Li Wei (Pen name: Li Muchuan)
Associate professor
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Master’s supervisor
Research interests:Basic Theories of Education, Modern School Reform, Research on Students’ and Teachers’ Development
Li Wei, Li Muchuan in pen name, PhD in Education, Associate Professor, Master’s Supervisor of The School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Research Fellow of Institute for Moral Education, Central China Normal University, Correspondent Researcher of Institute for New Basic Education, Central China Normal University, Founder of “Research On Chinese Head Teachers Roundtable Forum”, and Convener of Executive Committee of “Center for Courage Renewal of Chinese Teachers” Organizing Committee.
Li Wei has studied his master’s and doctorial courses with the supervisors of Ms. Ye Lan, a famous Professor of Pedagogy at East China Normal University and Mr. Tu Yanguo, a privileged Professor of Pedagogy at the School of Education, Central China Normal University, respectively. His research interests include Basic Theories of Education, Modern School Reform,Research on Students’ and Teachers’ Development etc.He has successively published over 30 academic papers on Journal of Higher Education, Research in Educational Development, Educational Research and Experiment and Guangming Daily etc, authored Criticism and Reconstruction: Individual “Life Consciousness” and Contemporary School Education (HUST Press) and System Approach for Head Teachers in Their Works (ECNU Press), and translated Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers (China Light Industry Press).He is the leader of one general subject research project of the National Social Science Foundation of China(“Workshop: Case Studies on New Model for Professional Development of Head Teachers”)and one key research subject of Educational Science for "the 12thFive-year Plan" of Hubei Province, and a member of the research group of “Research on the Survival and Development of Schools of Children in Contemporary China”, a major project of Key Research Bases of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Ministry of Education,Institute of Basic Education Reform and Development, East China Normal University.He has been invited to give more than 30 speeches successively at national training and provincial training sessions for schoolmasters, backbone teachers, head teachers etc.in Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Xinjiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Xi’an and Guangxi etc., with fervent response.In recent years, he has achieved great practical results and research findings from practical and theoretical explorations in “Teachers’ Workshops”,held at primary and middle schools and universities with significant domestic influence, and delivered academic reports at international conferences and forums with a lot of wows from foreign peers.
Main Learning Experiences
1．Sep 2005-June 2008: PhD of Principle of Education, Department of Education, ECNU studying from Professor Ye Lan as the Supervisor
2．Sep 2002-June 2005: Recommended candidate of master for studying Principle of Education at CCNU from Professor Tu Yanguo as the Supervisor
3．Sep 1998-June 2002: Studied in School of Educational Science, Central China Normal University for Bachelor's degree in Education.
Practical Influence and Foundation of Academic Organizations
1. Li Wei has been successively invited to guide school development planning and subject researches, curriculum development, classroom teaching and professional development of teachers etc at primary and middle schools and colleges, such as Wuchang Experimental Primary School, Wuhan Primary School, Primary School Attached to HUST, Xinzhou Zhucheng No.4 Primary Schoold of Wuhan, Wuhan Optics Valley No.2 Senior High School, Wuhan Wujiashan No.4 Middle School and Wenhua College etc.He has founded and presided “Rainbow” Head Teachers Workshop, “Rambler” Head Teachers Workshop, “Spot & Star” Teachers Workshop, “Meeting You” Teachers Development Workshop and “Developing Core Qualities of Students at Primary School Attached to HUST” Development Work at Wuhan Wujiashan No.4 Middle School, Wuhan Optics Valley No.2 Senior High School, Wuchang Experimental Primary School, Wenhua College and Primary School Attached to HUST with resonant response.
2. He is also one of the fourinitiators (with Li Jiacheng, Xiong Huasheng and Zhao Fujiang)of “Roundtable Forumon Research of Chinese Head Teachers”, presided and organized four events in Shanghai, Wuhan, Beijing and Shanghai with great effect.Now,it has become a very influential academic forum for study on head teachers, domestically.
3.He is the Convener of Executive Committee of “Center for Courage Renewal of Chinese Teachers” Organizing Committee (Dr. Wu Guozhen, Department of Education,Peking Normal University,the translator of The Courage to Teach, is the primary founder), presided and organized four events in Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an and Shandong.He is the proposed organizer of the 5thCourage Renewal of Chinese Teachers to be held in 2018 on behalf of Wuhan.
4. He has attended the seminar of the research project for studying current status of works by head teachers in primary and middle schools held in Beijing as an advisory expert of the Ministry of Education (Beijing, 2015).
Teaching Experiences
1. Full-time master’s program: Presenter of Basic Theories of Education and Curriculum Theory etc.Preside the course of Cutting-edge Lectures on Educational Research,and participate in the courses of Selected Readings of World Classics on Education etc;
2. Full-time doctorial program: Participate in the courses of The Principles of Education in School and Development of Students and Design and Implementation of Educational Activities etc;
3. Master of Education program: Presenter of the courses of Curriculum Theory and Curriculum Reform in China, Psychology of Adolescence etc.
Research Subjects
1. The leader of the general subject research project of the National Social Science Foundation of China (BEA130030) (“Workshop: Case Studies on New Model for Professional Development of Head Teachers”, research grant of ¥0.15 million), the key subject research project of 2013 Educational Science for "the 12th Five-year Plan" of Hubei Province,3 projects of Independent Innovation Funds funded by Huazhong University of Science and Technology,1 research subject commissioned by Dongxihu Education Bureau of Wuhan, 1 research subject commissioned by Primary School Attached to HUST etc.
2. A participant of “Research on the Survival and Development of Schools of Children in Contemporary China”, a major project of Key Research Bases of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Ministry of Education,Institute of Basic Education Reform and Development, East China Normal Universityand “Research on Multiple Understandings and Integrated Development of Personalized Curriculum”,a key subject research project of Educational Science for "the 12thFive-year Plan" of Hubei Province etc.
Awards & Patents
1.The Second Prize at the 6thEducational Science Achievement Rewards of Hubei Province
2. Winner at the 2ndNational Excellent Teachers of Master of Education
3. Winner at the 2ndGraduates’ “Intimate Supervisor” award of HUST
Key Papers
I. Theory on students’ development: “Life consciousness & creativity”
1. Paper: Fundamental Mission of Education: Cultivating Consciousness of Individual Life.Research on Higher Education, Volume 4, 2012.
2. Monograph: Criticism and Reconstruction: Individual “Life Consciousness.HUST Press, May 2013.
3. Paper: Thought on Creativeness from the Perspective of Pedagogy.Educational Research and Experiment, Volume 1, 2006.
4. Paper: Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences and its Inspiration into Education.Journal of Huazhong Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 2003 Special.
5. Cultivation of Students’ Public Spirit in Class Cultural Construction.Moral Education China, Volume 23, 2015.
6. Build Tough Self in “Gentle & Wild” Civilization.Teacher in Charge of Class, Volume 5, 2015.
II. Theory on teachers’ education: “Teachers workshop & research on head teachers”
1. Paper: Workshop: New Model for Professional Development of Head Teachers.Renmin University of China Copies Management of Primary and Middle Schools, Volume 2, 2014 (Originally published on Moral Education in Primary and Middle Schools, Volume 10, 2013).
2. Monograph: System Approach for Head Teachers in Their Works.ECNU Press, Volume 5, 2014.
3. Paper: What Training Does Head Teachers in Rural Areas Need?.Contemporary Education Sciences, Volume 2, 2013.
4. Centurial Back of an Excellent Head Teacher and the Love of Education.Teacher in Charge of Class, Volume 4, 2015.
5. Self-consciousness of Methodology and Renewal of Educational Policy--A Summary of the 2nd“Research On Chinese Head Teachers” Roundtable Forum.Educational Science Research, Volume 10, 2015.
6. Why do I Teach in an Impetuous Era?.Special Preface,Horizon of Education, Volume 4, 2017.
7. Translated work: Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers.Translator: Li Wei, China Light Industry Press, Jan 2007.
8. Dissertation: An Investigation Report on the Employment Situations of the Normal University Graduates.Education & Economy, Volume 3,2005 (Tu Yanguo, Li Wei).
III. Theory on school reform of basic education: “Lifelong development & school transformation”
1. Paper: Another Way of Thinking on “Fundamentality” on Basic Education from the Perspective of Lifelong Development—Based on Retrospective Study of Life Course of Graduates from Class L Admitted in 1958 from W Primary School.Research in Educational Development, Volumes 15-16, 2013.
2. From the Standpoint of Students: Basic Value Orientation for School Reform.Research in Educational Development, Volume 6, 2016.
3. “Create” a School for Leftover Children.People’s Education, Volume 23, 2015.
4. Paper: School Cultural Orientation of Basic Education in the Context of Tradition Entangling with Modernity.Journal of schooling Studies, Volume 9, 2008.
5. Reflection on the Connotation and Significance of “True Education”.Moral Education China Series (2ndedition).
6. Create Extraordinary Life in the Ordinary World.Moral Education China Series (2ndedition).
7. Two Reading Notes of Theory on New Basic Education: Holistic & Specific, Editorin Chief, Ye Lan, Life & Practice Pedagogy Series, 2ndEdition: Standpoint.Guangxi Normal University Press, July edition, 2007.
8.Co-edited: Chapters 1&2 of Popularity & Improvement: China’s Elementary Education over 60 Years.Editor in Chief: Li Taiping, Zhejiang University Press, Sep edition, 2009.
9. Obara Kuniyoshi's Theory of Holistic Education, included in The Summary of Western Pedagogical Classics.Editors in Chief: Shan Huizhong and Yan Hanlin,JiangxiPeople’s Publishing House, Dec 2000.
IV. Theory on moral education: “Need of students growth and moral education in system”
1. Paper: A Tentative Exploration of “Moral Education in System” from Pedagogical Position.Educational Research and Experiment, Volume 1, 2013.
2. Paper: Moral Education should Base on the Growth Need of Students.Educational Science Research, Volume 8, 2014.
V. Theory on classroom teaching and curriculum development: “Classroom research and curriculum development”
1. See Big in Small—Review of Two Science Lessons.Science Lesson, Volume 10, 2005.
2. Proper Teaching like Spring Freeze, Happy Learning with Inner Romanticism — Comment on one Composition Activity Lesson by Teacher Liu Zhonghe.Instructional Design for Primary Schools, Volume 9, 2000.
3. A participating editor of 2003 Environmental Education (Primary Schools) textbook of Hubei Province, including 4 lessons.
VI. Theory on educational research: “Multiple Paths toward educational research and reflection on character”
1. Paper: Obstructions and Conditions for Successful School Reform by University-School Cooperative Mode.Research on Higher Education, June 2012.
2. Paper: A Tentative Exploration of Comprehensive Character of Educational Research.Renmin University of China Copies Pedagogy, Volume 8, 2008 (Educational Research and Experiment, Feb 2008).
3. Paper: Analysis of Research on Rural Education in Poverty.Research in Educational Development, Jan 2005.
VII. Arguments: “Modern outlook on talents”
1. Are Learners and Practitioners of History Talents?.China Youth Daily, Nov 22, 2002.
2. Thought on Keeping Foothold on the Land of China.Guangming Daily,Edition 8, Feb 30, 2004.
3. Narration of the Paper Plane: I am a Person, not a Machine.China Children's Newspaper, Edition 7, Sep 30, 2006.
VIII. Conference Papers
1. Outline of Life Comprehension from Education.The 15thAnnual Conference on Basic Theories of Education.
2. Knowledge Sharing & Knowledge Creation at the Workshops of Head Teachers----Based on Ikujiro Nonaka's SECI Model.The 2nd“Research on Chinese Head Teachers Roundtable Forum” (First place).
3. Emotional Energy: Growth Momentum and Policy Inspiration of Teachers Community.The 3rd“Research On Chinese Head Teachers Roundtable Forum” (First place).
4. “Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Sharing of Head Teachers Workshop in China”. The 9thInternational Conference on Researching Work & Learning (Singapore).
Works & Textbooks
1. Monograph: Criticism and Reconstruction: Individual “Life Consciousness” and Contemporary School Education.HUST Press, May 2013.
2. Textbook: System Approach for Head Teachers in Their Works.ECNU Press, May 2014.
3.Translated work: Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers.Translator: Li Wei, China Light Industry Press, the edition of Jan 2007.
4.Co-edited: Chapters 1&2 of Popularity & Improvement: China’s Elementary Education over 60 Years.Editor in Chief: Li Taiping, Zhejiang University Press, Sep edition, 2009.
5. Co-edited: Obara Kuniyoshi's Theory of Holistic Education, included in The Summary of Western Pedagogical Classics.Editors in Chief: Shan Huizhong and Yan Hanlin,Jiangxi People’s Publishing House, Dec 2000.
Master’s Programs
Over 20 full-time candidates have been admitted for professional science master’s degrees in Principles of Education and Course Teaching Theory as well as professional master’s degrees in Education Management and Modern Educational Technology, with over 10 graduates; in addition to focusing on deposition of basic theoretical qualities in postgraduate education, we have cultivated comprehensive qualities of the candidates by way of regular academic seminars and on-site learning from experimental school reform and teachers workshop; good employment and development have be fed back by all our graduates working at primary and middle schools, colleges, enterprises and public institutions etc. Students who are enthusiastic about education and pedagogy and pursuing “study, behave, career and success” are welcomed for registration. Please contact 491136444@qq.com.
