Ma, Liping

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MA, Liping

MA, Liping. Chinese, b. 1951. Genres: Education. Career: Chunqian Elementary School, Yongfeng County, Jiangxi, China, teacher, 1970-76, principal, 1974-76; elementary school superintendent, Yongfeng County Bureau of Education, Jiangxi, China, 1978-80; Shanghai Research Institute for Higher Education, Shanghai, China, assistant research professor, 1983-88; National Center for Research on Teacher Education, Michigan State University, research assistant, 1989-91, research consultant, 1991-96; Pedagogy and Substance Project, Stanford University, research assistant, 1991-92; Center for Research on the Context of Teaching, Stanford University, research assistant, 1993-95; McDonnell postdoctoral fellow, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1996-98; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, consultant, 1998-99. Has presented papers at professional conferences in the United States. Publications: (ed.) Research on Teachers (in Chinese), 1990; Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States, 1999; (with C. Kessel) Knowing Mathematics: Intervention Program, 2001. Contributor to both English-language and Chinese-language journals. Address: 2347 Williams St., Palo Alto, CA 94306, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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