ZHANG Xixi, was born in 1964. He is a professor and a doctor at Chongqing Normal University, Dean of the School of Education and the School of Special Education, leading tutor of Curriculum and Teaching Methodology Master's Degree Program (fundamental theory), and back-up candidate for the first batch of academic and technical leaders in Chongqing. With 15-year teaching experience in colleges and universities, he once won the title of “National Outstanding Teacher”. His teaching & research achievements such as A Study of Conflicts in Classroom Communication, Psychology of Youth, On the Strategy of Effective Classroom Communication and A Study on the Subject System Construction of Youth Psychology Courses in Colleges and Universities won the Third Prize for the Philosophy and Social Sciences Award of Chongqing and the Third Prize for Higher Education Teaching Award issued by the Chongqing Municipal Government more than once.
He mainly teaches the postgraduates majoring in Curriculum and Teaching Methodology and the students majoring in Primary Education about such courses as Foreign Teaching Schools, Scientific Research Method of Education, Research on Teaching Theory, as well as Curriculum Reform of Primary Education. He always meticulously designs and arranges his teaching contents, pays equal attention to the basic course contents and the frontier contents of majors, and values the promotion of learning ability and methods. For teaching methods, he insists on case teaching, group cooperation and other similar forms, and attaches importance to improving the individual idea and ability of students. Moreover, he flexibly uses multi-media in teaching, and timely absorbs and utilizes the latest teaching software, teaching means, etc. at home and abroad.
Students’ comments on him: “With well-prepared teaching contents as well as flexible and diverse teaching methods, he is adept in simulating students’ learning interest and initiative.
