Jian Tao
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 962640 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jian Tao |
| PRENOMES | Jian |
| SOBRENOME | Tao |
| ASSINATURA | TAO J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9573-3084 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 83 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Learner and Teacher Agency
Agency has emerged as a key topic in language learning and teaching research with significant implications for language learners' L2 development and teachers' professional growth. To delineate the contribution of TESOL Quarterly (TQ) to L2 learner and teacher agency research, we examine 27 articles published in the journal between 1997 and 2024. Based on a systematic review of these articles, we elaborate on the developmental patterns of the conc…
Sustainable Blue
Improved decision-making capabilities are essential for sustaining fisheries, particularly as fisheries managers must consider the complex interdependencies among fishing efforts, changes in ocean physics and biogeochemistry, and decision-making processes. These considerations are critical for maximizing the long-term benefits of marine resources in a rapidly changing climate. Current decision-support tools for fisheries management often fail to …
Academics’ identity struggles and professional agency in the transition to teaching in a professional master’s degree programme
Academics tasked with teaching in new programmes often face identity struggles. However, there is limited knowledge of their identity development in the transition to teaching in professional-degree programmes, which are emerging in higher education to enhance graduates’ work readiness. Drawing on activity theory, this research adopts a case-study approach and examines ten academics’ identity struggles and professional agency in teaching in a new…
The emotions of language teachers
In the past decade, there has been increasing scholarly interest in language teachers’ emotional experiences, how they regulate and manage their emotions, and how their experiences and emotion-related practices are related to their cognition, practice, well-being, and professional development. A systematic and critical review is needed to help language teaching professionals to benefit from the insights generated by these studies. This review aim…
A social network analysis of collective agency in achieving the teaching-research nexus
Rethinking corporate diversification in emerging markets
Interplay between language and identity
Returnee scholars are regarded as key agents to advance internationalisation in many non-Anglophone countries where internationalisation through the medium of English has raised concerns about the preservation of national language, culture, and identity. This study investigated how eight Chinese returnee scholars used their linguistic repertoires in their professional practice and daily lives and how their language practices interacted with multi…
A multimodal analysis of the online translanguaging practices of international students studying Chinese in a Chinese university
Previous research has recognised the value of translanguaging in Chinese language teaching but has focused primarily on using English as the medium of instruction. However, teachers and students may not share a common language with which to communicate in a multilingual class, which is a significant challenge in Chinese learning and teaching. This study incorporates translanguaging into the pedagogical design by implementing a translanguaging-bas…
Connecting collaborative practicums to beliefs
This qualitative study aimed to fill a research gap by examining the development of self-efficacy beliefs among nonnative-speaking student teachers (NNSTs) in teaching languages other than English. Situated in an international teacher education program for Chinese as a second/foreign language, this study explored the impacts of collaborative practicums on the self-efficacy beliefs of 17 NNSTs while they worked with 28 native-speaking student teac…
Mapping the Unheard
Identifying offshore wind energy sites involves analyzing multiple variables, such as wind speed, proximity to the coastline, and sociocultural factors. This complex decision-making process often involves many stakeholders, resulting in conflicting data and goals. Decision analysis that promotes collaboration, transparency, understanding, and sustainability is key. This study presents a unique model of human-environment interaction that reconcile…
Teacher emotions and agency enactment in online teaching
This semester-long study examines teachers' responses to online teaching with a focus on the interplay between teacher emotions and agency enactment in a Chinese university. Analysis of the data from three-round interviews with 12 teachers revealed highly complex emotional trajectories, which were dominated by outcome emotions and characterised by the co-existence of positive and negative emotions. The multiple facets of teacher emotions (i.e., v…
Parental support for young learners’ online learning of English in a Chinese primary school
Teaching and learning languages online
The outbreak of COVID-19 generated an unprecedented global push towards remote online language teaching and learning. In most contexts, language teachers and learners underwent a rapid switch to online instruction with limited resources and preparation. Their experiences demonstrate resilience, perseverance, and creativity under highly challenging conditions. This collection of studies examines the challenges that language teachers and learners h…
Winning the Peace
Through the lens of the multinational staff of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (CMCS), this article argues that a technocratic programme of reconstruction evolved in the Nationalist government's wartime efforts on post-war planning, which refashioned a cadre of foreign (semi-)colonial-era experts into technocrats serving a sovereign state. This episode, in which the weakened Customs Service reclaimed its significance for the Chinese state, o…
Language Teacher Agency
This Element aims to elucidate the concept of language teacher agency by exploring the 'what' question, offering major conceptualisations of agency and explaining how they shape the way we approach teacher agency. The authors then continue with the 'why' question, and elaborate on the reasons that language teacher agency matters, based on a discussion of the varied purposes of teacher agency at multiple levels. They also acknowledge that teacher …
Bayesian Inference for IRT Models with Non-Normal Latent Trait Distributions
Normality of latent traits is a common assumption made when estimating parameters for item response theory (IRT) models, but this assumption may be violated. The purpose of this research was to present a new Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method for ordinal items with flexible latent trait distributions (i.e., skewed and bimodal). Specifically, the Davidian curve (DC) was used to approximate the distribution of latent traits. The performance of …
Business English students’ multifaceted and contradictory perceptions of intercultural communication education (ICE) at a Chinese University
Intercultural Communication Education (ICE) is occurring in different departments and faculties of higher education around the world. Yet, there is a lack of research on how this complex field is perceived by both teachers and students. The same goes for the perceptions of the ideal teacher of the subject. This article proposes to fill these gaps by problematizing current discussions about ICE. First the article presents an overview of the field …
The Collective Agency of Language Teachers under the Scheme of Research Excellence
This study adopted social network analysis (SNA) as a theoretical framework and methodological approach to understand the collective agency of a multilingual team of eight language teachers during their research practice in a Chinese university. As being guided by SNA that focuses on identifying social relationships and their impact, we used questionnaires and qualitative interviews to collect data and examine the emergence of collective agency. …
Spanish language teachers’ pedagogical beliefs in Chinese universities
Understanding teachers’ beliefs is critical to improving educational practice. There is a significant need for research on foreign language teachers’ pedagogical beliefs, as these can exert an influence on students’ learning outcomes. This study draws on Kember’s (1997) theorization of teaching beliefs to explore the beliefs of Spanish language teachers regarding their pedagogy in Chinese universities. Twenty teachers from the Spanish departments…
Agency in meso-level language policy planning in the face of macro-level policy shifts
In contrast to the waning interest in learning languages other than English (LOTEs) worldwide, mainland China is pursuing to diversify LOTE education because of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative.’ In response to language policy shifts, individual stakeholders in local contexts such as universities have to take actions to initiate LOTE programs or courses. However, there is still a paucity of research through an in situ lens into meso-level language p…
Towards a multilayered and multidimensional analysis of multilingual education
Against the backdrop of the Belt and Road Initiative, the study reports on the ideological construction of multilingualism in higher education in mainland China. Through a new methodological approach combining intertextual discourse analysis and thematic analysis, this paper concentrates on the interplay of ideologies towards multilingualism between the macro-(national/provincial) and meso-(institutional) levels. We examine 22 political texts iss…
Language teacher education in System
The motivation and professional self of teachers teaching languages other than English in a Chinese university
Language teachers’ motivation and self is essential to their long-term commitment and professional development. Drawing on Language Teacher Self theory, the study reports on the professional experiences of seven teachers teaching languages other than English (LOTEs) in a Chinese university with shifting teacher appraisal policy. The findings revealed that majority of the participants were motivated to join the profession to pursue an academic car…
Ethics-related practices in Internet-based applied linguistics research
Drawing on an analytic framework developed from ethical research guidelines and the relevant literature, this study analyzes and discusses the ways ethical issues were addressed by authors of 72 relevant journal articles on online self-representation in the field of applied linguistics. The results illustrate how researchers undertook efforts to fulfill ethical responsibilities in Internet-based research. They show how researchers’ self-narrated …
Teacher agency and identity commitment in curricular reform
Teacher agency and identity commitment in curricular reform
Teacher emotions and agency enactment in online teaching
This semester-long study examines teachers' responses to online teaching with a focus on the interplay between teacher emotions and agency enactment in a Chinese university. Analysis of the data from three-round interviews with 12 teachers revealed highly complex emotional trajectories, which were dominated by outcome emotions and characterised by the co-existence of positive and negative emotions. The multiple facets of teacher emotions (i.e., v…
Teaching and learning languages online
The outbreak of COVID-19 generated an unprecedented global push towards remote online language teaching and learning. In most contexts, language teachers and learners underwent a rapid switch to online instruction with limited resources and preparation. Their experiences demonstrate resilience, perseverance, and creativity under highly challenging conditions. This collection of studies examines the challenges that language teachers and learners h…
Parental support for young learners’ online learning of English in a Chinese primary school
Agency in meso-level language policy planning in the face of macro-level policy shifts
In contrast to the waning interest in learning languages other than English (LOTEs) worldwide, mainland China is pursuing to diversify LOTE education because of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative.’ In response to language policy shifts, individual stakeholders in local contexts such as universities have to take actions to initiate LOTE programs or courses. However, there is still a paucity of research through an in situ lens into meso-level language p…
The motivation and professional self of teachers teaching languages other than English in a Chinese university
Language teachers’ motivation and self is essential to their long-term commitment and professional development. Drawing on Language Teacher Self theory, the study reports on the professional experiences of seven teachers teaching languages other than English (LOTEs) in a Chinese university with shifting teacher appraisal policy. The findings revealed that majority of the participants were motivated to join the profession to pursue an academic car…
Language teacher education in System
A social network analysis of collective agency in achieving the teaching-research nexus
Winning the Peace
Through the lens of the multinational staff of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (CMCS), this article argues that a technocratic programme of reconstruction evolved in the Nationalist government's wartime efforts on post-war planning, which refashioned a cadre of foreign (semi-)colonial-era experts into technocrats serving a sovereign state. This episode, in which the weakened Customs Service reclaimed its significance for the Chinese state, o…
Towards a multilayered and multidimensional analysis of multilingual education
Against the backdrop of the Belt and Road Initiative, the study reports on the ideological construction of multilingualism in higher education in mainland China. Through a new methodological approach combining intertextual discourse analysis and thematic analysis, this paper concentrates on the interplay of ideologies towards multilingualism between the macro-(national/provincial) and meso-(institutional) levels. We examine 22 political texts iss…
Analyzing Longitudinal Item Response Data via the Pairwise Fitting Method
Multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models can be applied to longitudinal educational surveys where a group of individuals are administered different tests over time with some common items. However, computational problems typically arise as the dimension of the latent variables increases. This is especially true when the latent variable distribution cannot be integrated out analytically, as with MIRT models for binary data. In this artic…
Refining the two‐parameter testlet response model by introducing testlet discrimination parameters
For testlet response data, traditional item response theory ( IRT ) models are often not appropriate due to local dependence presented among items within a common testlet. Several testlet‐based IRT models have been developed to model examinees' responses. In this paper, a new two‐parameter normal ogive testlet response theory ( 2PNOTRT ) model for dichotomous items is proposed by introducing testlet discrimination parameters. A Bayesian model par…
Warm'sweighted maximum likelihood estimation of latent trait in the four-parameter logistic model
摘要
Ethics-related practices in Internet-based applied linguistics research
Drawing on an analytic framework developed from ethical research guidelines and the relevant literature, this study analyzes and discusses the ways ethical issues were addressed by authors of 72 relevant journal articles on online self-representation in the field of applied linguistics. The results illustrate how researchers undertook efforts to fulfill ethical responsibilities in Internet-based research. They show how researchers’ self-narrated …
Teacher agency and identity commitment in curricular reform
Towards a multilayered and multidimensional analysis of multilingual education
Against the backdrop of the Belt and Road Initiative, the study reports on the ideological construction of multilingualism in higher education in mainland China. Through a new methodological approach combining intertextual discourse analysis and thematic analysis, this paper concentrates on the interplay of ideologies towards multilingualism between the macro-(national/provincial) and meso-(institutional) levels. We examine 22 political texts iss…
Language teacher education in System
The motivation and professional self of teachers teaching languages other than English in a Chinese university
Language teachers’ motivation and self is essential to their long-term commitment and professional development. Drawing on Language Teacher Self theory, the study reports on the professional experiences of seven teachers teaching languages other than English (LOTEs) in a Chinese university with shifting teacher appraisal policy. The findings revealed that majority of the participants were motivated to join the profession to pursue an academic car…
Business English students’ multifaceted and contradictory perceptions of intercultural communication education (ICE) at a Chinese University
Intercultural Communication Education (ICE) is occurring in different departments and faculties of higher education around the world. Yet, there is a lack of research on how this complex field is perceived by both teachers and students. The same goes for the perceptions of the ideal teacher of the subject. This article proposes to fill these gaps by problematizing current discussions about ICE. First the article presents an overview of the field …
The Collective Agency of Language Teachers under the Scheme of Research Excellence
This study adopted social network analysis (SNA) as a theoretical framework and methodological approach to understand the collective agency of a multilingual team of eight language teachers during their research practice in a Chinese university. As being guided by SNA that focuses on identifying social relationships and their impact, we used questionnaires and qualitative interviews to collect data and examine the emergence of collective agency. …
Spanish language teachers’ pedagogical beliefs in Chinese universities
Understanding teachers’ beliefs is critical to improving educational practice. There is a significant need for research on foreign language teachers’ pedagogical beliefs, as these can exert an influence on students’ learning outcomes. This study draws on Kember’s (1997) theorization of teaching beliefs to explore the beliefs of Spanish language teachers regarding their pedagogy in Chinese universities. Twenty teachers from the Spanish departments…
Agency in meso-level language policy planning in the face of macro-level policy shifts
In contrast to the waning interest in learning languages other than English (LOTEs) worldwide, mainland China is pursuing to diversify LOTE education because of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative.’ In response to language policy shifts, individual stakeholders in local contexts such as universities have to take actions to initiate LOTE programs or courses. However, there is still a paucity of research through an in situ lens into meso-level language p…
Language Teacher Agency
This Element aims to elucidate the concept of language teacher agency by exploring the 'what' question, offering major conceptualisations of agency and explaining how they shape the way we approach teacher agency. The authors then continue with the 'why' question, and elaborate on the reasons that language teacher agency matters, based on a discussion of the varied purposes of teacher agency at multiple levels. They also acknowledge that teacher …
Bayesian Inference for IRT Models with Non-Normal Latent Trait Distributions
Normality of latent traits is a common assumption made when estimating parameters for item response theory (IRT) models, but this assumption may be violated. The purpose of this research was to present a new Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method for ordinal items with flexible latent trait distributions (i.e., skewed and bimodal). Specifically, the Davidian curve (DC) was used to approximate the distribution of latent traits. The performance of …
Parental support for young learners’ online learning of English in a Chinese primary school
Teaching and learning languages online
The outbreak of COVID-19 generated an unprecedented global push towards remote online language teaching and learning. In most contexts, language teachers and learners underwent a rapid switch to online instruction with limited resources and preparation. Their experiences demonstrate resilience, perseverance, and creativity under highly challenging conditions. This collection of studies examines the challenges that language teachers and learners h…
Winning the Peace
Through the lens of the multinational staff of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (CMCS), this article argues that a technocratic programme of reconstruction evolved in the Nationalist government's wartime efforts on post-war planning, which refashioned a cadre of foreign (semi-)colonial-era experts into technocrats serving a sovereign state. This episode, in which the weakened Customs Service reclaimed its significance for the Chinese state, o…
Teacher emotions and agency enactment in online teaching
This semester-long study examines teachers' responses to online teaching with a focus on the interplay between teacher emotions and agency enactment in a Chinese university. Analysis of the data from three-round interviews with 12 teachers revealed highly complex emotional trajectories, which were dominated by outcome emotions and characterised by the co-existence of positive and negative emotions. The multiple facets of teacher emotions (i.e., v…
Interplay between language and identity
Returnee scholars are regarded as key agents to advance internationalisation in many non-Anglophone countries where internationalisation through the medium of English has raised concerns about the preservation of national language, culture, and identity. This study investigated how eight Chinese returnee scholars used their linguistic repertoires in their professional practice and daily lives and how their language practices interacted with multi…
A multimodal analysis of the online translanguaging practices of international students studying Chinese in a Chinese university
Previous research has recognised the value of translanguaging in Chinese language teaching but has focused primarily on using English as the medium of instruction. However, teachers and students may not share a common language with which to communicate in a multilingual class, which is a significant challenge in Chinese learning and teaching. This study incorporates translanguaging into the pedagogical design by implementing a translanguaging-bas…
Connecting collaborative practicums to beliefs
This qualitative study aimed to fill a research gap by examining the development of self-efficacy beliefs among nonnative-speaking student teachers (NNSTs) in teaching languages other than English. Situated in an international teacher education program for Chinese as a second/foreign language, this study explored the impacts of collaborative practicums on the self-efficacy beliefs of 17 NNSTs while they worked with 28 native-speaking student teac…
Mapping the Unheard
Identifying offshore wind energy sites involves analyzing multiple variables, such as wind speed, proximity to the coastline, and sociocultural factors. This complex decision-making process often involves many stakeholders, resulting in conflicting data and goals. Decision analysis that promotes collaboration, transparency, understanding, and sustainability is key. This study presents a unique model of human-environment interaction that reconcile…
Academics’ identity struggles and professional agency in the transition to teaching in a professional master’s degree programme
Academics tasked with teaching in new programmes often face identity struggles. However, there is limited knowledge of their identity development in the transition to teaching in professional-degree programmes, which are emerging in higher education to enhance graduates’ work readiness. Drawing on activity theory, this research adopts a case-study approach and examines ten academics’ identity struggles and professional agency in teaching in a new…
The emotions of language teachers
In the past decade, there has been increasing scholarly interest in language teachers’ emotional experiences, how they regulate and manage their emotions, and how their experiences and emotion-related practices are related to their cognition, practice, well-being, and professional development. A systematic and critical review is needed to help language teaching professionals to benefit from the insights generated by these studies. This review aim…
A social network analysis of collective agency in achieving the teaching-research nexus
Psychology (15 obras) · Sociology (15 obras) · Computer Science (14 obras) · Pedagogy (14 obras) · Mathematics education (9 obras) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (8 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Social science (8 obras) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 obras)