Faculty Educational Research Publications

Below is a collection of publications shared with us by DKU faculty, highlighting their scholarly work in teaching and learning. Several of these projects were supported by CTL teaching grants, and we’re delighted to see them evolve into published contributions.

Publications supported by our grants are marked with *.

  • Chen, M. (2025). Out-of-class support for the flipped language classroom: using VoiceThread microlectures to boost active teaching and learning*. System, 132, 103723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103723
  • Davies, J. A. (2024). ‘Feedbackpacking’: mapping the journey towards independent L2 student feedback literacy*. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2024.2410305 
  • Davies, J. A. (2024). Developing learning-focused feedback practices: An evaluation of English for Academic Purposes teacher feedback literacy at a Sino-foreign university, in B. Baker., & L. Taylor (Eds.)*. Language Assessment Literacy and Competence Volume 1: Research and Reflections from the Field. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/717470-silt-volume-55.pdf (P.25)
  • Jacobson, S. A., Zhang, L., & Zhu, J. (2024). The right tool for the job: Matching active learning techniques to learning objectives. Advances in Economics Education, 3(2), 164–187. https://doi.org/10.4337/aee.2024.02.04
  • Zhang, X. & Pan, X. (2023). Motivational Dynamics of Intermediate Chinese Learners in a COVID-Induced Remote IPA-Informed CSL Curriculum: A Case Study From a CDST Lens. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, 46(4), 518-543. https://doi.org/10.1515/CJAL-2023-0403.
  • Davies, J. A. (2023). In search of learning-focused feedback practices: a linguistic analysis of higher education feedback policy. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 48(8), 1208–1222. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2180617
  • Chen, M. (2022). Digital affordances and teacher agency in the context of teaching Chinese as a second language during COVID-19. System, 105 (2022).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2021.102710
  • Davies, J. A. & Davies, L. J. (2021). Lessons from a virtual field trip: Adapting explorative and immersive learning pedagogy. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 22 (2021). https://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/article/view/735/560

Share your scholarly work in teaching and learning with us! Email: dku_ctl@dukekunshan.edu.cn

CTL Publications

  • Wu, J., & Zhou, H. (2020). Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching. ETH Learning and Teaching Journal, 2(2), 469-472 

  • Wu, J. & Zhou, H. (2020). Connect Faculty Development with Student Learning by Actively Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching. ETH Learning and Teaching Journal, 2(3).