Education

09.1998 – 07.2002        Beijing Normal University, Bachelor

09.2002 – 07.2005        Beijing Normal University, Master

10.2009 – 03.2014        PhD, University of Hamburg, Germany                                           

Professional Experience

09.2005 – 01.2009        Teacher at School for the Blind, Beijing

07.2006 – 01.2009        Itinerant teacher for students with visual impairments in inclusive school settings in Beijing

12.2009 – 12.2010        Educational Assistant at the organization “Leben mit Behinderung” (live with disability) in Hamburg, Germany       

08.2014 – 06.2019        Lecturer at Beijing Normal University

02.2018 – 02.2019        Visiting Scholar at San Francisco State University, Department of Special Education

06.2019 –                      Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University

Selected Publications (2018-)

Yuexin Zhang, Siqi Huang, Jie Zhang, Wangqian Fu (2025). Effect of Tactile Picture Books on the Self- Concept Development of Students with Visual Impairments. Exceptionality (SSCI)

Yuexin Zhang, Siqi Huang, Jie Zhang, Yaxing Zhang (2025). Intervention on the Social Anxiety of Junior High School Students with Visual Impairments via Group Counseling with a Focus on Self-Concept. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (SSCI)

Yuexin Zhang, Meng Guo, Jiayi Lv, Mengyu Tian (2025). A review of research on reading comprehension monitoring among students with special needs. Chinese Journal of Special Education (CSSCI)，8: 23-30

Yuexin Zhang, Wangqian Fu, Shuheng Xiao (2025). Online Picture Book Teaching as an Intervention to Improve Typically Developing Children’s Attitudes Toward Peers with Disabilities in General Schools. Education Sciences (SCI)

Yuexin Zhang, Yuchen Cao, Rui You, Hao Luo (2025). An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Return of Students with Intellectual Disabilities from Regular Schools to Special Education Schools. Chinese Journal of Special Education (CSSCI)，7:38-46

​Yuexin Zhang, Lu Han, Meng Guo, Ying Dong and Wangqian Fu (2024). Perspective Taking of Children with Special Needs: A Systematic Review. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development (ESCI)

Fu, Wangqian, Zhang, Yuexin (corresponding author), et al. (2024). Special Education Teachers Attitudes Toward Teaching Sex Education to Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Malaysia. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities (SSCI). DOI:10.1080/20473869.2024.2340188

Zhang, Yuexin, Zhang, J.，Zhang，J., et al. (2024). Teaching requesting skills to children with visual impairment and intellectual disability by using Picture Exchange Communication System combined with tangible symbols. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education (SSCI). DOI:10.1080/1034912X.2023.2295911

Huang, Kuo-Yen, Chien, Wei-Cheng, Zhang, Yuexin (corresponding author), et al. (2024). A Comparative Study of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge between Special Education and General Education in China. Technology, Pedagogy and Education (SSCI).

Zhang, Yuexin, Huang, S., Wang, Y. (2023). Silos and Dissolution: The Possibilities and Potentials of the SWIFT for Inclusive Education in the United States. Studies in Foreign Education (CSSCI), 50(1): 53-68

Zhang,Yuexin, Rosen, S. Huang, S., Han L. (2023). Culture-based development model of inclusive higher education in Mainland China: history, current situation, and the future. In: Joseph W. Madaus and Lyman L. Dukes III, Handbook of Higher Education. Chapter 10. Edward Elgar Publishing

Zhang, Yuexin, Rosen, S., Chen, M., et al. (2021). Students’ perception of classroom environment in China and its relationship to creativity of students who have visual impairments. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities (SSCI), 33(1):65-84

Zhang, Yuexin (2020). Access is not a special need. Times Higher Education, 9:26

Zhang, Yuexin, et al. (2019). The status and reflection of itinerant teaching for students with special needs in regular class: Itinerant teacher’s perspective. Journal of Schooling Studies, 16(1): 63-72

Zhang, Yuexin, & Rosen, S. (2018). Confucian philosophy and contemporary Chinese societal attitudes toward people with disabilities and inclusive education. Educational Philosophy and Theory (SSCI)，50(12):1113-1123

Zhang, Yuexin, Rosen, S., & Cheng, L. (2018). Inclusive higher education for students with disabilities in China: What do the university teachers think? Higher Education Studies, 8(4):104-115

Zhang, Yuexin, et al. (2018). Construction and development of itinerant teacher system for students with visual impairment in mainstreaming schools. Teacher Education Research (CSSCI), 4:50-57

Selected Monograph/ Edited book/ College textbook

Zhang, Yuexin (Eds.) (2024). Orientation and Mobility Training for Visually Impaired Children in Early Stages. Northwest Normal University Publishing House.

Zhang, Yuexin (Eds.) (2023). Introduction to rehabilitation of children with disabilities. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing House.

Zhang, Yuexin (Eds.) (2023). Guideline of family early intervention for children with visual impairment. Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House.

Qian, Z., Zhang, Yuexin, Chen, X. (Eds.) (2022). On education for children with visual impairment. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Publishing House.

Zhang, Lin & Zhang, Yuexin (Eds.) (2021). Comprehensive rehabilitation for infants and toddlers who have visual impairments. Beijing: Chemical Industry Press.

Zhang, Yuexin (Eds.) (2018). Teacher preparation in early education and rehabilitation for young children with visual impairment. Beijing: Beijing Publishing House.

Selected Research Projects & Other Academic Activities

2024-2026: Research on the Optimal Allocation of Special Education Resources in the Context of Inclusive Development. Funded by the Faculty of Education， BNU

2023-2025: In charge of the project of “Research on the Application Model and Promotion Path of Intelligent Accessible Reading Aids for Visually Impaired Students Based on Multisensory Experience”. Funded by the Chinese Federation of Disabled Person.

2021-2022: In charge of the project of “Guidance of Orientation and Mobility of Preschool Visually Impaired Children”. Funded by Shenzhen Special Children Early Intervention Center.

2020-2021: In charge of the project of “Experiences and Coping Strategies of Chinese Special Education under the background of CoVid-19”. Funded by the National Research Institute of Educational Policy.

2020-2022: In charge of the project of “Adaption of Chinese Braille into the School Curriculum”. Funded by the Chinese Federation of Disabled Person.

2016-2019: In charge of the “Early education and rehabilitation project for visually impaired children aged 0-6”. Funded by the Chinese Federation of Disabled Person.