Position: Wang Nan, Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Guangxi Normal University and President of Guangxi Teachers Education Research Association, takes “Principles of Education” and “Research on Teachers Education” as her major fields of research.

Short CV: Wang Nan, Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Guangxi Normal University and President of Guangxi Teachers Education Research Association, takes “Principles of Education” and “Research on Teachers Education” as her major fields of research. Up to now, she has published more than 80 academic papers, 15 monographs and textbooks, and undertaken nearly 10 research projects on provincial and national level. Her representative achievements include: Beautiful Teachers: Studies on the Charms of Teaching Profession, The Birth of Wise Teachers, The Prints of a Teacher: Narrative Studies on Classroom Life, and others.

Area of interest: The Construction of Learning Community Based on New Curriculum Reform

I. Background. The curriculum reform of elementary education since 1990s in China has brought about comprehensive and profound changes in the field of education, greatly improving the partnership between universities and primary and secondary schools.

1. The partnership between universities and primary and secondary schools mainly consists of three types: cooperation on the basis of experimental schools, cooperation based on joint research projects, and school cooperation on the basis of specialties development, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages.

2. Our research approach:

Entry point: The New Curriculum Reform of elementary education;

Nature: cooperation between normal university and primary and secondary schools;

Emphasis: the exploration and sharing of high-quality teaching resources

Goal: to construct a new learning community

II. Significance. Partnership between universities and primary and secondary schools has profound significance:

1. On the part of normal universities: the relationship can help normal universities derive experiences from elementary education practice, thus attaching stronger empirical nature to educational theory research; improve professional development of university teachers and provide more practice opportunities for university students.

2. On the part of primary and secondary schools: the relationship can stimulate the reform of primary and secondary schools; improve the professional level of primary and secondary school teachers; promote the implementation of the New Curriculum Reform and enhance the students’ development.

    III. Methods

    Focusing on the exploration and sharing of high-quality educational resources, including:

    —Models of general education under the guidance of the New Curriculum concept;

    —Classroom teaching activities under the guidance of the New Curriculum concept;

    —Teachers’ teaching styles under the guidance of the New Curriculum concept;

    —Teachers’ professional development under the guidance of the New Curriculum concept;

    —Partnership mechanism under the guidance of the New Curriculum concept;