ZHAO Zhiqun
Professor
Institute of Vocational and Adult Education
Email:zhiqunzhao@263.net
Address:Room 458, Yingdong Building
POSITIONS
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
EDUCATION
1984-1989 Institute of Environment Engineering, Tongji University, China, Bachelor of Engineering
1989-1991 Institute of German, Tongji University, China, Magister
1997-2001: Institute of Technology and Education (ITB), University of Bremen, Germany, Dr.-phil.
TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1991-2006Central Institute of Vocational and Technical Education, Ministry of Education, China (CIVTE), Head of the Division of TVET Teacher Training, and Teaching and Learning Process.
2006-2009Beijing Normal University, Head of the Institute of Technical and Vocational Education, School of Education Technology
2009-2017Beijing Normal University, Head of the Institute of Vocational and Adult Education, Faculty of Education
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Zhao, Zhiqun. New concept of Vocational Education Learning. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2021 (Chinese);
- Zhao, Zhiqun et al. Research on the quality assurance system of modern vocational education system. Beijing: Economic Science Press, 2020 (Chinese);
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Rösch, Herbert. Action oriented learning in vocational education. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2016 (Chinese);
- Fischer, Martin, Rauner, Felix & Zhao, Zhiqun (Eds.). Kompetenzdiagnostik in der Beruflichen Bildung – Methoden zum Erfassen und Entwickeln beruflicher Kompetenz: COMET auf dem Prüfstand. Münster: LIT., 2015 (German);
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Rauner, Felix (Eds.).Areas of Vocational Education Research. Heidelberg, New York et al.: Springer, 2014;
- Zhao, Zhiqun, Rauner Felix & Hauschildt, Ursel (Eds.). Assuring the Acquisition of Expertise. Apprenticeship in the Modern Economy. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2011;
- Zhao, Zhiqun. Guide for work-learning integrated curriculum development in vocational education. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2009 (Chinese);
- Bünning, Frank & Zhao, Zhiqun (Eds.). TVET Teacher Education on the Threshold of Internationalisation. Bonn: InWent/UNESCO-UNEVOC, 2006;
- Zhao, Zhiqun. Berufspädagogen in China auf dem Weg zur Professionalität. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann Verlag, 2003 (German).
Journal Articles (international)
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Tang, Yizhi. Anwendung der COMET-Kompetenzmessung bei der Evaluation von Studiengängen an beruflichen Hochschulen in China. Bildung und Beruf. 2018(10): 192-197.
- Zhao, Zhiqun. KOMET-China: Die Schritte auf dem Weg zu einem nationalen Schlüsselprojekt der Qualitätssicherung in der Beruflichen Bildung. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik.110 Band, Heft 3(2014): 442-448
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Zhuang, Rongxia. Messen beruflicher Kompetenz von Auszubildenden und Studierenden berufsbildender (Hoch)Schulen in China. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik.109 Band, Heft 1(2013): 132-140.
- Zhao, Zhiqun. School-enterprise Cooperation in China’s Vocational Education and Training. Journal of Asian Vocational Education and Training. 2011(2): 38-45.
- Yang, Ling & Zhao, Zhiqun. Empirical Research on the Vocational Ethics Development of Vocational Institution Students in China. Journal of Asian Vocational Education and Training. 2010(1): 59-74.
Book Chapters (international)
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Liu, Yunbo. Vocational Education and Training in Economic Transformation in China. In: Guile, D. & Unwin, L. (Eds.). The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training. Hoboken, NJ. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019: pp. 495-512.
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Shen, Yilu. Striving for Competence: China’s Way of Work-based Learning Curriculum Development for VET Institution. In: Bahl, A. & Dietzen, A. (Eds.). Work-based Learning as a Pathway to Competence-based Education. A UNEVOC Network Contribution. Bonn: BIBB, 2019: pp. 117-127.
- Zhao, Zhiqun. Application of COMET competence measurement in the evaluation of work-based study programs at vocational colleges in China. In: Deissiger, T., Hauschildt, U. Gonnon, P. & Fischer, S. (Eds). Contemporary Apprenticeship Reforms and Recongiguration. Zürich: LIT, 2019: pp. 79-82.
- Rauner, Felix & Zhao, Zhiqun. Aus KOMET wird COMET: Kompetenzdiagnos-tik in der beruflichen Bildung. In: Felix Rauner, Philipp Grollmann (Eds.). Handbuch Berufsbildungsforschung 3. Aufl, Bielefeld: Bertelsmann, 2018: pp. 667-673 (German).
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Wu, Xueping. Technical and vocational education. In: W. John Morgen, Qing Gu & Fengliang Li (Eds.). Handbook of Education in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2017: pp. 194-217.
- Zhao, Zhiqun, Zhang, Zhixin & Rauner, Felix. KOMET-Based Professional Competence Assessments for Vocational Education and Training (VET) Teachers in China. In: Mattias Pilz (Ed.). Vocational Education and Training in Times of Economic Crisis. Lessens from Around the World. Cham: Springer Nature, 2017: pp. 231-253.
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Sun, Baozhi. Construction of Professional Tasks Based Curriculum for Applied Further Study Programme at Bachelor Level - take Nursing Distance Education as an example. In: Friedhelm Eicker, Gesine Haseloff, Bernd Lennartz (Eds.). Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa - Current Situation and Development. Bielefeld: Bertelsmann, 2017: pp. 145-151.
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Chen, Junlan. Modern Apprenticeship as a supplement to the school based vocational education system in China. In: Smith, E., Gonon, P. & Foley, A. (Eds.). Architecture for Apprenticeship: Achieving Economic and Social Goals. North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2015: pp. 77-81.
- Zhou, Yingyi. & Zhao, Zhiqun. Improve the Quality of Learning in VET: the Influence of Work Process Oriented Learning Context on Learning Outcomes. In: Akoojee, S., Gonon, P., Hauschildt, U. and Hofmann, C. (Eds.). Apprenticeship in a Globalised World: Premises, Promises and Pitfalls. Münster: LIT, 2013: pp. 169-172.
- Zhao, Zhiqun, Luo, Zishi & Gu, Donglian. Innovative Models of More Interactive Cooperation of VET Schools and Enterprise in China. In: L. Deitmer, D; Hauschildt, U. Rauner, F. & Zelloth, H. (Eds.). The Architecture of Innovative Apprenticeship, Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 18. Dordrecht: Springer, 2013: pp. 193-207.
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Bai, Bin. Vergleich der Berufsentwicklung in der östlichen und westlichen Kultur am Beispiel von China und den USA. In: Pahl, J.-P. (Ed.). Perspektiven der Berufs- und Berufsfeldforschung. W. Bielerfeld: Bertelsmann, 2012: pp. 933-942 (German).
- Zhao, Zhiqun. Berufsforschung in China. In: Pahl, J.-P. (Hg.): Perspektiven der Berufs- und Berufsfeldforschung. Bielerfeld: W. Bertelsmann, 2012: pp. 923-932 (German).
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Lu, Lianwei. TVET Teachers and Their Professionalization in China: A Problem Analysis. In: Maclean, R. & Wilson D. (Eds.). International Handbook of the Changing World of Work. Dordrecht: Springer, 2009: pp. 1229-1242.
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Xu, Han. Implementing Dual Vocational Education in China: A Case of Transnational Innovation Transfer through a German-Chinese Research and Development Project. In: Rauner, F. & Maclean, R. (Eds.). Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research. Dordrecht: Springer, 2008: pp. 656-660.
- Zhao, Zhiqun. Development of Competency Learning in Building Automation in China. In: Universität Rostock PHF/IASP Technische Bildung. (Ed.). Technical Education for Co-Shaping Working in Building Automation. Putbus: Wissenschaftsverlag Putbus, 2008: pp. 247-257.
- Zhao, Zhiqun. Universitäre Ausbildung von Berufspädagogen/-pädagoginnen mit Master-Abschluss. In: Eicker, F. (Ed.). Perspektive Berufspädagoge? Neue Weg in der Aus- und Weiterbildung von betrieblichem und berufsschulischem Ausbildungspersonal. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, 2007: pp. 17-35 (German).
- Zhao, Zhiqun & Lu, Lianwei. China’s VTE Teachers and Their Professionalization. In: Grollmann, P. & Rauner, F. (Eds.). International Perspectives on Teacher and Lecturers in Technical and Vocational Education. Dordrecht: Springer, 2007: pp. 55-75.
- Zhao, Zhiqun. Zur Fortbildung von Lehrern der Beruflichen Schulen in China. In: Trowe, E. (Ed.). Moderne Berufsbildung in China. Magdeburg: Helmuth-Block, 1995: pp. 119-133 (German).
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SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Research on skill evaluation methods in the construction of “1 +X” certificate system, Beijing 13th five-year-plan priority project, 2020- ;
- Research on the quality Assurance system in a modern vocational education system. Chinese national key research program, MoE, 2013-2019;
- Mapping the research about work-based learning from a global TVET perspective, UNESCO-UNEVOC/BIBB, 2016;
- Large-scale diagnostic of occupation competence development (COMET), Department of HRSS Guangzhou/BNU 985 Program, 2009-2012;
- Development and implementation of work-Learning-Integrated Curricula in higher vocational education, MoE,2009-2013;
- Research on the basic capacity and system building in VET, MoE,2009;
- Research on theory and standards of integrated curriculum in Skilled Worker institutions, responsible, MoHRSS, 2008-2012;
- Research of vocational development of technicians in modern industry, MoHRSS, 2007-2009;
- Design and Implementation of a Curriculum on Curriculum Development (DCCD), EU Asia-Link program, 2005-2007;
- Analysis of the methodology of qualification research in industry countries, MoHRSS, 2005-2007;
- The Development of Manufacturing Industry and Vocational Education in China, MoE, 2005-2009;
SELECTED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
03/20188th International INAP Conference: Contemporary Apprenticeship Reforms and Reconfigurations, Konstanz, Germany;
08/2017The 6th International Conference of the Culture, Biography & Lifelong Learning (ICCBL), Pusan, South Korea;
06/2017International workshop “Work-based learning as a pathway to competency-based education – Research and implementation strategies from a comparative and global VET perspective,” jointly organized by the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, Bonn, Germany;
08/2016VeT Development Symposium, Namibia university of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia;
07/2015MERICS Workshop “Wirtschaftsreformen und wachsende Diskrepanzen im Arbeitsmarkt, Berlin, Germany;
10/2014DEQA-VET Fachtagung„Attraktivität der beruflichen Bildung durch Qualitätssicherung“, Bonn, Germany;
09/20142nd International G.R.E.A.T. - Conference University of Cologne: Youth in Transition: VET in Times of Economic Crisis, Cologne, Germany;
10/2013International workshop COMET-Forschungsnetzwerk: Entwickeln und Messen beruflicher Kompetenz, Karlsruhe, Germany;
11/20128th International AASVET Conference: Reform Perspectives of Vocational Education in Asian Countries, Daejeon, Korea;
02/2008EU Asia-Link Program Stakeholders' Meeting, Manila, Philippines;
07/20074th AASVET International Conference, Innovation in Vocational Education and Training for Competitive Workforce Development in East Asia, Seoul, Korea;
11/2006Innovation and Internationalization in the Qualification of TVET Experts, organized by the UNIP, GTZ, UNESCO-UNEVOC and DTET, Colombo, Sri Lanka;
10/2006Herbsttagung 2006: Perspektive Berufspädagogen? International Conference on Education of Teaching Staff in TVET. Rostock, Germany.
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