Tao Wang is an associate professor at the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai. His research interest is multicultural education, equity, and curriculum studies; global migration, citizenship, and cultural identification; and rural migrants and social integration.
Education
Ph.D., Multicultural Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 2015
MEd, Multicultural Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 2012
B.A., Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China, 2010
Work Experience
Associate Professor, Institute of Curriculum and Instruction, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 2019-
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 2016-2019
Research Associate, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle, 2015-2016
Adjunct Professor, School of Educational Studies, University of Washington, Bothell, Dec. 2015-Mar. 2016
Adjunct Professor, Bates Technical College, Mar. 2016-Jun. 2016
Research Assistant, Center for Multicultural Education, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle, 2011-2015
Service
Secretary, Committee of K-9 National Curriculum, Ministry of Education in China, 2019-
Assistant Editor, ECNU Review of Education, 2018-
Research Projects
PI, "Chinese Approach to Global Understanding Education and Its Curriculum Construction", Sponsored by National Social Science Foundation, 2019-
PI, “Cultural Appropriateness and Culturally Responsive Teaching for Rural Migrant Children in Shanghai”, Sponsored by China Postdoctoral Science,2017-2019
PI, “An Action Research of Glocalized Understanding and its Curriculum Design”, Sponsored by East China Normal University, 2017-2018
PI, “Cultural Appropriateness and Culturally Responsive Curriculum for Rural Migrant China in Shanghai”, Sponsored by Committee of Education in Shanghai, 2017-2019
Researcher, “Evaluation of Curriculum Implementation in K-12 Education of China”, Sponsored by the Ministry of Education in China, 2016-2019
Researcher, “International Comparison of Curriculum Programme”, 2016-2018
PI, “Cultural Identification of Migrant Muslim Students in China”, Sponsored by Boeing International Fellowship for International Research, University of Washington, 2014-2015
Researcher (PI: James A. Banks), Book Project, “Global Migration, Structural Inclusion, and Citizenship Education Across Nations”, Sponsored by American Educational Research Association, 2014-2016
Researcher (PI: James A. Banks), Book Project, “Global Migration, Diversity and Civic Education”, Sponsored by the National Academy of Education, 2015-2016
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Wang, T. (2020, Accepted). Striving for equal opportunities: Gender identities and educational challenges of ethnic migrants in Northwest China. Children and Youth Service Review.
Wang, T. (2020, Online). Urban schooling and social integration of ethnic migrant students in China. Education and Urban Society, DOI: 10.1177/0013124520955161
Wang, T. (2020). Rural migrants in China: Barriers to education and citizenship. Intercultural Education, 31(5), 578-591. DOI: 10.1080/14675986.2020.1794121
Wang,
T. (2020, Online). The COVID-19 Crisis and Cross-Cultural Experience of
China’s International Students: A Possible Generation of Glocalized
Citizens? ECNU Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531120931519
Wang,
T. (2020). Zhongguo shehui de wenhua duoyangxing yu jiaoyu zhengce
tanxi [Cultural diversity in China and possiblities of educational
policies]. Journal of Chinese Society of Education, (3), 49-56.
Wang,
T., & Zheng, M. -P. (2019). Multicultural Education and its Challenges, Boundaries, and
Practices: A Conversation with “the Father of Multicultural Education”
James A. Banks [Duoyuan wenhua jiaoyu de dangdai tiaozhan yanjiu
bianjie ji bentu shijian: Fang duoyuan wenhua jiaoyu zhifu James A.
Banks]. Global Education, (11), 3-14.
Wang, T. (2019). Competence for students’ Future: Curriculum change and policy redesign in China. ECNU Review of Education,2(2), 234–245. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531119850905
Wang, T. (2018). Suiqian zinv de wenhua huiyingshi kecheng yu jiaoxue: Duoyuan wenhua jiaoyu lilun de toujin [Culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy for rural migrant students:A perspective of multicultural education]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Science), (5), 104-113, 169.
Wang, T., & Park, Sunun. (2018). Hanguo 2015 kecheng fangan jiqi dui zhognguo kecheng gaige de qishi [2015 Korean national curriculum and its implications for curriculum reform in China]. Global Education, (11), 3-13.
Wang, T. (2018). Rural–urban divide and identity conflicts of migrant Muslim students in Northwest China. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 59(2), 224-245, DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2018.1468792
Wang, T. (2018). Religion-based cultural identity and conflicts of migrant Muslim students in Northwest China, Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(6), 858-875, DOI:10.1080/13613324.2017.1395324
Wang, T. (2015). Marginality of rural students in 11 Chinese urban high schools. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural studies, 2(2), 21-32.
Wang, T., & Longoria, A. (2016). Civic values in curriculum standards of China and the United States: A comparative study on citizenship education within different social systems. In Shin, K. –H. Multicultural Education in Global Era. New York: Nova Science Publisher.
Conference Papers
Wang, T., & Zheng, M. -P. (2020). The Possibilities and Perils of Developing Controversial Issues in Civic Curriculum with Teachers in Shanghai. Paper in a symposium "Curriculum Collaboration of Researchers, Policy Makers, and Practitioners for Civic Competence: Perspectives from China". Paper will be presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, United States.
Wang, T., Osler, A., & Cui, Y. H. (2019). Cultivating Citizenship in Global Education: Opportunities and Challenges of a Competence-based Curriculum for China. Paper session. Paper will be presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Toronto, Canada.
Wang, T. (2019). Education and Social Integration of Muslim Migrant Children in China. Paper session. Paper will be presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Toronto, Canada.
Wang, T. (2017). Striving for equal opportunities: Gender roles and educational challenges of migrant Muslim girls in Northwest China (Paper session). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Wang, T., & Longoria, A. (2017). Knowledge to action: Teachers’ perception and enactment of democracy, equity, and diversity in China and U.S. (Paper session). Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Wang, T. (2017). Ethnic Identification and Conflicts of Migrant Muslim Students in Northwest China. Paper presented at the 6th BNU/UCL IOE International Conference in Education, Beijing, China.
Wang, T. (2016). Religion-based cultural identity and conflicts of migrant Muslim students in Northwest China. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Vancouver, Canada.
Longoria, A., & Wang, T. (2016). Beyond social reproduction: A comparative study of migrant education in the United States and China. Paper will be presented at the Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Vancouver, Canada.
Wang, T., & Chu, Y. -T. (2016). James A. Banks: A Pioneer for the advancement of social justice in a global world. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Washington, DC.
Wang, T. (2016). Ethnic identification and conflicts of migrant Muslim students in Northwest China. Paper will be presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Washington, DC.
Wang, T. (2015). A narrative approach to cultural identification of rural migrant Muslim students in Northwest China. Presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Wang, T., & Longoria, A. (2015). Civic values in textbooks of China and the United States: A comparative study on citizenship education within different social systems. Paper session. Presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Wang, T. (2014). Cultural differences and classroom management: Teaching Chinese as a second language to K-2 Graders. Paper session, Paper presented at the 44th annual meeting of Jean Piaget Society, San Francisco, CA.
Wang, T., & Longoria, A. (2014). Civic values in curriculum standards of China and the United States: A comparative study on citizenship education within different social systems. Paper session, Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Wang, T. (2013). Marginality of rural students in Chinese urban high school. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.