Sihua Hu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6270635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sihua Hu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sihua |
| FAMILY NAME | Hu |
| SIGNATURE | HU S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5904-6722 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ambitious instruction and student achievement
From Cloud to Classroom
Background/Context Teachers face many different problems in teaching. Traditionally, research examines the complexity of teaching students and content by focusing on a teacher's physical space and influencing factors therein. While established conceptions of curricular enactment suggest that instructional materials shape both the intended and enacted curriculum, the materials themselves are traditionally conceived of as those that the district of…
Social Media, Education, and Digital Democratization
Examining the Virtual Diffusion of Educational Resources across Teachers’ Social Networks over Time
Context Individuals’ curation within social media provides a window into their sensemaking and conceptions of what is worth knowing. Within education, a majority of teachers use social media for professional purposes to access and share instructional resources. Purpose This work examines Pinterest.com and the intersection of influence across virtual and physical spheres as teachers choose and curate instructional resources. Setting: The study is …
A large-scale study of how districts’ curriculum policies and practices shape teachers’ mathematics lesson planning
Early career teachers (ECTs) face unprecedented pressure to fulfill expectations of ‘highly effective’ teachers within their first few years of teaching. Lesson planning is an important precursor to effective instruction, yet little is known about how the social and institutional contexts where ECTs work influences their planning. In this paper, we report findings from a large-scale study of elementary ECTs’ mathematics lesson planning practice t…
Sources of Professional Support
In twenty-first-century classrooms, teachers are increasingly seeking resources and finding connection within the virtual space. Within a mass of online choice, this work tests theories related to the choices of individuals on social media and examines individuals’ agency as they curate resources. Identifying driving forces across individuals’ choice and school district purview, this work examines the similarity of teachers’ curation of education…
Teachers Turning to Teachers
There is growing evidence that educators engage in social media and virtual social networks across formal and informal settings to direct the trajectory of their curriculum. Interactions within and across virtual spaces provide opportunities to flatten hierarchical structures as teachers may directly or indirectly engage with educational decision making and reform implementation (e.g., Supovitz et al. 2015). This article examines an educational p…
Will China’s Free Teacher Education Policy address teacher shortages in rural schools or reproduce existing inequality
China’s Free Teacher Education Policy (FTEP) was initiated in 2007 in response to concerns about university tuition increases and teacher shortages in rural provinces. In this paper, the authors draw on interview data from eight FTEP graduates/teaching candidates and eight teacher educators from five FTEP universities to examine the extent to which and ways in which this policy seems to provide (a) financial support to prospective university stud…
Will China’s Free Teacher Education Policy address teacher shortages in rural schools or reproduce existing inequality
China’s Free Teacher Education Policy (FTEP) was initiated in 2007 in response to concerns about university tuition increases and teacher shortages in rural provinces. In this paper, the authors draw on interview data from eight FTEP graduates/teaching candidates and eight teacher educators from five FTEP universities to examine the extent to which and ways in which this policy seems to provide (a) financial support to prospective university stud…
Ambitious instruction and student achievement
Sources of Professional Support
In twenty-first-century classrooms, teachers are increasingly seeking resources and finding connection within the virtual space. Within a mass of online choice, this work tests theories related to the choices of individuals on social media and examines individuals’ agency as they curate resources. Identifying driving forces across individuals’ choice and school district purview, this work examines the similarity of teachers’ curation of education…
Will China’s Free Teacher Education Policy address teacher shortages in rural schools or reproduce existing inequality
China’s Free Teacher Education Policy (FTEP) was initiated in 2007 in response to concerns about university tuition increases and teacher shortages in rural provinces. In this paper, the authors draw on interview data from eight FTEP graduates/teaching candidates and eight teacher educators from five FTEP universities to examine the extent to which and ways in which this policy seems to provide (a) financial support to prospective university stud…
From Cloud to Classroom
Background/Context Teachers face many different problems in teaching. Traditionally, research examines the complexity of teaching students and content by focusing on a teacher's physical space and influencing factors therein. While established conceptions of curricular enactment suggest that instructional materials shape both the intended and enacted curriculum, the materials themselves are traditionally conceived of as those that the district of…
Social Media, Education, and Digital Democratization
Examining the Virtual Diffusion of Educational Resources across Teachers’ Social Networks over Time
Context Individuals’ curation within social media provides a window into their sensemaking and conceptions of what is worth knowing. Within education, a majority of teachers use social media for professional purposes to access and share instructional resources. Purpose This work examines Pinterest.com and the intersection of influence across virtual and physical spheres as teachers choose and curate instructional resources. Setting: The study is …
A large-scale study of how districts’ curriculum policies and practices shape teachers’ mathematics lesson planning
Early career teachers (ECTs) face unprecedented pressure to fulfill expectations of ‘highly effective’ teachers within their first few years of teaching. Lesson planning is an important precursor to effective instruction, yet little is known about how the social and institutional contexts where ECTs work influences their planning. In this paper, we report findings from a large-scale study of elementary ECTs’ mathematics lesson planning practice t…
Sources of Professional Support
In twenty-first-century classrooms, teachers are increasingly seeking resources and finding connection within the virtual space. Within a mass of online choice, this work tests theories related to the choices of individuals on social media and examines individuals’ agency as they curate resources. Identifying driving forces across individuals’ choice and school district purview, this work examines the similarity of teachers’ curation of education…
Teachers Turning to Teachers
There is growing evidence that educators engage in social media and virtual social networks across formal and informal settings to direct the trajectory of their curriculum. Interactions within and across virtual spaces provide opportunities to flatten hierarchical structures as teachers may directly or indirectly engage with educational decision making and reform implementation (e.g., Supovitz et al. 2015). This article examines an educational p…
Ambitious instruction and student achievement
Pedagogy (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Online and Blended Learning (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Curriculum (3 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (3 works)