Dr. Dacheng Zhao

• Qualifications 
• Selected Publications
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Dr. Dacheng Zhao is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with expertise in:

• international and comparative education
• mathematics education, curriculum and assessment
• supervision of higher degree research students.

Dr Zhao's research interests and previous studies include the comparative study of mathematics education between China and Australia, a case study of quality supervision of international research students, a self-reflective study of postdoctoral experience, and policy analysis of education reform. Currently he is working on a number of projects including a 2008 UWS Research Grant Scheme supported project entitled Postgraduate supervisory pedagogies and development work team research: Collaborating with international research higher degree students from China in knowledge creation, and the Western Sydney/Ningbo Project, which is an innovative model to train teachers as researchers involving international cooperation in teacher education and research education. He is a co-supervisor of two PhD students and eight Master of Education (Honours) students.

Qualifications

BEd (Hunan), MEd (Beijing), PhD (Macquarie)

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Selected publications

Han, J. & Zhao, D. (2008) Quality teaching for internationalising higher education: Making spaces for double knowing in research higher degree training, in J. McConachie and others (eds) Changing University Learning and Teaching: Engaging and mobilising leadership, quality and technology, Brisbane: Post Ed Press.

Singh, M., Han, J. & Zhao, D. (in press, 2008) Road safety literacy for speakers of English as a foreign language: Educating novice drivers for the public’s health, Adult Literacy and Numeracy.

Zhao, D., Mulligan, J. & Mitchelmore, M. (2006) Case studies on mathematics assessment practices in Australian and Chinese primary schools, in K.S. Leung, K.D. Graf and F.J. Loperz-Real (eds), Mathematics education in different cultural traditions: A comparative study of East Asia and the West, New York: Springer.

Zhao, D. (2004) The development of an evaluation scheme for evaluating new curriculum at senior high schools in Guangdong, Modern Primary and Secondary Education, 12 (1), 36-43.

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Contact

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