Curriculum Development and Implementation in Rural China

Professor Gangping Wu is an established and respected curriculum scholar based in China. His main research interests are curriculum and instruction theory and teacher education. He participated in the development of China's national basic education curriculum reform plan and curriculum standards, as well as China's national teacher education curriculum standards. He won first prize in 'The First National Basic Education Curriculum Reform Teaching Research Award' and first prize in 'The Third Outstanding Achievement of Humanities and Social Science Research in Chinese Universities'.

Dr. Jing Zhao is a lecturer at Hangzhou Normal University, China. She received a master's degree in French Language and Literature from Yunnan University, China, and a doctorate in Education from East China Normal University. Her research was funded by the Chinese Ministry of Education Scholarship Fund and a French Government Scholarship. She was a visiting student at the University of Paris V and the University of Lyon II in France. Her research interests are French curriculum and teaching, basic principles of pedagogy, and examination research.