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Can the infusion teaching of critical thinking improve Chinese secondary students’ critical thinking and academic attainment? Findings from a randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Fan, K. (2024). Can the infusion teaching of critical thinking improve Chinese secondary students’ critical thinking and academic attainment? Findings from a randomised controlled trial. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 53, 101597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101597

Critical thinking has been recognised as a core skill in the latest English curriculum standards for secondary schools in China. However, the current state of critical thinking education in China remains underdeveloped. Although some Chinese secondar... Read More about Can the infusion teaching of critical thinking improve Chinese secondary students’ critical thinking and academic attainment? Findings from a randomised controlled trial.

Researching Chinese Students in the UK - the Use of Ethnography in Social Media Studies (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, Y. (2022, October). Researching Chinese Students in the UK - the Use of Ethnography in Social Media Studies. Presented at Imagining Better Education 2022, Durham, United Kingdom

The growing prevalence of digital media has led to an increasing number of studies investigating its role in people’s lives. Traditionally, ethnographers go to the fieldsite physically to understand people and their culture. Now, with a large amount... Read More about Researching Chinese Students in the UK - the Use of Ethnography in Social Media Studies.

Can Teaching Enthusiasm Partially Predict the Reading Attainment of Low-income Students in Secondary Schools in England? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, W. (2022, October). Can Teaching Enthusiasm Partially Predict the Reading Attainment of Low-income Students in Secondary Schools in England?. Presented at Imagining Better Education 2022, Durham, United Kingdom

The poverty achievement gap in early reading is a persistent issue in England and around the world, potentially disadvantaging poor students and their further study. This new study employs student-perceived teaching enthusiasm and reading attitudes t... Read More about Can Teaching Enthusiasm Partially Predict the Reading Attainment of Low-income Students in Secondary Schools in England?.

Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2022 (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2022, October). Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2022. Presented at Imagining Better Education 2022, Durham, United Kingdom

The fourth Imagining Better Education conference held at Durham University provided a valuable forum for early career researchers to engage in constructive exchange and scholarly debate on contemporary educational and social... Read More about Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2022.

How do Chinese students’ critical thinking compare with other students?: a structured review of the existing evidence (2022)
Journal Article
Fan, K., & See, B. (2022). How do Chinese students’ critical thinking compare with other students?: a structured review of the existing evidence. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 46, Article 101145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101145

An increasing number of Chinese students are now studying abroad in western universities, and there is a widespread concern among western academics that Chinese students are not trained to have a critical mind. However, there is little empirical evid... Read More about How do Chinese students’ critical thinking compare with other students?: a structured review of the existing evidence.