Post-doctoral researcher, collaborating mentor is prof XU Yingqing. My current research focus on children's learning and development based on tangible learning tools. Meanwhile, I am responsible for the join research project between Tsinghua University Lifelong Learning Lab and the LEGO foundation on "learning through play" and its corresponding research and tool development.
Di Zhao received her Master of Arts in Education from Stanford University in 2015. She also holds Teaching Certificate in Social Studies in the State of California. Di graduated from the Ohio State University with dual degrees in Political Science and International Relations. Since 2017, Di has been working as a researcher at Tsinghua University Lab for Lifelong Learning. She has been a mentor to a variety of student programs including Tsinghua University-Geneva University’s joint program for Sustainable Development Goals, and Tsinghua University’s Experience China Global Intercultural Program. Prior to joining the lab, Di has worked at Sunnyvale School District as a Social Science teacher and served as a core member on Language Review Team as well as on the English Language Advisory at the district level. Di also has experience working with MOE’s Chinese National Commission for UNESCO.
Research Projects
Tsinghua University Lifelong Learning Laboratory-Lego Foundation Denmark COVID-19 Emergency Response Project "Family Learning through Play" completed, chair
Empirical Research on the Project Construction, Problems and Countermeasures Implemented in the "National Training Program", completed, participant
Strengthen the International Comparative Study of the Construction of the Teaching Team, completed, participant
Recent Publications
Di Zhao, Weijing Liu. Building a Full-time Online Middle School through Promoting Students' Autonomous Learning -- Based on the Enlightenment of Stanford Online High School [J]. Educational Development Research (6):7 (CSSCI)
Ye, J., & Zhao, D. (2019). Developing Different Identity Trajectories: Lessons from Chinese Teachers. Teachers and Teaching, 25(1), 34-53 (SSCI)
Zhao Di. Improving the Quality of Normal University Students through Multiple Approaches [N]. China Education Daily 2018-10-15(002).
Zhao Di. A Case Study on the Training of Leading Primary and Secondary School Teachers -- The Characteristics and Implications of Stanford Teacher Education Program [J]. Educational Research, 2017, 01:82-87. (CSSCI extended edition)
Zhao Di, Wu Zhen, Peng Ruiwen. How to "Learning through Play" in the Process of Lifelong Learning [J]. Information Technology Education in Primary and Secondary Schools (8):4.
Zhao Di. (2018). The Source of Promoting Fairness and Excellence: Ensuring the Quality of Enrollment Sources for Teachers' Majors. Included in "Top-Level Design of the Construction of Chinese Teachers in the New Era" edited by Zhu Xudong and Song Huan [M]. (No. 225 -232 pages). Beijing: Beijing Normal University.
Zhu Xudong, Li Qiong, Song Huan, Liao Wei, Fu Yu, Wang Heng, Jin Wei, Gao Luan, Hu Qian, Chen Lin, Zhao Di, He Wenjie. (2018). "Report on the Status of China’s Teaching Force". Beijing: Teacher Education Research Center of Beijing Normal University. (The report was submitted to the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and adopted)
Zhao Di. (2018). The reform of education quality in compulsory education in the United States. Included in the "International Comparative Study of Education Quality in Contemporary Compulsory Education". (The report was submitted to the Department of Teacher Work of the Ministry of Education and was adopted)
Academic Activities
Reviewer for Cogent Education
Zhao Di. On the Educational Attributes of Teacher Education Textbooks in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region[100].//The 18th Shanghai International Curriculum Forum. Shanghai, 2020
China Education Association Teacher Trainer Union Annual Meeting, Ministry of Education-Lego "Innovative Talent Training Program" Project Judge, East China Normal University, 2019
Zhao Di. Reflective Practices for Pre-service Teachers: through the Bourdieu's Lens of Field and Habitus [100].//2018 World Class Conference. Beijing, 2018
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Zhao Di. A case study of excellent teachers training in primary and secondary schools[100].//The 3rd Global Teacher Education Summit. Beijing, 2017.