Professional Biography
LIAO Wei (廖伟) is an Associate Professor at the Center for Teacher Education Research, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. Wei holds a double-major Ph.D. degree in Teacher Education and Educational Policy from Michigan State University. His research focuses on teacher policy, teacher thinking, teacher educators, and self-study in teacher education and higher education contexts. He has published over 20 articles in nationally and internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals, such as Teaching and Teacher Education, Teachers and Teaching, and International Journal of Qualitative Methods. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Beijing International Review of Education and is co-editing two special issues on critical thinking, respectively, for Teachers and Teaching and Educational Philosophy and Theory.
Education
Ph.D., Dual-Degree in Teacher Education & Educational Policy, 2018
College of Education
Michigan State University
M.A., Teacher Education, 2011
Faculty of Education
Beijing Normal University
B.A., Management Science, 2008
School of System Science
Beijing Normal University