By Ren Youqun

Chair: Mark Bray

Ren Youqun is Executive Vice Chairman of the University Council & Vice President of ECNU. He is also a professor in Educational Sciences.

His research interests include Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Technology, Teacher Education, and Learning Sciences. He has published 2 books and over 80 articles, and translated 10 English books into Chinese. Prof. Ren is a passionate teacher with abundant teaching experience in higher education.

Abstract: East China Normal University (ECNU) is one of the elite universities in China. Since 2017 the university has been sponsored by the ‘National Double First-rate Program’, a new impetus for the development of China’s higher education. Its Faculty of Education has excelled in the national discipline-based evaluation led by the Ministry of Education. These achievements have brought ECNU both opportunities and challenges for its further development.

In this context, ECNU has launched a ‘Five Plus’ Action Plan: Education plus, Health plus, Ecology plus, Intelligence plus and International plus. This seminar will focus on the ‘Education Plus’ Action Plan.