Yuehua Zhang is working in Shanghai, China with thriteen Chinese language teachers in three different schools conducting professional development training workshops and designing Chinese Language curricula for each school. She coodinates a summer institute and conducts workshops involving many Chinese language teachers from schools all over Asia.

Education

Ph.D., 1993, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Major area: Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in Instructional Theory, Design and Technology. Dissertation: "ROBO-Writer and Microsoft Word: Comparative Effects on Improvement of Writing Skills of Primary Grades LD Students.” Thesis director: Professor David Brooks.

M.Ed., 1990, Concordia College, Seward Nebraska, major area: Language Education with emphasis on classroom teaching.

B.A., 1982, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. Major area: Language Education with emphasis on English as a second language.

Certificate, 1973, Education department, City of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. One year program for teacher training, English Teacher Training Program.

Academic Positions

August 2001 - present Chinese Language Program Coordinator at Shanghai American School

August 2000 - July 2001 Chinese Language Program Coordinator at Concordia International School Shanghai, Shanghai China.

January 1998- August 2000 Assistant Professor of Education, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas.

August – December 1997: Visiting professor, Valparaiso University, Resident Director, Lutheran Colleges and China Consortium, Hangzhou University.

August 1993 – August 1997: Assistant professor of Education, Associate Director of International Education, Foreign Student Advisor, Director of English as a Second Language Program, Concordia College, Seward, Nebraska.

Summer 1992: Summer school instructor, Teachers College, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Summer 1991: Summer school instructor, Teachers College, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.

August 1990 – July 1993: graduate assistant, computer lab instructor, Teachers College, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.

September 1987 – July 1989: English as a Second Language instructor, Space-Medical Engineering Institute Training Center, Beijing, China, (Part-time).

September 1986 – July 1989: English as a Second Language instructor, Beijing Agriculture University, Beijing, China, (part time).

September 1982 – January 1989: English as a Second Language Lecturer (Grades 10-12), People’s University High School, Beijing, China.

January 1974 – September 1978: English as a Second Language teacher (Grades 7-9), Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.

Courses Taught

Basic Methods and Principles in Teaching English as a Second Language (graduate)
Introduction to Psychology (undergraduate)
Developing and Using Media (undergraduate)
Media for the Classroom (undergraduate)
Instructional Message Design (graduate)
Educational Technology (undergraduate)
Leadership in Educational Technology (graduate)
Integrating Educational Technology in Curricula (graduate)
Issues in Educational Technology (graduate) (undergraduate)
Educational Participation in Community (undergraduate)

Conference Presentations

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 11th International Conference, “Technology Assists the creation of a structured Learning Environment for Discovery Learning”,  Feburuary 2000, San Diego, CA

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 11th International Conference, “Staff Development:  Task-Oriented Training”, Feburuary 2000, San Diego, CA

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 11th International Conference, “CyberJive: The Origins of Infermation Technology Jargon with Implications”,  Feburuary 2000, San Diego, CA

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 10th International Conference, “Project-Based Learning”, March 1999, San Antonio, TX.

1998 NAFSA (International Educators Association) Region II Conference, “The Role of the Resident Director in Study Abroad Program”, October, 1998, Lawrence, Kansas.

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 9th International Conference, “Team Effort: a Clustered of Shared Initiatives,” March 1998, Washington DC.

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 9th International Conference, “A Virtual Mathematica Museum,” March 1998, Washington DC.

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 8th International Conference, “How to Better Prepare Preservice Teachers with Modern technology,” April 1997, Orlando, FL.

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 8th International Conference, “Teaching Reading Strategies: A New Approach for ESL/EFL Teachers,” April 1997, Orlando, FL.

SITE Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 7th International Conference, “Complexity Theory and Preparing Preservice Teachers,” March 1996, Phoenix, Arizona.

First International Conference on Psycholinguistics and Special Education, “ROBO-Writer and Microsoft Word: Comparative Effects on Improvement of Writing Skills of Primary Grade LD Students,” May 1993, Xian, P.R. China.

NETA Spring Conference, Portraits, Perspectives and Paradigms:  The Excitement of Technology in Education. “ROBO-Writer: An exciting Approach to Written Expression,” May 1993, Omaha, Nebraska.

Regional Technology Conference, Breaking Boundaries Through Assistive Technology, “A Positive Approach for Written Expression,” September 1992, Souix City, Iowa.

NETA Spring Conference, Technology in Motion: Imagining and Developing, “CAI to Develop Writing Skills,” April 1992, Omaha, Nebraska.

Nebraska Association for Gifted Education, State Conference, “Waves of the Near Future,” March 1991, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Publications

Zhang, Y., Technology Assists the Creation of a Structured Learning Environment for Discovery Learning, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 2000.

Zhang, Y., & Stacks, C., Staff Development: Task-Oriented Training, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 2000.

Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Hatley, K. & Fowler, D., CyberJive: The Origins of Infermation Technology Jargon with Implications, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 2000.

Zhang, Y., Technology and Writing Skills of LD students,  Journal of Research on Computing in Education, [expected for print Spring, 2000].

Zhang, Y., Project-Based Collaborative Learning, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 1999.

Zhang, Y., Team Effort: a Clustere of Shared Initiatives, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 1998.

Zhang, Y., How to Better Prepare Preservice Teachers with Modern technology, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 1997.

Zhang, Y. & Feng, X., Teaching Reading Strategies: A New Approach for ESL/EFL Teachers, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 1997.

Zhang, Y. & Fowler, D., Complexity Theory and Preparing Preservice Teachers, Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 1996.

Zhang. Y., Brooks, D.W., Frields, T. & Redelfs, M., Quality of Writing by Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities, Journal of Research on Computing in Education, Vol. 27, No.4(483-499), Summer 1995.

Brooks, D.W., Zhang, Y,. Frields, T. & Redelfs, M., ROBO-Writer, The Computing Teacher, Journal of the International Society of Technology in Education, Vol. 22, No. 4, (49-51) December/January 1994-1995.

Fowler, D. & Zhang, Y., A Level Beyond:  Preparing Teachers for an Age of complexity, International Journal of Instructional Media, Vol. 21(2), (119-135), 1994.

Yang, J., Zhang, Y., Jing, F., & Mong, X., Methods and Techniques of Learning English as a Second Language: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing [for students in grades 10-12], Higher Education Publishing House, Beijing, China, 1988.