Research with young children in China: Opportunities and challenges

Event recording

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Schedule

9am - 9.30am:  Arriving for face-to-face attendees (Tea & Coffee)

9.30am - 9.50am:  Welcome and Introduction  

• Dr Rachael Levy, Associate Professor in Education, Director of Centre for Teacher and Early Years Education (CTEY), UCL IOE

9.50am – 10.20am:  Research presentation: (Re)constructing school readiness from Chinese young children's perspectives

• Dr Minyi Li, Associate Professor in Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University

10.20am-10.50am: Research presentation: Listening to Young Children in daily practices: Chinese Practitioners’ Reflections on a Knowledge-exchange Programme 

• Dr Yuwei Xu, Assistant Professor in Education and Teacher Development, University of Nottingham & Honorary Lecturer, UCL IOE

10.50am - 11.20am: Research presentation: Cultural exchange between preschools of disadvantaged backgrounds in England and China: Researchers’ reflections 

• Dr Jie Gao, Senior Research Fellow & Lecturer, UCL IOE

11.20am -12pm Panel discussion: Opportunities and Challenges in Research with Children in China

• Chair: Dr Rachael Levy, Associate Professor in Education, Director of CTEY, UCL IOE

Panellists:

• Dr Minyi Li, Associate Professor in Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University
• Dr Jie Gao, Senior Research Fellow & Lecturer, UCL IOE
• Dr Yuwei Xu, Assistant Professor in Education and Teacher Development, University of Nottingham & Honorary Lecturer, UCL IOE
• Dr Xiaoying Lin, Associate Professor in Education, Institute of Economics of Education, Peking University
• Weicheng Guo, Research Assistant, MA Early Years Education student, UCL IOE
• Siyu Qin, Research Assistant, MA Early Years Education student, Beijing Normal University

12pm-12.05pm Closing Notes and Next Step

12.05pm -12.30pm Lunch and networking for face-to-face attendees

This event will be particularly useful for those interested in: research in a Chinese context and early years education.

Note, this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or virtually. 

Related links

• Centre for Teacher and Early Years Education (CTEY)
• UCL Global Engagement

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Julian Castro, winner of the 2019 Young China category.