Author Biography
Mr. Peng Wang holds degrees in Engineering, Computer Science and MBA. He served in a Maryland Chinese School as an Assistant Principal and later Principal. He was an author of numerous articles on Overseas Chinese Language education. He initiated the development of this CHINESE LEARNING SERIES curriculum and teaching materials in collaboration with other teachers and renowned Chinese language education scholars in China, Canada and US. A new assessment method was also created by Mr. Wang and developed with others to quantify the number of Chinese characters that students learnt. He is a founder and Principal of the Great Wall Chinese School, Maryland, USA (GWCS). Dr. Qian Ning has a M.D. degree. She has years of experience in teaching Chinese in after-school programs at several schools in Montgomery County, MD. Dr. Ning played a leadership role in numerous Chinese educational research studies including the development of this CHINESE LEARNING SERIES curriculum, teacher and student handbooks. She is an author of several published papers relating to Chinese education. Dr. Ning is a co-founder of the GWCS. Ms. Guijuan Tian holds a BA degree in Education. She has 16 years of experience in teaching Grade 1-6 students Chinese at Primary Schools in Tianjin, China. She is responsible for curricular development and student assessments. Ms. Tian is high ranking Chinese teacher and received many awards from City and Department of Education in China. She published a lots papers related teaching skills and new methods. She studies on close to 100 Chinese education curricula and textbooks before the development of this CHINESE LEARNING SERIES curriculum and related publications.
