The
Sixth MICHIGAN CHINA FORUM
“Multiple
Approaches to Development: The Learning We Examined and Experienced”
Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Pond Room ABC, Michigan Union
530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor,
MI 48109
Organized by Michigan
China
Fellows
9:00 – 9:30am Breakfast
Morning Reception
9:35 – 9:45 am
Opening Remarks and Welcome
Zhang, Jiaan, Co-Chair of Michigan China Fellows,
Joint Program of Social Work and Political Science, University of
Michigan
9:45 – 10:35am
Session I:
Education: Teaching and Learning
Moderator: Zhang, Meilan, School
of Education, University of Michigan
The Issue in the Elementary School Teachers:
Mathematics Pedagogical Values (Mandarin, 20 min)
Leu, Yuh-Chyn, National
Taipei University
of Education, Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan
Taking an Effective Authorial Stance in Academic
Writing: Rendering the Linguistic Resources for L2 Writers (English, 20
min)
Chang, Peichin, School
of Education, University of Michigan
10:35 – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:55pm
Session II:
Culture and Ethnicity: Across Time and Space
Moderator: Liu, Lihong, History of Art, University of Michigan
Understanding Borders: Perspective from Ethnology
(English, 20 min)
He, Guoqiang, Sun
Yat-sen University,
East Asian & Pacific Studies in University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
New Confucianism and Its Application in the Modern
World (Mandarin, 20 min)
Zhou, Xiaodan, School
of Information, University of Michigan
A Space-Time Model of Fertility and Development in China
(Tentative)
King, Katherine, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
12:00 – 1:30pm Lunch
12: 40 – 1:00 pm, Annual
Review of Michigan China Fellows
Yang, Lijing,
Co-Chair of Michigan China Fellows, School of Education,
University of
Michigan
1:00 – 1:15 pm, Annual Award
Ceremony
1:15 – 1:35pm, Lunch Panel:
Promoting China’s Liberal Arts Education, Research and
Practices
You, Xiaojian, Business School,
University
of Michigan
Chen, Zhihang, Research Scientist,
University
of Michigan
Wang, Qian, Biomedical
Chemistry, University
of Michigan
1:40 – 2:35pm
Session III: A
Balanced Approach to Development: What do we know? What can we do?
Moderator: Wang, Yuhua, Department of Political
Science, University
of Michigan
Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Growth:
Quantifying the Welfare Effects of Increasing Patent Protection (English,
20 min)
Chu, Angus, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
Mobilizing the Labor Law: A qualitative study of legal
aid in Shanghai
(Mandarin, 20 min)
Li, Shijian, Joint Program of Social Work and
Political Science, University
of Michigan
2:35 – 2:45pm
Break
2:45 – 3:55pm
Session IV:
Higher Education: Choices and Accesses
Moderator: Chen, Rong, School
of Education, University of Michigan
Chinese
College Students’
Narration of Higher Education Choices in the Age of Economic
Restructuring (English, 15min)
Zhao, Yan, Educational Leadership & Policy
Department, SUNY-Buffalo
Financing College Access from a Comparative
Perspective (English, 15 min)
Yang, Lijing, School
of Education, University of Michigan
The Network Effects on Educational Attainment:
Evidence from South
Africa (English, 20 min)
Wu, Liyun, Joint Program of Social Work and Economics,
University
of Michigan
3:55 – 4:05pm
Break
4:05 – 5:05pm
Mini Workshop:
The Mystery of Finishing a Dissertation
Moderator: Luo, Airong, PhD Candidate, School of Information,
University
of Michigan
Chen, Juan, PhD, Social Work & Political Science, University of Michigan
Chen, Rong, PhD Candidate, Higher Education, University of Michigan
Zhang, Meilan, PhD, Learning Technologies, University of Michigan
Ng, Isabel, PhD, Psychology, University of Michigan
(To Be Confirmed)
5:10 – 5:30 pm
Tea Time
Closing Remarks
Long, Yan, Co-Chair of Michigan China Fellows, Women’s
Studies & Sociology, University of Michigan
Any opinions, findings, conclusions or
recommendations expressed on the forum are those of the presenter(s) and
do not reflect or represent the views of MCF and its members other than
the presenter. All contributing presenters assume full responsibility and
liability for the accuracy and academic integrity of the presented
material.
Planning Committee of 2007 Michigan
China
Forum:
Coordinators: Jiaan Zhang, Lijing Yang, Yan Long, Wen
Qi, Xu Li, Yang Jiang, Zhou Fang,
Secretariat: Jiaan Zhang, Juan Chen
Logistics: Lijing Yang, Xu Li, Yang Jiang, Wen Qi,
Yuhua Wang
Budgeting: Lijing Yang, Wen Qi
Facilities: Jun Ji, Dajun Yuan
Michigan China Forum 2007
is organized by Michigan China Fellows with financial support from LSA
Student Government at University
of Michigan
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