国际研讨会主旨发言介绍(3)(4)

主旨发言专家（3）：

个人简介：

Jinyan Huang, Ph.D.

Professor and Ph.D. Faculty

College of Education

Niagara University

Lewiston, New York

Dr. Jinyan Huang is currently a tenured full professor and full-time Ph.D. faculty member at the College of Education of Niagara University, responsible for teaching advanced quantitative research methods courses including assessment and measurement and supervising Ph.D. dissertations. Dr. Huang earned his Ph.D. (2007) in measurement and quantitative research methods from Queen's University at Kingston in Canada. As part of his Ph.D. program, he studied at the Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (2004) at the University of Alberta in Canada. Dr. Huang’s areas of research center on large-scale assessment, leadership, and policy issues. Specifically, he is interested in the following three issues: a) factors or level of factors that affect students’ large-scale standardized test scores; b) assessment issues (reliability, validity, and fairness) in schools and universities; and c) the use of assessment data for supporting leadership and policies. Such a focus enables Dr. Huang to concentrate on the use of his research expertise in multivariate statistical methods, factor analysis and structural equation modeling, hierarchal linear modeling, generalizability theory, item response theory, and geographic information system. He is currently serving as editor of Language and Communication Quarterly and Leadership and Policy Quarterly. He is also serving as an editorial review board member of TESOL Journal and World Journal of Education, and a reviewer for The Modern Language Journal, Assessing Writing, Language Assessment Quarterly, Contemporary Educational Research Quarterly, Journal of Educational Administration, Asia-Pacific Journal of Education, Journal of Excellence in College Teaching, Measurement, International Journal of Testing, Behavior Research Methods, and Learning and Individual Differences.

发言主要内容：

Title

Dual-degree Education and the Internationalization of Chinese Higher Education: Challenges and Implications

Abstract

Internationalization is a major trend in higher education. It has become a worldwide phenomenon. The internationalization in higher education is the process of integrating an international perspective into a college or university system. The internationalized curricula, the internationalized classrooms, the internationalized campuses, the internationalized talents, and dual degree programs are the hot topics in the current research of the internationalization of higher education. This keynote speech provides an overview of dual degree programs in American higher education as well as the internationalization of Chinese Higher Education. It also reports the results of an empirical study examining undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the English dual degree programs at Wuhan Institute of Technology. Important educational implications are discussed.

主旨发言专家（4）：

个人简介：

Dr. John Spiridakis

Interim Chair and Professor Education

The School Of Education

St. John’s University

New York, U.S.A

Dr. John Spiridakis obtained his Ph.D. from The Florida State University and J.D. from Cardozo School of Law.  He serves as Interim Chair, Department of Education Specialties, and is Professor of Graduate education programs in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Bilingual Education, in the School of Education.  He is responsible for leading the Graduate Special Education, Literacy and TESOL Education Programs including the Distance Learning option for students and Global TESOL courses and field experiences in several countries. He also has led many, and currently leads, national and state funded projects to research best practices for preparing educators and enhancing the achievement of English learners and neglected immigrant students. He was director of a multi-country European Union project to research and improve Greek second and heritage language education across the U.S.A. that included the collaboration of several universities in Europe, Australia, Canada and South America. Dr. Spiridakis has also lectured at, facilitated partnerships between, St. John’s University’s School of Education and several universities in China to promote joint programs and student/faculty exchange programs. He has recently served as a consultant for the European Union to evaluate Schools of Education and universities in Greece. Dr. Spiridakis has numerous publications and has lectured at international, national and local conferences in the field of education for language minority groups. He co-authored the chapter “Greek in New York City” in the Multilingual Apple: Languages in a City and recently co-edited a book Interculturalism in the 21st Century: prospects and challenges.

发言主要内容：

Title

Designing, Managing and Evaluating Higher Education Exemplary Practices Programs for English as a New Language Educators

Abstract

This keynote speech articulates the critical curricular themes, content, management plan and evaluation components of a professional development program that seeks to assure its quality in preparing teachers and administrators working with English learners. Different governments have provided funds to help handle the educational needs of these children and adolescent and adults learning English as a new language. Educators around the world can benefit from identifying key language scaffolding techniques, for example, and other exemplary approaches to English as a new language instruction. By the same token, management and evaluation strategies pose special challenges for educators in the public as well as private sectors. This speech seeks to illuminate these areas with specific examples of successful programs.