Position: Dr. LUO Xingkai is a professor in College of Physics & Technology and standing director of the MOE Authorized Center for School Curriculum Research & Development at Guangxi Normal University where he has worked for pre-service and in-service science/physics teacher education since 1988.

Short CV: Dr. LUO Xingkai is a professor in College of Physics & Technology and standing director of the MOE Authorized Center for School Curriculum Research & Development at Guangxi Normal University where he has worked for pre-service and in-service science/physics teacher education since 1988. His research interests include scientific inquiry and promoting inquiry-based science learning by improving assessment and teacher education, developing innovative learning resources, especially thought-provoking hands-on experiments, for learning and teaching in science for general and physics for specific.

Because of his long time effective innovations in science/physics teacher education program, Prof. Luo has received many awards and the recent one is the “National Famous Professors Award” by MOE in 2009.

Prof Luo served as a member of ICPE (the International Commission on Physics Education) from 2002 to 2008 and he is curently the vice standing president of the National Association for Science Education in China.

Area of interest: His research interests include scientific inquiry and promoting inquiry-based science learning by improving assessment and teacher education, developing innovative learning resources, especially thought-provoking hands-on experiments, for learning and teaching in science for general and physics for specific.

Because of his long time effective innovations in science/physics teacher education program, Prof. Luo has received many awards and the recent one is the “National Famous Professors Award” by MOE in 2009.

Prof Luo served as a member of ICPE (the International Commission on Physics Education) from 2002 to 2008 and he is curently the vice standing president of the National Association for Science Education in China.