - Dr Ruping Chen (Director of Basic Education Research Center, NIES)
- Teachers professional learning community in China: features in practice and future development - Dr Zhiyan Shan (Director of Teacher Education Research Center, NIES)
- From examination to assessment: important ways to reduce learning burden - Ms Xiutao Ding (Director of Beijing Education Examination Authority)
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| 14 Oct 2013 |
Prof Thomas and Dr Peng meeting with Prof Miantao Sun from Shangyang Normal University in Beijing for the opportunity of future collaboration |
| 10-13 September 2013 |
Paper 'Chinese Teachers Professional Development and the Role of Professional Learning Communities to Enhance Teachers Practice and Student Outcomes: Regional Comparisons' presented by Prof Sally Thomas at the 2013 ECER Creativity and Innovation in Educational Research, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 10-12 September 2013 |
Paper 'the Impact of Teacher Development and Professional Learning Communities on Student Outcomes and Progress: Evidence from China' presented by Wen-Jung Peng at the 2013 UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, UK |
| 29 July 2013 |
Dr Peng meeting with three officials/teachers from ITDEQC China local partner LEA1 in Bristol |
| 26 March 2013 |
A one-day seminar organised jointly by Zanzibar Ministry of Education and Training and Improving Teacher Development and Educational Quality in China (ITDEQC) project (Graduate School of Education University of Bristol/China National Institute for Education Sciences, Beijing): Speakers including Ms. Mwanaidi Saleh Abdalla, Principal Secretary (Introduction to Seminar); Dr Massoud Salim Head of Research Division, Department of Planning Policy and Research (Evaluating Educational Quality in Zanzibar); Ms. Fatma Khamis Bakar, Head of Division of Teacher Education, Department of Teacher Education (Teacher Development Issues in Zanzibar) and ITDEQC project director Prof Sally Thomas (Evaluating Educational Quality in China and UK: Using Value Added Measures, Teacher Development and Professional Learning Communities: Evidence from China) |
| 28 February 2013 |
Prof Thomas meeting with Prof Jiacheng Li, MOE National Institute of Schooling Reform and Development, East China Normal University in Bristol |
| 3-6 January 2013 |
Paper 'Overview Of teachers professional development and the role of professional learning communities to enhance teachers practice and student outcomes In China' and symposium paper 'Using contextualised value added to examine school effectiveness as a tool for accountability' presented by Prof Sally Thomas in the 26th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Santiago, Chile |
| 4 November 2012 |
Meeting with Prof Youqun Ren (Vice-President East China Normal University) and Dr Xiangdong Yang (Vice- Dean School of Education East China Normal University) |
| 31 October - 3 November 2012 |
Meetings and seminars with Prof Xiaozhou Xu (Dean College of Education), Prof Wenjun Zhang (Director Institute of Curriculum and Instruction), Prof Hua Wu (Institute of Leadership and Policy), Prof Xueping Wu (Head Education Department) and other colleagues at College of Education, Zhejiang University |
| 27 September 2012 |
Prof Thomas, Ms Abdalla,Dr Salim, and Dr Peng joining NIES colleagues in NIES in an interaction on vocational education training (VET) and teacher professional development with Ms Yanwei Ma's a talk on vocational education in China, and Ms Abdalla/Dr Salim's presentation on VET in Zanzibar |
| 27 September 2012 |
Prof Thomas, Ms Abdalla,Dr Salim, Mr Li and Dr Peng visiting President Dr Tian's organisation, National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development |
| 26 September 2012 |
'Teacher development and educational quality in China, Africa and UK', an joint international seminar held in Beijing with CTER, INRULED, and NIES/University of Bristol ITDEQC project, speakers including Prof Xudong Zhu (Institute of Teacher Education, Beijing Normal University), Prof Xiaoman Zhu (UNESCO, INRULED), Ms Mwanaidi Saleh Abdalla (Principle secretary, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Zanzibar), Dr Massoud Salim (Head of Planning, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Zanzibar), Dr Lang Ma (UNICEF), Prof Sally Thomas (University of Bristol), Dr Wen-Jung Peng (University of Bristol) |
| 24 September 2012 |
ITDEQC project meeting at NIES, Beijing |
| 20-22 September 2012 |
Two papers 'Improving Educational Evaluation and Teacher Development: Using Value added Measures of School Performance in China' and 'Measuring Teacher Quality and the Role of Professional Learning Communities to Enhance Teacher Learning and Student outcomes in China' presented by Sally Thomas and Wen-Jung Peng respectively at an international conference entitled 'Innovative IRT methods in view of performance indicator studies in the field of mathematics and reading comprehension' held in South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China |
| 29-31 August 2012 |
A paper 'School Effects in China' presented at the Third Meeting of the EARLI Sig 18 Educational Effectiveness, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 25 June 2012 |
'Improving Teacher Development and Educational Quality in China: examining schools as effective professional learning communities -preliminary findings', paper presented by Wen-Jung Peng, Lingyun Yi, and Xiaomei Yan at the seminar organised by China Educational Research Network at University of Bristol |
| 27-30 May 2012 |
Yee Han Peter Joong (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Sally Thomas (Bristol University, United Kingdom), Disraeli Hutton (University of West Indies, Jamaica), Ming-dih Lin (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan) (2012) Leadership for Reforms in Canada, Jamaica, China and Taiwan / Le rôle du leadership dans les réformes au Canada, en Jamaïque, en Chine et à Taiwan. Paper presented at Canadian Society for the Study of Education XLth Annual Conference, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo |
| 13-17 April 2012 |
'Exploring the Range and Extent of Senior Secondary School Effectiveness Across Three Regions in Mainland China', paper presented by Sally Thomas at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada |
| 24 November 2011 |
A group of six colleagues from Shanghai Institute of Executive Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University visiting Bristol and meeting with Prof Yongjin Zhang from SPAIS, Prof Tim Bond, Dean of GSOE, Dr Guoxing Yu and Dr Wen-Jung Peng |
| 29-30 October 2011 |
Improving Educational Evaluation and Teacher Development in China: overview evidence from IEEQC and ITEDQC projects’ paper presented by Wen-Jung Peng at the 2011 Meeting of the Educational Administrative Branch of Chinese Association of Education, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China |
| 24 October 2011 |
Prof Thomas and Dr Peng meeting with Prof Miantao Sun from Shangyang Normal University in Beijing |
| 24 October 2011 |
Prof Thomas and Dr Peng meeting with Prof Xiaomen Zhu (Beijing Normal University) and Prof Nina Ye. Borevskaya (IIEP UNESCO Governing Board Member) in Beijing |
| 24 October 2011 |
Prof Thomas and Dr Peng meeting with Prof Xudong Zhu, Director of Center for Teacher Education Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing |
| 21 October 2011 |
Prof Thomas and Dr Peng meeting with Prof Lei Wang, Executive Deputy Dean of National Education Examinations, MOE, Beijing |
| 20 October 2011 |
Prof Thomas and Dr Peng meeting with i) Miss Zhiqin Zhou and Dr Yuchi Zhao from INRULED/UNESCO, Beijing; and ii) Prof Tao Xin, Beijing Normal University, Beijing |
| 19 October 2011 |
NIES (former CNIER)/MOE joint seminar in Beijing: speeches and papers including i) Chair and opening remarks by Prof Jianfeng Liu, Vice-president of NIES; ii) the Monitoring and Evaluation System of Basic Education in China by Mr Lishuang Cui, Director of Office of Educational Quality Monitoring Inspectorate, MOE; iii) Introduction of IEEQC and ITDEQC projects by Prof Sally Thomas; iv) Over view of Evidence from IEEQC and ITDEQC projects by Dr Wen-Jung Peng; and v) the Current State of Teacher Professional Development in Beijing Haidian District by Mr Xinglin Yan from Educational Research Institute of Beijing Haidian District |
| 13-15 September 2011 |
Using Value Added feedback for Accountability and School Improvement purposes: evidence from China’. Paper Presented by Sally Thomas and Wen-Jung Peng at 11th UKFIET international conference on education and development : Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment and Emergency, Theme: Education for good governance and sustainability and Subtheme: Governance, incentives and accountability in education: tackling poor performance and corruption, Oxford, UK |
| 30 August - 3 September 2011 |
‘Educational and school effectiveness for different groups of students in China’ paper presented by Sally Thomas and Wen-Jung Peng at the 2011 Biannual Meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Exeter University, UK |
| 21 July 2011 |
Prof Miantao Sun from Shangyang Normal University visiting Bristol and meeting with i) Head of GOSE Professor Tim Bond and other colleagues (Dr Elizabeth and Dr Guoxing Yu); and ii) IEEQC/ITDEQC team members (Prof Sally Thomas and Dr Wen-Jung Peng) |
| 10 June 2011 |
Presentation on IEEQC project findings and introduction to ITDEQC project, as part of public lecture series, Festival of Education, School of Education, University of Bristol |
| 8-12 April 2011 |
'Evaluating Schools as Effective Professional Learning Communities', paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 4-7 January 2011 |
Two papers titled as 'Exploring Educational Quality Across three Regions in China' and 'Exploring Teacher Quality Issues in China' presented at the 24th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Limassol, Cyprus |
| 1 November 2010 |
The third IEEQC local dissemination seminar at LEA3 with provincial/local officials as well as head and deputy head teachers from school participants |
| 25 October 2010 |
The second IEEQC local dissemination seminar at LEA2 with local officials as well as head and deputy head teachers from school participants |
| 22-23 October 2010 |
Attending the Second International Conference on School Effectiveness and School Improvement in China. Shenyang, China: (1) Sally Thomas as one of the keynote speakers; (2) IEEQC team presenting selected findings from the project |
| 10 September 2010 |
CNIER colleagues (including President Professor Zhenguo Yuan, Director Guihua Liu, Deputy director Zhiyuan She, Director Xilin Shi, Deputy director Tianshan Zeng, and Director Runyong Yang) visiting Bristol and (i) meeting with Head of GOSE Professor Tim Bond; and (ii) IEEQC/ITDEQC team members Professor Sally Thomas and Dr Wen-Jung Peng |
| 8-9 September 2010 |
'Educational Quality in China: Concepts and Evidence' (S Thomas, W-J Peng, IEEQC team), paper presented at the British Association for Chinese Studies Annual Conference, Bristol, UK. |
| 25-27 August 2010 |
'Exploring the range of extent of senior secondary school effectiveness across three regions in mainland China' (S Thomas, W-J Peng, IEEQC team), paper presented at the Second meeting of EARLI Sig 18: Educational Effectiveness: Models, Methods and Application, Leuven, Belgium. |
| 19 July 2010 |
The first IEEQC local dissemination seminar at LEA1. Programmes include (1) Introduction by Mr Jianzhong Li; (2) Reporting initial findings of IEEQC qualitative study by Zhong Zhang and Xiangrong Wu; (3) Reporting initial findings of IEEQC quantitative study by Wen-Jung Peng and Chunrong Ren; (4) Conclusion by Sally Thomas. |
| 15 July 2010 |
IEEQC national dissemination conference held in Beijing Education Examination Board, organised by CNIER, and chaired by IEEQC China coordinator Mr Jianzhong Li. Programmes include (1) speech of the deputy president of Beijing Exam Board, Mr Tiejun Zhang; (2) speech of the director of Office of National Education Inspectorate, Ministry of Education, Mr Lishuang Cui; (3) 'Introduction to Methods to Evaluate Educational Quality and Improvement in China' by Sally Thomas; (4) Reporting initial findings of IEEQC qualitative study by Xiangrong Wu and Zhong Zhang; (5) Reporting initial findings of IEEQC quantitative study by Wen-Jung Peng and Chunrong Ren; (6) 'Comparative study on teacher evaluation indicator systems' by Hechuan Sun, professor of Shenyang Normal University; (v7) 'The establishment of monitoring system of compulsory education in China' by Fan Liu, director of Centre for Educational Evaluation Research, CNIER; (8) 'Evaluation on study ability in Child-friendly schools' by Yong-hong Cai, professor of Beijing Normal University; (9) 'Analysis and use of exam data for improving educational teaching quality' by Xiutao Ding, deputy director of Admission Office, Beijing Exam Board; and (10) launch of new project 'Improving Teacher Development and Educational Quality in China' (ITDEQC) by Sally Thomas. |
| 14 July 2010 |
(i) IEEQC project UOB team meeting with CNIER President, Professor Zhenguo Yuan and (II) holding project meeting in CNIER, Beijing. |
| 1 March 2010 |
China Educational Research Network (CERN) Seminar Educational Quality in China held at GSOE. Presentations from CNIER (Beijing) and GSOE researchers included: Introduction to the system of monitoring on compulsory education in China (Ms C Ren) The Research on Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Creativity of Secondary School Students in Beijng (Ms Zhang); Over-education in labour market: Evidence from China (Dr Wu); Selected findings from IEEQC project (Dr WJ.Peng). |
| 13 January 2010 |
Improving Educational Evaluation and Quality in China. Round Table Presentation by Mr Jianzhong Li IEEQC project lead researcher. Organised by Research Councils UK, China Office and attended by Chris Godwin, director of RCUK China Office and Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser, DfID. |
| 5-7 November 2009 |
Assessment of Educational Quality in China Paper presented at Association for Educational Assessment Europe Annual Conference, Malta. |
| 13-18 September 2009 |
Methods to Evaluate Educational Quality and Improvement in China Paper presented at International Association for Educational Assessment 35th Annual Conference, Brisbane Australia. |
| 22 June 2009 |
Second meeting of China Educational Research Network. GSOE, University of Bristol. |
| 22 May 2009 |
Seminar for academics, educational policy makers and practitioners entitled ‘IEEQC: examples of value added methods to evaluation school performance in UK, Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences |
| 19 May 2009 |
Seminar for educational policy makers and practitioners entitled "Improving Educational Evaluation and Quality in China", Yuxi Municipal Education Bureau, Yuannan Province, China |
| 12 May 2009 |
Co-organised via China Educational Research Network, half day seminar on Chinese Education System, presented by GSOE Masters Students, University of Bristol. |
| 27-29 March 2009 |
Paper entitled "Methods to Evaluate Educational Quality and Improvement in China" presented at "China's Education Reform: Radical Shifts and their Implications" Conference, Keble College, University of Oxford. Organised by University of Oxford China Centre. |
| 2 March 2009 |
First meeting of China Educational Research Network. GSOE, University of Bristol. |
| 24 February 2009 |
ICS Seminar entitled " Diverse perspectives on, and the role of, a multilevel modelling approach to education quality in China", GSOE University Of Bristol |
| 15-16 December 2008 |
Attended "Poverty, Education, and Health in Rural China" Conference, St. Anne's College, University of Oxford December 15-16, 2008. Organised by Emily Hannum and Albert Park. |
| 30-31 October 2008 |
Keynote speech entitled "Potential of Evaluation Methods to Improve the Quality of Rural Education in China - Implications of Value Added Methods" at the Conference for the Development of Rural Education amid the Social Transformation of China - a Review and Prospect upon the 30 Years of Rural Education Reform. Yancheng, Jiansu, China. - Organised by UNESCO International Research and Training Center for Rural Education, Beijing; Institute of Rural Education for Rural Development, Beijing Normal University; and Institute of Rural Education, Yancheng Teachers University. |
| 15 October 2008 |
Academic seminar entitled ‘the IEEQC project: examples of value added methods to evaluation school performance in UK’ in the School of Psychology, Beijing normal university. |
| 14 October 2008 |
The IEEQC project launch seminar about the introduction and background research related to the IEEQC project in China National Institute of Educational Research (CNIER), Beijing. |
| 29-30 May 2008 |
Contributed to ESRC-DFID research influence and impact participatory workshop for PIs, London. |
