Chunmei Yan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6457920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chunmei Yan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chunmei |
| FAMILY NAME | Yan |
| SIGNATURE | YAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central China Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4288-2043 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Creating bottom-up academic salons for foreign language teacher educators’ career development
Research and practice show that university-based teacher educators experience great challenges to become teacher-educator-researchers, and need academic support to facilitate their academic development. This paper reports on a grassroots school-baed academic salon in a national teacher education university in China to support foreign language teacher educators’ academic development. Semi-structured interviews and facilitators’ longitudinal observ…
Problems and countermeasures
Informed by the cultural-historical approach, this phenomenological study examined a group of Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) teacher educators’ views about the practicum. Longitudinal observations, individual formal interviews and informal conversations were employed to understand the supervisors’ perceptions about the problems arising from the practicum and strategies to enhance it. The results reveal three key problems, including s…
Obstacles to foreign language teacher educators’ research development
ABSTARCTThis study aimed to examine obstacles to foreign language teacher educators’ research development. Phenomenology was adopted to probe the issue from seven experienced EFL (English as a foreign language) teacher educators’ perspectives, who did not appear to be highly research-productive. Multiple sources of data were employed, including longitudinal participant observations, semi-structured individual interviews and informal conversations…
Evaluating The Effects of Fine Cooperation Program and Doctor-Nurse Integration on Patients with Chronic Wounds
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of fine cooperation program of doctor-nurse integration on wound healing, patient???s psychological state and pain degree of patients with chronic wounds. Methods: A total of 100 patients with chronic wounds who were treated with conventional wound management from March 2016 to December 2018 were enrolled as a control group, while another 100 patients with chronic wounds who were treated with th…
Exploring livestream English teaching anxiety in the Chinese context
Experienced EFL teachers switching to online teaching
‘Seeing is believing, but not necessarily perceiving!’
School experience has been practised as an integral component of undergraduate teacher education programmes in many countries. This has spurred a large amount of research on various issues in the whole experience. However, the stage of school visits and classroom observations remains unexplored as a research subject. This paper reports on a study of a group of Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) M.E.d. student teachers’ perceptions of the…
Illuminating Chinese EFL student teachers’ paradoxical perceptions of theory learning experiences
Theory-practice gap has been a long-standing challenge in teacher education, however, there has been scarce attention to student teachers’ theory learning experiences. This ethnographic study aimed to examine Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) M.E.d. student teachers’ perceptions of the value of theory and their experiences of theory learning on the Master of Education programme. Four triangulated sources of data were employed, including…
Examining Chinese EFL Postgraduates' Motivational Regulation Strategies
Epidemic characteristics and related risk factors of occupational exposure for pediatric health care workers in Chinese public hospitals
Background Health care workers have a high risk of occupational exposure. However, the risk of occupational exposure for pediatric health care workers has not been acknowledged in previous studies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the occupational exposure rate of pediatric health care workers in Chinese public hospitals, to explore risk factors for occupational exposure, and to put forward corresponding countermeasures to reduce occu…
Why do final-year student teachers skip classes? A Chinese perspective
The lack of deep engagement in academic studies is strikingly noteworthy in current higher education; however, the problem of absenteeism has not yet received sufficient attention in the field of teacher education globally, in particular in the field of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher education at tertiary education level. The reasons for student absenteeism have been left unattended, which may cause the underlying crucial issues to b…
To Be or Not to Be? The “Publish or Perish” Syndrome for English Teacher Educators in China
We Are Left in Limbo!”
Bridging the implementation gap
This article reports on a study of secondary English teachers' perceptions of and implementation of the New English Curriculum Reform in China initiated in 2009. Ethnography and triangulated data collection methods were employed to gather information about three senior secondary English teachers' interpretations of the New Curriculum and their teaching behaviours. It was found that a considerable implementation gap emerged as a major obstacle to …
Convergence and divergence
This article reports on a study of perceptions of Chinese and expatriate personnel on a Sino‐British English teacher training programmme on a range of issues with regard to the programme. Semi‐structured one‐to‐one interviews were conducted to gather information from 17 Chinese and three British project participants. It was found that there existed convergences and divergences in the two sides’ views. This article argues that the convergences may…
Mutual adaptation
Experienced EFL teachers switching to online teaching
Exploring livestream English teaching anxiety in the Chinese context
Bridging the implementation gap
This article reports on a study of secondary English teachers' perceptions of and implementation of the New English Curriculum Reform in China initiated in 2009. Ethnography and triangulated data collection methods were employed to gather information about three senior secondary English teachers' interpretations of the New Curriculum and their teaching behaviours. It was found that a considerable implementation gap emerged as a major obstacle to …
Mutual adaptation
Convergence and divergence
This article reports on a study of perceptions of Chinese and expatriate personnel on a Sino‐British English teacher training programmme on a range of issues with regard to the programme. Semi‐structured one‐to‐one interviews were conducted to gather information from 17 Chinese and three British project participants. It was found that there existed convergences and divergences in the two sides’ views. This article argues that the convergences may…
Bridging the implementation gap
This article reports on a study of secondary English teachers' perceptions of and implementation of the New English Curriculum Reform in China initiated in 2009. Ethnography and triangulated data collection methods were employed to gather information about three senior secondary English teachers' interpretations of the New Curriculum and their teaching behaviours. It was found that a considerable implementation gap emerged as a major obstacle to …
To Be or Not to Be? The “Publish or Perish” Syndrome for English Teacher Educators in China
We Are Left in Limbo!”
Why do final-year student teachers skip classes? A Chinese perspective
The lack of deep engagement in academic studies is strikingly noteworthy in current higher education; however, the problem of absenteeism has not yet received sufficient attention in the field of teacher education globally, in particular in the field of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher education at tertiary education level. The reasons for student absenteeism have been left unattended, which may cause the underlying crucial issues to b…
Epidemic characteristics and related risk factors of occupational exposure for pediatric health care workers in Chinese public hospitals
Background Health care workers have a high risk of occupational exposure. However, the risk of occupational exposure for pediatric health care workers has not been acknowledged in previous studies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the occupational exposure rate of pediatric health care workers in Chinese public hospitals, to explore risk factors for occupational exposure, and to put forward corresponding countermeasures to reduce occu…
Examining Chinese EFL Postgraduates' Motivational Regulation Strategies
‘Seeing is believing, but not necessarily perceiving!’
School experience has been practised as an integral component of undergraduate teacher education programmes in many countries. This has spurred a large amount of research on various issues in the whole experience. However, the stage of school visits and classroom observations remains unexplored as a research subject. This paper reports on a study of a group of Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) M.E.d. student teachers’ perceptions of the…
Illuminating Chinese EFL student teachers’ paradoxical perceptions of theory learning experiences
Theory-practice gap has been a long-standing challenge in teacher education, however, there has been scarce attention to student teachers’ theory learning experiences. This ethnographic study aimed to examine Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) M.E.d. student teachers’ perceptions of the value of theory and their experiences of theory learning on the Master of Education programme. Four triangulated sources of data were employed, including…
Exploring livestream English teaching anxiety in the Chinese context
Experienced EFL teachers switching to online teaching
Obstacles to foreign language teacher educators’ research development
ABSTARCTThis study aimed to examine obstacles to foreign language teacher educators’ research development. Phenomenology was adopted to probe the issue from seven experienced EFL (English as a foreign language) teacher educators’ perspectives, who did not appear to be highly research-productive. Multiple sources of data were employed, including longitudinal participant observations, semi-structured individual interviews and informal conversations…
Evaluating The Effects of Fine Cooperation Program and Doctor-Nurse Integration on Patients with Chronic Wounds
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of fine cooperation program of doctor-nurse integration on wound healing, patient???s psychological state and pain degree of patients with chronic wounds. Methods: A total of 100 patients with chronic wounds who were treated with conventional wound management from March 2016 to December 2018 were enrolled as a control group, while another 100 patients with chronic wounds who were treated with th…
Problems and countermeasures
Informed by the cultural-historical approach, this phenomenological study examined a group of Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) teacher educators’ views about the practicum. Longitudinal observations, individual formal interviews and informal conversations were employed to understand the supervisors’ perceptions about the problems arising from the practicum and strategies to enhance it. The results reveal three key problems, including s…
Creating bottom-up academic salons for foreign language teacher educators’ career development
Research and practice show that university-based teacher educators experience great challenges to become teacher-educator-researchers, and need academic support to facilitate their academic development. This paper reports on a grassroots school-baed academic salon in a national teacher education university in China to support foreign language teacher educators’ academic development. Semi-structured interviews and facilitators’ longitudinal observ…
Psychology (14 works) · Pedagogy (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Mathematics education (9 works) · China (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (7 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)