Biography
Dr. Tao Wang’s research interests and experiences span three realms: global citizenship education and curriculum development, controversial public issues in social studies, and cultural identities of ethnic migrants and social integration. He taught diversity and educational equity, curriculum theories, and global migration and social integration at the undergraduate and graduate levels in both U.S. and China. His work appears in peer-reviewed journals, including Race, Ethnicity and Education, Intercultural Education, Education and Urban Society, and Global Education (in Chinese). He consulted on K-12 policymaking and school practice nationally and internationally and collaborated with educational organizations. He served before in the National Commission of K-9 Curriculum Program Revision in China and the National Commission of High School Curriculum Program Revision in China. He also served as an expert in the OECD's project "Learning Compass 2030."
T&L 433 Multicultural Education
EFR 506 Multicultural Education
EFR 502 Issues and Trends in Education
EDL 517 Social, Cultural, Political, and Community Dimensions of Schools
Global Citizenship Education and Curriculum Development
Curriculum Changes and School Innovation Across Countries
Controversial Public Issues and Civic Reasoning in Social Studies
(Im)Migrants, Minorities, and Social Integration
English Publications
Wang, T. (2023). Rural migrants in China: Barriers to education and citizenship. In J. A. Banks (Ed.) Global migration and civic education: Research, policy, and practice (1st ed., pp. 80-93). Taylor & Francis.
Wang, T. (2021). Urban schooling and social integration of ethnic migrant students in China. Education and Urban Society, 53(6), 708-733. DOI: 10.1177/0013124520955161
Shi, Y. -C., Shen, X. -M. Wang, T., Cheng, L. & Wang, A. -Chen. (2021). Dialogic teaching of controversial public issues in a Chinese middle school. Learning, Culture, and Social Interaction, 30(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2021.100533
Cui, Y.-H., Wang, T., Zhang, L. -X. (Translation). (2021). General senior high school curriculum program (2017 edition) (Developed by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China). People's Education Press & Cengage
Wang, T. (2020). Striving for equal opportunities: Gender identities and educational challenges of ethnic migrants in Northwest China. Children and Youth Services Review, 119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105497
Wang, T. (2020). Rural migrants in China: Barriers to education and citizenship. Intercultural Education, 31(5), 578-591. DOI: 10.1080/14675986.2020.1794121 (Cited by 13)
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 (Cited by 23)
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 (cited by 32)
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 (cited by 16)
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.
Wang, T. (2015). The marginality of rural students in 11 Chinese urban high schools. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural studies, 2(2), 21-32. (Cited by 17)
Wang, T. (2015). Walking out of the Mountain: Cultural Identification and Education of Rural Migrant Muslim Students in Northwest China. Unpublished Dissertation. Seattle, University of Washington.
Chinese Publications
Shen, X. -M., Shi, Y. -C., Cheng, L., & Wang, T. (2024). Deyu xueke ruhe kaifa you jiaoyu jiazhi de danyuan jiaoxue cailiao: Yi dianying “wobushi yaoshen” weili [The development of source materials into instructional materials in moral education: An exemplary case using movie dying to survive]. Global Education, 53(1), 40-51.
Cui, Y. -H., Wang, T., & Lei, H. (Eds.).(2022). Yu shidai xinren, hui kecheng lantu: Yiwu jiaoyu kecheng fangan (2022 ban) jiedu [Educating generation of the era, Drawing a blueprint for the curriculum: Interpretation of “Compulsory Education Curriculum Program (2022 Edition)]. Beijing Normal University Press. (Invited and Organized by the Ministry of Education of China)
- Wang, T., Wen, Y., Zheng, M. -P., & Liao, D. -N. Chapter 3 Dianxing guojia he diqu yiwu jiaoyu jieduan kecheng fangan de yanjiu jinzhan [International Comparison of curriculum programs in selected countries and regions]
- Cui, Y. -H., & Wang, T. Chapter 4 Yiwu jiaoyu kecheng fangan xiuding de Beijing, silu, jiqi bianhua [The background, ideas and changes of the revision of the compulsory education curriculum program]
- Cui, Y. -H., Wang, T., & Wang, S. -F. Chapter 20 Yiwu jiaoyu kecheng fangan xiuding de fansi yu zhanwang [Reflections and prospects on the revision of Compulsory Education Curriculum Program]
Cui, Y. H., & Wang, T. (2022). Peigen zhuhun, qizhi runxin, enlighten the mind: Yiwu jiaoyu kecheng fangan (2022 ban) jiedu [Nurture the root and soul of the nation, enlighten the mind: Interpretation of “Compulsory Education Curriculum Program (2022 Edition)]. Global Education, (4), 6-7.
Wu, Y., & Wang, T. (2022). Hexin suyang zuowei youxiao xianjie de niudai: Yi aodaliya weili [Core Competencies as a link between preschool and primary schooling: The case of Australia]. Shanghai Educational Research.
Deng, H. Y., & Wang, T. (2022). Renwen zhuyi shiye xia de xuehui chengwei: Lianheguo jiaokewen zuzhi guanyu weilai jaioyu de hexin zhixiang [Learning to become and Humanism: Reflections on UNESCO’s report on the future of education].Curriculum of Fundamental Education, 3, 73-80.
Yin, S. & Wang, T. (2021). Guoji lijie jiaoyu de neihan ji mubiao sheding [The concept of global understanding and its curriculum goals]. Curriculum of Fundamental Education, 7, 16-23.
Wang, T., & Zhang, W. (Eds.) (2020). Duoyuan shijiao de kecheng zhenghe [Curriculum Integration from Diverse Perspectives]. East China Normal University Press.
Wang, T. (2020). Huiying yiqing de kecheng yu jiaoxue: Jiyu shehui wenhua he jiaoyu gongping de shijiao [Sociocultural Perspectives of Curriculum and Instructional Design Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic]. Educational Sciences. 36(3),19-20, 23, 24.
Wang, T. (2020). Zhongguo shehui de wenhua duoyangxing yu jiaoyu zhengce tanxi [Cultural diversity in China and possibilities 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. (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, S. (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.
Schleicher, A., Wang, T., Xiao, S. -H., Lei, H., & Huang, X. -H. (2018). Jiaoyu yao mianxiang xuesheng de weilai erbushi women de guoqu [Educating Learners For Their Future, Not Our Past]. Global Education, (02), 3-13.
MANUSCRIPT IN PROGRESS
Wang, T. (Expected in 2024). Glocalized Citizenship for Collective Well-Being - Curriculum and Pedagogical Practices in Chinese Schools. Springer
PhD., University of Washington, 2015, Curriculum and Instruction (Multicultural Education)
MEd., University of Washington, 2012, Curriculum and Instruction (Multicultural Education)
B.A., Southwest University, Chongqing, China, 2010, Education
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, 2019-2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, 2016-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Multicultural Education, College of Education, Multicultural Education, 2015-2016