Professor Jie-Qi Chen is principal investigator for Erikson's
Early Mathematics Education Project. She is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and an applied child development specialist whose work focuses on cognitive development, multiple intelligences theory, classroom assessment, early mathematics education, and school-based intervention. Dr. Chen contributed the multiple intelligences entries for
The Encyclopedia of Education (2nd ed., 2002) and for
The
International Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education (2007).
Dr. Chen started her career teaching young children in early childhood classrooms in China and the United States. For more than 20 years she has contributed to teacher professional development efforts in Boston and Chicago Public Schools. She has also enriched assessment and curriculum development in Head Start programs.
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Areas of Expertise
Assessment of children's learning; cognitive development; early mathematics education; implications and applications of multiple intelligences theory; role of culture in child development; teacher education and professional development; computer technology in early childhood classrooms; and early education.
Honors
- Visiting Professor—Shanxi Teachers’ University, Xian, China, 2010
- Outstanding Teacher Educator Award—National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, 2009
- Zijiang Scholar—East China Normal University, China, 2009-2010
- The Winner of the Taylor and Francis Most Distinguished Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Article of 2006 Award, 2007
- Senior Scholar Peer Reviewer—Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, 2006-2009
- Senior Scholar—Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, 2002-2008
- Excellent Teacher Award— Oversea Chinese Teaching Academy, 1999, 2001
- Oversea Chinese Scholar Travel Award—Chun Hui Plan, Foreign Affairs of PRC, 1997, 2001
- Dissertation Award—National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, 1992
- Fellowship—Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation, 1986-89