On May 27, Professor Patrick Carmichael, head of the Teacher Research Exchange Center (Camtree) at the University of Cambridge, and researcher Dr. Ji Ying were invited to visit the ICI. Teachers from the ICI, including An Guiqing, Cui Yunhuo, Shi Yuchen, Xiao Sihan, Yang Xiaozhe, Zhang Xiaolei, and Zhou Wenye, attended the meeting. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on classroom analysis, teacher training, and teacher exploration.

On May 27, the Curriculum Institute held an offline seminar with the Cambridge University Teacher Research Exchange Center

This meeting is a further deepening of the online exchanges between the two sides on March 12 this year, aiming to lay a more solid foundation for future exchanges and cooperation. The meeting was hosted by Associate Professor Shi Yuchen, Assistant Director of the ICI, and translation support was provided by her as well.

On March 12, teachers from the ICI, including An Guiqing, Cui Yunhuo, Shi Yuchen, Yang Xiaozhe, and Zhou Wenye, held an online seminar with four core members of Camtree, including Professor Sara Hennessy, Professor Peter Dudley, Professor Patrick Carmichael, and Dr. Ji Ying from the University of Cambridge. Through exchanges, the two sides gained a deep understanding of each other's ongoing projects and found many common interests.

On March 12, the Curriculum Institute held an online seminar with the Cambridge University Teacher Research Exchange Center

During the offline visit on May 27, Professor Cui Yunhuo, Director of the ICI, warmly welcomed the two experts. He fully affirmed the advancement, leadership and professionalism of the Cambridge University Teacher Research Exchange Center (Camtree) in developing systematic teacher training materials and supporting teachers' independent research. He pointed out that Camtree already has relatively mature experience in many aspects, which is closely aligned with the research and practice of the ICI. He hopes to strengthen cooperation with Camtree in the future, learn from each other's useful experience, give full play to research synergy, and jointly promote the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers in our country.

Professor Cui Yunhuo, ECNU ICI Director

Professor Patrick Carmichael, head of the Cambridge University Teacher Research Exchange Center (Camtree), and Dr. Ji Ying, a researcher at the center, introduced the work carried out by the center worldwide, including Camtree's existing exploration in five directions. Professor Carmicheal focused on the construction of digital infrastructure to support teacher research - Camtree Digital Library. Camtree is committed to promoting teachers' in-depth exploration of their own teaching practices, and continues to develop a global, multilingual, GenAI-supported digital library to encourage teachers to share their research results. Based on the principle of open research, the digital library transforms teachers' knowledge and experience into public resources, thereby promoting problem solving at the local, national and even global levels.

Professor William Patrick Carmichael, Director of Camtree, Cambridge University

Doctor Ji Ying, Researcher at Camtree

Associate Professor Shi Yuchen, Assistant Director of the ICI, introduced the ICI's 2023 teacher training program, the training model and network platform of the Teaching and Research Training Center, regional cooperation projects, and the AI Classroom project of the International Classroom Analysis Laboratory.

Shi Yuchen, Associate Professor, Assistant Director of ICI and Deputy Director of the International Classroom Analysis Laboratory of ICI.

After two in-depth exchanges online and offline, the two sides reached a certain consensus on teacher training strategies and localized implementation paths. In the future, the two sides will strengthen contact and cooperation, actively explore communication channels, and promote the localization and promotion of advanced concepts and technologies such as teacher training materials and Camtree digital libraries in China.