Jian Wang

Mailing address:
1734 Maverick Court
Henderson, Nevada, 89014

Email: wangj2@unlv.nevada.edu

MSU degree: Ph.D. in Teaching, Curriculum and Education Policy, 1998

Dissertation topic: Learning to teach mathematics: preservice teachers, their collaborating teachers, and instructional contexts

Current position: Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Associate Professor starting July 2004)

Areas of special competence: Teacher learning and mentoring, comparative studies of teaching practice and instructional context, mathematics learning of Chinese students and students with Chinese ancestry, and video uses in teacher education classroom

Language: Chinese and English.

Publications:
Wang, J., Strong, M., & Odell, S. J, (2004). Mentor-novice conversations about teaching: A comparison of two US and two Chinese cases, Teachers College Record, 106(4), 775-813 (in press)

Wang, J., & Odell, J. S. (2003). Learning to teach toward standards-based writing instruction: Experiences of two preservice teachers and two mentors in an urban multicultural classroom. Elementary School Journal, 104(2), 147-175

Wang, J., & Paine, L. W. (2003). Learning to teach with mandated curriculum and public examination of teaching as contexts. Teaching and Teacher Education, 19(1), 75 - 94

Wang, J., & Hartley, K. (2003). Video technology as a support for teacher education reform. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 11(1), 105-138

Wang, J., & Odell, S. J. (2002). Mentored learning to teach and standards-based teaching reform: A critical review. Review of Educational Research, 7(3), 481-546

Wang, J. (2002). Learning to teach with mentors in contrived contexts of curriculum and teaching organization: Experiences of two Chinese novice teachers and their mentors. Journal of In-service Education, 28(3), 134-376

Wang, J. (2001a). Contexts of mentoring and opportunities for learning to teach: A comparative study of mentoring practice. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17(1), 51-73.

Wang, J. (2001b). Reforming mathematics instruction in two elementary classrooms: A comparative study of the experiences of a Chinese teacher and an American teacher. Teaching and Change, 8(2), 176-214

Wang, J., & Paine, L. W. (2001). Mentoring as assisted performance: A pair of Chinese teachers working together. Elementary School Journal, 102(2), 157-181

Wang, J. (1998). Comparison of curriculum and teaching in China and U.S. In
X. J. Tang (Ed.), Toward Education in China in the 21st Century: Visions and
Challenges from Global Perspective (pp. 225-228). Guilin, China: Guangxi
Normal University Press.