Location: Professor SONG Huan serves as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Education and Vice Director of the Center for Teacher Education Research at Beijing Normal University. He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2007 and has since been a faculty member at Beijing Normal University. His research focuses on teacher education, teacher professional development, curriculum and instruction, teacher preparation and training, and research methodology.
Professor SONG has published more than 120 papers in CSSCI and SSCI-indexed journals, including Journal of Education for Teaching, Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education Teachers and Teaching, Teacher Education Research, China Higher Education, Journal of Educational Science of Hunan Normal University, et al..
Professor SONG has made significant contributions to the advancement of teacher education with Chinese characteristics, the development of a high-quality education system and teaching workforce, data-driven tracking of teacher education, promotion and implementation of the educator spirit, AI-integrated teacher education, and evidence-based education. He led his team in establishing the China Teacher Education Quality Tracking and Monitoring Database and in developing assessment tools to evaluate the professional learning processes and outcomes of pre-service teachers, resulting in three registered software copyrights. In recent years, Professor SONG has directed more than 20 national and provincial-level research projects, including major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and the Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities under the Ministry of Education.
Currently, Professor SONG teaches a range of courses, including Pedagogy, Qualitative Research Methods, Teacher Anthropology, Introduction to Educational Research Methods, Microteaching, and English Language Teaching Design and Implementation.
Email: songhuan@bnu.edu.cn
Research Areas
Teacher Education, Teacher Professional Development, Curriculum Reform, Educational Anthropology, Action Research.
Selected Publication
Journal Paper
Guo, Y., Liao, Y. Y., & Song, H. (2026). Promoting County-Level Teachers’ Professional Development through AI-Supported Evidence-Based Teaching Research: Evidence from a Senior High School English Lesson Study. Teaching Monthly (Secondary Education Edition: Teaching Management), (Z1),15-21. [In Chinese].
Jiang, M. J., & Song, H. (2026). Constructing an Archival Knowledge Repository for Regional Educational Research Projects: A Knowledge Management Perspective. Education Science Forum, (01),35-38. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Gong, C. (2026). Curriculum Reform in Basic Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Responses. Primary and Secondary School Management, (01),13-18. [In Chinese].
Wang, X. L., & Song, H. (2026). The Contemporary Resonance of “Unity of Teaching, Learning, and Doing”: A Pathway for Curriculum Reform and Teacher Development in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Life Education, (01),50-57. [In Chinese].
Dai, Q., & Song, H. (2026). The Connotation, Value, and Practical Tensions of Evidence-Based Teaching. Educator, (01),10-11. [In Chinese].
Wu, Y., Wong, J. L., Song, H., & Zhou, S. (2025). ‘The Art of Being Governed’: Unravelling Teachers' Agency in Reconciling Academic Burden Within China's High‐Stakes Exam System. European Journal of Education, 60(4), e70317.
Song, H. (2025). Innovating the Teacher Education System for the “Fostering Virtue through Education” Initiative in the New Era, Journal of Educational Science of Hunan Normal University, 24(06),1-8. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Jiang, T. (2025). The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Use by Primary and Secondary School Teachers: Risks, Norms, and Safeguards. Teacher's Journal, (12),25-29. [In Chinese].
Guo, Y., & Song, H. (2025). The connotations, characteristics, value implications, and promotion pathways of evidence-based teaching research. Beijing Education, (12),14-18. [In Chinese].
Lin, M., & Song, H. (2026). Constructing an Autonomous Knowledge System of Curriculum and Instruction in China through Evidence-based Practice. Journal of Northwest Normal University(Social Sciences), 63(01),97-106. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Yan, N. R., & Song, H. (2025). The Itch of Technology: The Emergence and Management of Teachers' Perception of AI Threat. Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences), (06):45-56. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H. (2025). Ensuring That Teacher Workload Reduction Is Truly Implemented. People’s Education, (22),1.
Song, H., & Lin, M. (2025). International Trend of Curriculum Reform and Its Enlightenment. Curriculum,Teaching Material and Method,45(11),14-24. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H., & Wang, X. Z. (2025). The Triadic Relationships of How the Educator, s Spirit Guides the High-Quality Development of Teacher Education. Journal of Soochow University(Educational Science Edition),13(05),12-23. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Zhou, S. J., Wang, X. Z., & Song, H. (2025). An evidence-based path for building a high-quality and professional teacher workforce. People's Education, (20),6-10.
Song, H. (2025). Promoting digital governance of education: Empowering teachers and reducing workload through institutional reform. Guangming Daily，2025-11-18.
Liu, H., Yuan, P. L., & Song, H. (2025). The Connotation and Structure of Teaching-Researchers' Professional Competence Guided by the Educator Spirit. Journal of the Chinese Society of Education, (10),89-95. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Liu, L., Liu, M., Yu, S., Song, H., & Song, S. (2025). Exploring the current status and influencing factors of Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SOTL) among Chinese university faculty in centers for learning and teaching. Higher Education Research & Development, 1–19.
Song, H., & Zhan, Q. F. (2025). Digital-intelligent transformation of basic education textbooks: Values, connotations, and pathways. Basic Education Curriculum, 2025, (10):4-10.
Song, H., Liu, X., & Wang, J. C. (2025). Artificial Intelligence Facilitating the Transformation of Teacher Education: Theoretical Logic, Technological Limitations, and Practical Pathways. Journal of Yunnan Normal University(Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), 57(05),118-127.
Song, H. (2025). New teacher competencies in the digital-intelligent era. Primary and Secondary School Management, (09),1.
Song, H. & Liu, X. (2025). From empowerment to symbiosis: Deconstructing the dilemmas of teacher development and reconstructing its paradigm in the digital-intelligent era. Primary and Secondary School Management, (09),10-14.
Yuan, P.L., Chen, Y. Z., Wang, X. Z., & Song, H. (2025). Expectation or Threat: An Empirical Study on Preservice Teachers’ AI Awareness Profiles and Their Differences in TPACK Levels. Teacher Education Research, 37(04),24-32+39. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Wang, X., Yuan, P., Song, H., & Wang, X. (2025). Who Is Learning Happier in the Teacher Education Program: Profiles of Pre-Service Teachers’ Personality Traits and the Relationship with Learning Well-Being. Chinese Education & Society, 58(3-4), 191-203.
Song, H., Chan, P. W. K., Zhang, H., Zhang, Y., & Tsang, K. K. (2025). Asia as Method: Understanding Teachers’ Emotion and Well-Being in China. Chinese Education & Society, 58(3-4), 125-130.
Yuan, P. L., & Song, H. (2025). The hollow idol: A scrutiny of generative artificial intelligence’s application in education. Tsinghua Journal of Education. 46(04), 19-27. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Lin, M., & Song, H. (2025). Breaking through technological discourse surrounded by anthropocentric ideology in the age of artificial intelligence: the Chinese “Qi-Dao” philosophical approach to transcending the illusion of “Teacher Subjectivity Dilemma”. Journal of Educational Studies. 21 (03), 33-45. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H., & Zhan, Q. F. (2025). Basic education curriculum reform under the background of new quality productive forces: ecological reconstruction and pratical direction. Chinese Journal of Distance Education. 45(06), 76-94. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Liu, P., Thien, L. M., Song, H., & Wang, X. (2025). The effects of instructional leadership on teacher well-being: The mediating roles of professional learning community and teacher self-efficacy. Educational Studies, 51(4), 638-660.
Wang, X. W., & Song, H. (2025). A comparative study on the quality evaluation systems of initial teacher education in the US, UK, and Australia. Studies in Foreign Education. 52 (05), 59-72. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Fan, W. M., Wang, X. Z., & Song, H. (2025). The value implications, practical challenges, and implementation pathways of guiding the construction of teachers’ professional ethics in primary and secondary schools through the spirit of educators. Journal of Moral Education for Primary and Secondary School, (02), 53-56+44.
Zhou, S. J., Wu, Y. C., & Song, H. (2025). “Inner Calling” or “Being on the Sidelines”: an empirical analysis of preservice teachers’ professional choice motivation types and their influencing factors, Journal of Hunan Normal University (Education Science Edition), (Online First), 1-11. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H., Chen, X. S., & Yuan, P. L. (2025). Guiding teacher professional development with the spirit of educators, China Teachers, (01), 22-25. [In Chinese].
Song, H., Xu, M., & Wu, Y. T. (2024). Independent knowledge construction in chinese teacher education: meaning, progress, and mechanisms, Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences Edition), (11), 30-53. [In Chinese].
Tsang K., Zhang Y., Li G. & Song H. (2024). Moving the debate forward: a cross-sectional study examining marxist and interactionalist perspectives of emotional labor in teaching, European Journal of Education, e12814.
Shen B., Bai B., Wang J. & Song H. (2024). Relations between motivation, social and emotional learning (SEL), and English learning achievements in Hong Kong primary schools, Cambridge Journal of Education, 1-21.
Xu, M., & Song, H. (2024). Characteristics, knowledge Construction, and implications of international research on teacher education pedagogy, Studies in Foreign Education, (04), 98-113. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Wu, Y. C. (2024). Methodological reflections on constructing educational theory through grounded practice: toward an experience-based refined falsificationism, Journal of Pedagogy, (2), 3-17. [In Chinese].
Song, H. & Wang, J. C. (2024). Opening new horizons and cultivating outstanding teachers for a powerful nation: an interpretation of the “opinions of the ministry of education on implementing the national outstanding primary and secondary school teacher training program”, Journal of Teacher Education, (02), 12-21. [In Chinese].
Song, H., Yuan, P. L., & Zhan, Q. F. (2024). The unique spirit of chinese educators: generative logic, core characteristics, and paths of practice, Primary and Secondary School Management, (02), 27-31. [In Chinese].
Song, H. (2024). The new mission of teachers in the era of artificial intelligence, Educational Science Research, (01), 1. [In Chinese].
Song, H., Pei, M., & Liu, L. S. (2023). “Internet+” teacher education discipline construction, Contemporary Teacher Education, (04), 25-29. [In Chinese].
Li, Y.J., & Song, H. (2023). “Breakthrough” or “Copy-Paste”: a case study on teacher teaching development in the digital era, Educational Academic Monthly, (12), 67-74+82. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Sun, M. H., (2023). Connotation, value, and construction pathways of teacher professional learning communities, Jiangsu Education Research, (23), 3-8. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Zhou, S. J., (2023). Heavy teacher workload, complex causes: a survey from a city in the central plains region, Southern Weekly, 2023-12-22. [In Chinese].
Song, H., Lin M., Qu Y. & Wang X. (2023). Reframing teacher well-being: a case study and a holistic exploration through a ahinese lens, Teachers and Teaching, 30(6), 818-834.
Song, H., & Yuan, P. L. (2023). Where should subject didactics teachers in colleges of the Central and western regions go?, China Education Daily, 2023-12-13. [In Chinese].
Xu. M., & Song, H. (2023). A query into the teaching rofessionalism of teacher educators: a case study of teaching “teaching” at X Normal University, Journal of Northwest Normal University (Social Sciences Edition), (06), 40-51. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Zeng, G. Q., Wang, G. Q. & Song, H. (2023). Cultivating digitally excellent teachers: a school-vased approach to enhancing digital literacy of primary and secondary school teachers, Primary and Secondary School Management, (09), 20-23. [In Chinese].
Huang, J. H., Zhan, Q. F., Xiang, X & Song, H. (2023). The impact of teaching supervisors’ instructional leadership on teaching engagement of primary and secondary school PE teachers: a chain mediation effect of pedagogical content lnowledge and teaching efficacy, Shanghai Educational Research, (09), 54-60. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Song, S. Q. (2023). How should teachers act to achieve seamless transitions between educational stages?, China Education Daily, 2023-09-22(09). [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Yang, Z. Q. (2023). Improving the hinese-characterized teacher education system: laying a solid foundation for building an education power, Primary and Secondary School Management, (09). [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Yuan, P. L. (2023). The McDonaldization tendency in the accreditation of teacher education programs in China and its transcendence, Journal of Higher Education Management, (05), 99-109. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Zhan, Q., Wang, X. & Song, H. (2023). The relationship between principals’ instructional leadership and teacher retention in the undeveloped regions of central and western China: the chain-mediating role of role stress and affective commitment, Behavioral Sciences, 13(9), 738.
Song, H., & Rong, Q. (2023). Improving the Chinese-style teacher professional development system to build a high-quality teaching gorce for a powerful nation, China Basic Education, (09), 11-16. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Wu, J. J. (2023). A qualitative study on the mechanisms generating teacher workload in Chinese primary and secondary schools, Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences Edition), (09), 16-37. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H. (2023). A time-sociological analysis of teachers’ workload, Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences Edition), (09), 1-15. Reprinted in Chinese Social Science Digest, 2024(1) (Issue No. 241), p.160. [In Chinese].
Ma, Y. Q., Ding, J., & Song, H. (2023). The evolution logic and implications of rural teacher education policy in the context of rural revitalization, Heilongjiang Researches on Higher Education, (08), 91-96. [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Lin, M. (2023). Teachers’ work transformation in the era of chatGPT/generative AI: opportunities, challenges, and responses, Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences Edition), (07), 78-90. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H., & Wang, X. W. (2023). Beijing Normal University: innovating the implementation of the “excellence in teaching program” to foster new-era great teachers, China Education Daily, 2023-05-31(13). [In Chinese].
Song, H., & Ou, Y. X. (2023). A review of research on school-based curriculum development, Beijing Education (General Education Edition), (04), 13-18. [In Chinese].
Tsang, K. K., Zhang, W., Teng, Y. & Song, H. (2023). Validating the chinese version of the personal accountability measure for assessing teachers’ perceptions and experiences of teacher accountability in China, Behavioral Sciences, 13(2), 145.
Wu, J. & Song, H. (2023). “Learn to conserve your passion and care”: exploring the emotional labor of special-post teachers in rural China, Sustainability, 15(3), 1991.
Song, H., Xu, S. S., & Wen, N. (2023). The evidence-vased teaching practice model, Hubei Education (Educational Teaching), (02), 29-31. [In Chinese].
Wu, Y. C., Song, H., & Xu, X. Z. (2023). Evidence-based teacher research: transforming professional development toward the generation of teachers’ practical knowledge, Teacher Education Research, (01), 13-19. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H., Mao, S. Y., & Xu, S. S. (2023). The concept and origins of evidence-based teaching, Hubei Education (Educational Teaching), (01), 22-24. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Gong, C., & Song, H. (2022). Master teacher studios: value, challenges, and paths for improvement, Teaching Monthly—Secondary Edition (Teaching Management), (12), 3-10. [In Chinese].
Yu, Q. F., Chen, J. Y., & Song, H. (2022). A delphi study on developing competency indicators for teacher-parent collaboration, Teacher Education Research, (06), 44-52. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H.. & Wu, Y. C. (2022). A study on the mechanisms influencing teachers’ subjective well-being in the western region’s compulsory education stage, Journal of South China Normal University (Social Science Edition), (06), 49-60+205-206. [In Chinese, CSSCI].
Song, H. (2022). Attracting and retaining excellent talent in teaching, China Education Daily, 2022-11-01(02). [In Chinese].
Jiang, M. J., Song, H., & Song, W. J. (2022). Symbiotic classrooms: path choices and practical strategies for regional teaching and research transformation, Basic Education Curriculum, (21), 56-62. [In Chinese].
Wu, J. J. & Song, H. (2022). Does culturally responsive teaching efficacy affect turnover intentions of rural teachers in ethnic minority regions? An exploratory study. Qinghai Journal of Ethnology, (03), 219-228. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Fu, Y. (2022). Fostering virtue through education: the anchor point of the practical attributes of pedagogy in the new era, Journal of Nanjing Normal University(Social Science Edition), (05),27-34.[In Chinese,CSSCI]
Song, H., & Hu, X. (2022). Teaching for the future: an era proposition of teachers’ professional development, Primary and secondary school management, (09),10-14[In Chinese,CSSCI]
Song, H. (2022). The professionalization of teacher education and construction of teacher education system. Journal of National Academy of Educational Administration, (07),40-47.[In Chinese,CSSCI]
Zhou, S. J., & Song, H. (2022) Exploring teacher educators’ post-pandemic intention to teach online in mainland China: the social cognitive career theory perspective, Journal of Education for Teaching, 48(4): 424-440.
Song, H., & Xu, M. (2022). Teacher educator evidence-based practice and teacher education evidence iteration, Education Science, (03): 8-14. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Qin, C. S., & Song, H. (2021). A systematic review of the research on domestic Ed.D education (2000-2020), Journal of Graduate Education, (06): 1-9. [In Chinese,CSSCI]
Song, H., & Xu, P. (2021). Re-understanding pedagogical content K
knowledge: across the broken fence----a discussion with professor Zeng Wenjie, Journal of Educational Science of Hunan Normal University, (05): 18-24. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Guo, W. J., Barry, B., & Song, H. (2021). Influences of process-based instruction on students’ use of self-regulated learning strategies in EFL writing. System (Linköping), 101, 102578. [SSCI]
Liu, W., Song, H., & Huang, J. L. (2021). Influencing factors and mechanism of student teachers’ intention to teach online: based on a survey of 13 normal universities, China Higher Education Research, (08): 48-55. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Zhou, M. M. (2021). STEM teachers’ preparation, teaching beliefs, and perceived teaching competence: A multigroup structural equation approach. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 30(3), 394-407. [SSCI]
Wang, J., Barry, B., & Song, H. (2021). Primary school students’ acceptance of computer-mediated collaboration in English writing: the role of peer and teacher support. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1-24. [SSCI]
Huang, J. L., Chen, Z. M., & Song, H. (2021). An investigation into the optimal theory of endogenous motivation for teacher professional development in Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Journal of Northwest Normal University(Social Sciences), 58(04): 64-76. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H. (2021). Constructing learning-based teacher professional development system in the new era. Research in Educational Development, 41(04): 3. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Huang,J. H., & Li, Y. J. (2021). Research on the impact of online teaching demonstration on normal students’ intention to use technology. Open Education Research, 27(03): 63-72. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Wang, X. Y., & Zhao, N. (2020). The construction of the theoretical model of evidence-based educational doctorate training. Teacher Education Research, 32(06): 14-20. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Tian, S. X., & Wu, Y. C. (2020). A systematic literature review of the empirical research into pre-service teacher education in china (2015-2019), Journal of East China Normal University Educational Sciences, 38(09):78-102. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Wang, h., Song, H., & Wang, C. X. (2020). Effects of principals’ instructional leadership on teachers’ well-being: the chain mediation effect of teachers’ collective efficacy and self-efficacy,Global Education, 49(06):90-101.[In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Liu, W., & Liu, L. S. (2020). Current status and training needs of teachers’ online teaching during the period of preventing and controlling the corona virus----based on a national survey of 100 schools in China, Teacher Education Research, 32(03):1-9.[In Chinese, CSSCI]
Liang, W. Y., Song, H., & Sun, R. (2020). Can professional learning community facilitate teacher well-being in China: the mediating role of teaching self-efficacy, Educational Studies, 48(3), 358-377.[SSCI]
Song, H., Gu, Q. & Zhang, Z. H. (2020). An exploratory study of teachers’ subjective wellbeing: understanding the links between teachers’ income satisfaction, altruism, self-efficacy and work satisfaction, Teachers and Teaching, DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2020.1719059 [SSCI]
Barry, B., Song, H., & Zhang, Q. (2018). Catering for teachers’ individual teaching differences in China: the case of forming reciprocal coaching circles supported by university-based teacher educators, Journal of Education for Teaching, 45(2), 214-218. [SSCI]
Song, H., & Wang, H. (2019). The mechanism of training transfer promotion in school-based training: a moderated mediation model, Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences), 37(02): 108-115. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H. (2018). On the paradigm attributes of qualitative research, Global Education, 47(06): 56-66. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H. (2018). Three new ways of supply-side reform in teacher training. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 36(04): 42-43. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Wang, H., & Zhang, Q. (2018). The degree journal of educational science of accreditation of normal students to the quality of teachers’ education and its impact on their willingness to be teachers. Journal of Hunan Normal University, 17(02):48-54. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Feng, H. Y., & Li, Z. J. (2018). The professional dilemmas of teacher educators in the context of upgrade of normal schools: a case study of a local newly established college. Teacher Education Research, 30(01): 95-102. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Barry, B., & Song, H. (2018). 21st century skills development through inquiry-based learning from theory to practice, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, March, 1-3. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Laura, L., Song, H., & Pei, M. (2018). Navigating individual and collective notions of teacher wellbeing as a complex phenomenon shaped by national context. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 48(01), 128-146. [SSCI]
Zhang, Q, Song, H., & Huang, Y. Y. (2017). The study of the use of maths teacher’s textbook in Beijing, Taiwan and Hongkong. Journal of Educational Science of Hunan Normal University, 16(05):43-50. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Zhu, X. D. (2017). On the training needs assessment element of teacher training: constructing a model. Teacher Education Research, 29(01): 1-7. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Zhou, S. J., (2016). An anthropological investigation of the identity dilemma of normal school students in educational practicum----a case study of a student teacher from Xinjiang. Journal of Research on Education for Ethnic Minorities, 27(06): 46-53. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Yuan, L., Zhu, X. D., & Song, H. (2016). Interpretation of the construction of American school classroom-culture based on observation of a public school. Studies in Foreign Education, 43(06):29-41. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Zhou, S. J. (2015). An investigation on the status quo and problems of teacher education quality assurance system----an analysis based on survey of 12 provinces/cities in China. China Higher Education, 556(24): 35-37. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Zhang, Q., Li, Z. J,, & Song, H. (2014). Transfer of discourse of contemporary western teacher education research. International and Comparative Education, 36(04):64-69. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Zhu, X. D., & Song, H. (2014). On the cluster of “object variables” in the key elements of teacher training. Teacher Education Research, 26(01):1-6. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Wang, J. Y., & Wang,C. X. (2014). The development and roles’ construction of the "U-S" partnership with the local government's promoting. Research in Educational Development, 20. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., Zhu, X. D., & Laura Liu. (2013). The honourable road and its impact on teacher practice: an analysis of China’s national honour system in cultivating. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 41(3), 253-270. [SSCI]
Zhu, X. D., & Song, H. (2013). On the ley elements of teacher training. Teacher Education Research, 25(03):1-8. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Lee, C. K., Zhang, Z. H., & Song, H. (2013). Relationships between epistemological beliefs, conceptions of teaching and learning and instructional practices of teachers: a chinese perspective. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38(2), 120-146.
Lee, C. K., & Song, H. (2012). Effects of teacher empowerment on teacher efficacy and organizational commitment: a chinese perspective. Education and Society, 30(3): 5-22.
Song, H. (2012).The role of teachers’ professional learning comunities in the context of curriculum reform in high schools. Chinese Education & Society, 45(4), 81-95.
Song, H. (2012). New teacehers’ professional development: from mentoring to professional learning community. Studies in Foreign Education, 39(4). [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Zhang, W. X. (2012). A study on teacher’s professional identification: from professional role towards professional identification. Global Education, 41(3). [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H. (2012). Lesson plan presentation and construction of teachers’ knowledge. Curriculum, Teaching Material and Method, 32(4). [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Zhong, B. L. (2011). Towards practice and the risk of vocational training: a study of sino-american teacher education model reform. Journal of Higher Education, 32(9).[In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H., & Wei, X. (2011). A study on the relationship between teachers’ receptivity of curriculum reform and teacher professional learning community. Research in Educational Development, 10. [In Chinese, CSSCI]
Song, H. (2011). Curriculum reform, teacher empowerment and teacher professional learning community: case studies of four primary schools in shanghai. Journal of Educational Studies, 7(3).[In Chinese, CSSCI]
Paper presented at conferences
January, 2026. Song, H. AI-empowered evidence-based teaching research and the high-quality development of the regional teacher workforce in the new era. (The 8th Annual Conference on Educational Research, Haidian Teachers’ Training School, Beijing, China).
December, 2025. Song, H. The future of children and the construction of family–school–community learning communities. (Anhui Initiative on Family Education Co-development and the 3rd Academic Conference on Child Development and Family Education, Anhui, China).
November, 2025. Song, H. Curriculum and teaching reform in the AI era. (2025 Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of Education, Beijing, China).
November, 2025. Song, H. Boundary learning and evidence-based teaching research among early-career teachers. (The 7th China Educational Innovation Expo, Guangdong, China).
November, 2025. Song, H. Design principles and evaluation standards for “AI + Teaching” in basic education: An analysis of 276 exemplary lessons nationwide. (The 11th National Forum on Empirical Educational Research, China).
September, 2025. Song, H. Education in the service of national development: The mission of education in building a strong nation. (Guangdong Province “Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talents Program” (2024–2026) Training Project for Distinguished Kindergarten Party Secretaries and Principals, Beijing, China).
July, 2025. Song, H. Transforming evidence-based teaching research to support the implementation of the “New Curriculum and New Textbooks”. (Special Seminar of the Researcher Core Competency Enhancement Program, Changzhou Experimental Zone, Chinese Society of Education, Beijing, China).
June, 2025. Song, H. New era, new curriculum, and new teacher professionalism. (Primary School Teacher Competency Development Training Conference, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan, China).
April, 2025. Song, H. Teaching for the future: A key agenda for teacher professional development. (The 3rd Forum on High-Quality School Development and Symposium on School Culture Construction, Xingfu Foreign Language Primary School, Xinwu District, Wuxi, Shanghai, China).
April, 2025. Song, H. Deepening teacher education reform and strengthening the foundation of a high-quality education system. (The 3rd Dabie Mountain Teacher Education Forum, Anhui, China).
March, 2025. Song, H. Implementing the national education development plan and cultivating outstanding teachers in the new era. (The 6th Annual Conference of the Teacher Development Committee, Sichuan Tao Xingzhi Research Association, Sichuan, China).
March, 2025. Song, H. Deepening comprehensive reform in teacher education and consolidating the foundation of a high-quality education system. (Work Exchange Meeting of the Ministry of Education’s Collaborative Quality Enhancement Program for Teacher Education, Beijing Normal University Consortium, Beijing, China).
March, 2025. Song, H. Cultivating innovative talent in the new era. (Open Week of the Third Cohort of the Chengdu Kindergarten Principals Development Base and Joint Teaching Research Activity of the Chengdu-Deyang-Meishan-Ziyang Preschool Education Alliance, Sichuan, China).
January, 2025. Song, H. New curriculum and new governance in the new era. (High-Level Forum on Promoting High-Quality Development of Senior Secondary Education in Guangxi, Guangxi, China).
November, 2024. Song, H. (Symposium on The Spirit of Educators Lecture Tour of the Ministry of Education (Hong Kong & Macau Stop) and Academic Symposium on Teacher Professional Ethics Construction in the Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area, Macau, China).
November, 2024. Song, H. (International Symposium “Educational Research and Practice in the Era of AI: Frontiers and Trends” & the 25th Annual Conference of the Mainland Alumni Association, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China).
October, 2024. Song, H. Implementing the Spirit of the National Education Conference to Forge the New Era of Teachers for a Strong Nation (2024 Beijing Education System Personnel Professionalization Training and City Universities Teachers Training Managers, Beijing).
October, 2024. Song, H. Upholding the Spirit of Educators to Forge Strong Teachers (Accelerating the Strengthening of Educational Strong Provinces, Anhui).
September, 2024. Song, H. The Relationship Between Principals' Instructional Leadership and Teacher Retention in the Undeveloped Regions of Central and Western China: The Chain Mediating Role of Role Stress and Affective Commitment (British Educational Research Association, BERA, Manchester).
July, 2024. Song, H. (Cambridge China Education Forum 2024 (CCEF2024), University of Cambridge, UK).
June, 2024. Song, H. High-Quality Educational Practice: Orientation, Evidence, and Reflection (Future Teacher Practical Ability: Theory, Policy, and Cultivation Path Seminar, Changchun).
May, 2024. Song, H. Empowering Evidence-Based Teaching Research Through Digital Intelligence (Intelligent Upgrade · Evidence-Based Assistance: The Digital Intelligence Era Teacher Professional Development Practice Forum, Beijing).
April, 2024. Song, H. (International Conference on the Future of Education 2024, invited speaker, Hong Kong, China).
March, 2024. Song, H. (The 11th International Conference on Learning Communities, Tokyo, Japan).
March, 2024. Song, H. (The 68th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES 2024), Miami, USA).
February, 2024. Song, H. Report on Building a Strong Nation, What Is the Role of Education? (The 2nd Huang Tingfang Forum on Excellent Teachers and Famous Principals in the Western Regions, Zhuhai).
2024. Song, H. Validating a Self-Regulated Learning Teaching Scale for Early Childhood Education (American Educational Research Association, AERA).
2024. Song, H. Determinants (Motivation and Perceptions) of English Learners' Continuance Intention and English Writing in Online Learning (American Educational Research Association, AERA).
2024. Song, H. Understanding Chinese Students' Classroom Relationships in English Language Learning: The Role of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Emotions (American Educational Research Association, AERA).
2024. Song, H. Predicting Children's Self-Regulation Through Profiles of Individual Teacher-Child Relationships (American Educational Research Association, AERA).
2024. Song, H. Integrating Teaching and Research Through Evidence-Based Practice (Comparative and International Education Society, CIES).
December, 2023. Song, H. Evidence-Based Teacher Education Discipline Construction (AI Evidence-Based Teacher Education Seminar, Beijing).
December, 2023. Song, H. Teacher Education Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities, Challenges, and Responses (10th Annual Conference of the China Education Research Association (CERA)).
November, 2023. Song, H. Building an Evidence-Based Education System to Promote Scientific and Professional Education Decisions and Practices (International Seminar on Evidence-Based Education, Beijing).
November, 2023. Song, H. Teacher Research Transformation Under the New Curriculum Reform (2023 High School Education and Teaching Seminar, Changchun).
October, 2023. Song, H. Empirical Research and the Construction of Evidence-Based Education (9th National Education Empirical Research Forum, Shanghai).
October, 2023. Song, H. Promoting Teacher Workforce Development in the New Era to Strengthen the Foundation of a Strong Nation (2nd China Teacher Educator Forum and 2nd China · Taihang Teacher Education Summit Forum, Xingtai).
September, 2023. Song, H. Professional Development of Discipline, Curriculum, and Teaching Theory Teachers in Higher Education in the Central and Western Regions of China (2023 China Teacher Development Forum, Guangzhou).
July, 2023. Song, H. School Evaluation and Improvement Focused on Learning (3rd High-Quality Education Development Jinsha Seminar, Jinsha).
July, 2023. Song, H. Value, Growth, and Recognition: A Case Study of Teacher Well-being (2023 Cambridge China Education Forum, CCEF).
July, 2023. Song, H. New Era · New Curriculum · New Teachers (2nd “Strong Teachers · Strong Education · Strong Nation” Teacher Education High-End Forum, Zhengzhou).
May, 2023. Song, H. The Core of Teacher Practice Communities Is the Transformation of Identity (Strong Teachers Improving Quality · Collective Intelligence Symbiosis: Promoting Cross-Domain Collaborative New Era Teaching Research Forum, Beijing).
May, 2023. Song, H. Strengthening the Cultivation of “Dual-Qualified” Teachers to Consolidate the Positioning of Vocational Education (Unveiling Ceremony of the Teacher Education Research Center of Beijing Normal University Jiangxi Branch and “New Era Vocational Education Teacher Professional Development” Forum, Nanchang).
November, 2022. Song, H. Learning to Teach Through Boundary Crossing: Theory-Oriented Lesson Study and Sustainable Development of Student Teachers (Beijing Normal University-Monash University International Symposium, Beijing, China and Melbourne, Australia).
September, 2019. Song, H. Learning to learn to teach: Theory-oriented lesson study in initial teacher education (World Association of Lesson Studies 2019, Amersterdam).
November, 2018. Song, H. Cross-Boundary Learning in University-School Partnership and Building Learning Communities (The First International Conference of Teacher Learning and Professional Development, Beijing).
November, 2018. Song, H. Lesson Study and the Construction of Student Teachers’ PCK (World Association of Lesson Studies 2018, Beijing).
November, 2018. Song, H. Teaching Research and Lesson Studies: Models and Experience in China (World Association of Lesson Studies 2018, Beijing).
November, 2018. Song, H. Current Status, Problems and Solutions of Teacher Education System in China (The 13th International Symposium on Teacher Education in East Asia: Challenges for the Next-Generation Education, Tokyo).
June, 2018. Song, H. Current Status, Challenges and Reprofessionalization of Teacher Education in China (International Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning, Lahore).
October, 2017. Song, H. Reflection on the Professionalization of Teacher Education (WWUPF, Ural).
2013. Song, H. Reconstructing Teacher Education System of China (China-Finland Teacher Education Forum, Beijing).
2010. Song, H. Multilevel Analysis of the Effect of PLC, Collective Teacher Efficacy, and Faculty Trust on Students’ Motivation and Learning Strategies (BERA).
2010. Song, H. A Survey on the National System of Honors for Excellent Teachers in China (CIES).
2008. Song, H. The Framework of Teacher Education Curricula: Perspective of Teacher Profession (1st East-Asian International Symposium on Teacher Education Research).
Books
Huan Song, Dejiang Jin. (2023). Twenty Lectures on Family Education Guidance. Beijing Normal University Press. [in Chinese].
Qiong Li, Huan Song, Wei Liao. (2022). Strategy and Policy for Building a High-Quality, Professional, and Innovative Teacher Workforce. People’s Education Press. [in Chinese].
Xudong Zhu, & Huan Song (2021). Envisioning Teaching and Learning of Teachers for Excellence and Equity in Education, Springer.
Huan Song (2015). Study on Teacher Professional Learning Communities. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press. [In Chinese]
Xudong Zhu, Qiong Li, & Huan Song (2014). Study on Modern Teacher Education System Construction. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press. [In Chinese]
Peijun Guan, Xudong Zhu, Yonggang Song, & Huan Song(2014). Study on Quality Construction of Primary and Secondary School Teachers. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press. [In Chinese]
Xudong Zhu, & Huan Song (2013). Study on Teacher Honor System of China. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press. [In Chinese]
Reports
Huan Song. The current situation, challenges, and policy recommendations for the rural primary and secondary school teacher workforce. Adopted by the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy and published in CAPD Information, No. 1625, 2025.
Huan Song. Responding effectively to public opinion during the school opening season: Enhancing governance capacity for education-related public opinion. Adopted by the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy and published in CAPD Information, No. 1716, 2025.
Huan Song. Policy recommendations on setting scientific targets for improving teachers’ educational qualifications in basic education by 2035 and comprehensively enhancing the qualification level of the teacher workforce. Published in Beijing CAPD Information and adopted by the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and the National Committee of the CPPCC; received written instructions from national leaders, 2024.
Lijuan Pang, Huan Song, Honglei Wang, Xiaomin Yang. Policy recommendations on strengthening teacher education universities in western China. Received written instructions from a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, 2024.
Xudong Zhu, Huan Song, et al. Twenty Policy Suggestions for Building a High Quality Chinese Basic Education Teacher Team, Development and Planning Department of the Ministry of Education, 2025
Huan Song et al. Teacher Demand Prediction for Education Strong Countries, Development and Planning Department of the Ministry of Education, 2025
Xudong Zhu, Huan Song, et al. Suggestions for Comprehensive Reform of Teacher Education System for an Education Strong Country, Development and Planning Department of the Ministry of Education, 2025
Jiliang Shen, Huan Song, et al. Revision Explanation of Teacher Qualification Assessment Indicator System, Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education, 2025
Kai Wang, Huan Song, et al. Explanation of Subject Professional Level Assessment, Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education, 2025
Huan Song and others Comprehensive Quality Assessment Explanation, Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education, 2025
Huan Song et al. Teacher Qualification Examination Data Analysis Report, Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education, 2025
Huan Song. Strengthening the Construction of Local Normal Universities in Western China, First Prize for Political Participation and Discussion Achievements of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2024, General Office of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, 2024.
Huan Song. The revision of the Teacher Qualification System requirements in the Teacher Law lays the foundation for building a strong education country with strong teachers. adopted by the Beijing Information of the Democratic Progressive Party and published in the 1717th issue of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2024.
Huan Song. Suggestions for exploring new paths for the integration of sports and education and further deepening the integration of sports and education, adopted by the Beijing Information of the Democratic Progressive Party and the 517th issue of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2024.
Huan Song et al. Drawing on international experience and practices to solve the problem of high incidence of campus bullying, adopted by the 501st issue of "Democratic Progressive Information" of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2024.
Huan Song. Innovative collaboration to solve the employment problem of college students, adopted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party as a proposal material submitted to the National People's Congress of the Democratic Progressive Party Central Committee, 2024.
Huan Song. Efforts will be made to reduce the burden on teachers, ensure their physical and mental health, and focus on teaching and educating students. The Beijing Municipal Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party has adopted this as a proposal material submitted to the National People's Congress of the Democratic Progressive Party Central Committee in 2024
Chunli Zhang, Huan Song, et al. Report on the Strategic Support Points for Deepening the Reform of Basic Education Curriculum, Textbook Bureau of the Ministry of Education, 2024.
Huan Song. The difficulties and countermeasures for the inclusive development of special education have been adopted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy and the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference in 2023
Xudong Zhu, Huan Song, et al. Teacher Honor and Commendation System, Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education, 2023
Huan Song et al. The research report on the construction of basic elements of science education has been adopted by the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education and relevant policy documents of the Ministry of Education, 2023
Huan Song et al. Ensuring the effective implementation of the "double reduction" policy and achieving the improvement of education quality and efficiency, adopted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2023
Huan Song et al. Suggestions for further improving teacher policies, adopted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy and the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, 2023
Huan Song. Reducing backpack weight, reducing student burden, adopted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy and the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, 2023
Huan Song. Suggestions on strengthening the construction of the teaching staff in underdeveloped areas in the central and western regions, adopted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, and the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, 2023
Huan Song. Suggestions on further reducing the workload of primary and secondary school teachers, adopted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, and the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, 2023
Huan Song. Suggestions for optimizing the doctoral training mechanism in China, proposed by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy and the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2023
Huan Song et al. Research Report on the Current Status of Teacher Home School Cooperation Literacy in China, Beijing Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, 2022
Huan Song et al. the Construction of Teacher Teams in Underdeveloped Regions of Central and Western China, Beijing Municipal Committee of China Democratic Promotion Association, 2022
Huan Song et al. Establishing a Strong Teacher Professional Development System and Cultivating Good Teachers for the New Era in China, Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education, 2022
Huan Song, Wei Liao. A Report on the Current Situation of the Teaching Staff in China., Ministry of Education., General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, 2018.
Huan Song, et al. A Policy Consultancy Report from a Worldwide Comparison and Analysis to Strengthen the Construction of Teaching Staff on the Basis of Fifty Articles for Building Teaching Staff in China., Ministry of Education, 2017.
Huan Song, Shenji Zhou. A Policy Study on Building System for Teacher Education of China., Ministry of Education, 2017.
Huan Song, Huajun Zhang. Policy Analysis on China’s Distance Teacher Education in Rural Areas: Report on Data analysis. UNESCO, 2010.
Selected Research Projects
National and Ministerial
2026/01-2029/12 Research on Cultivating Student Teachers’ Instructional Decision-Making Competence in Human-Machine Collaborative Teaching under the Background of Artificial Intelligence (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
2024-Now Research on the Construction of Curriculum and Teaching Theory Teacher Team in Normal Universities in China (Teacher Work Special Project of the Teacher Work Department of the Ministry of Education)
2024-Now Research on High-Quality Teacher Workforce Construction in the Context of Building a Strong Education Nation (Beijing Normal University Scientific Research Innovation Talent Cultivation Project)
2024-Now Research on Integrating the Spirit of Educators into Talent Development Strategy (Beijing Normal University Annual Special Project on Publicity, Ideological, and Cultural Work)
2024-Now Evidence-Based Theory Construction of High-Quality, Professional, and Innovative Teacher Workforce Development Based on the Construction of a Teacher Education Database (Beijing Normal University First-Class Discipline in Education Academic Unit Planning Project)
2022-Now Research on the Construction and Development of Primary and Secondary School Curricula (A project supported by Curriculum and Textbook Research Institute of the Ministry of Education)
2023-2025 Study on tracking data-driven pre-service teacher learning and teacher training quality（Major Projects of Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities of the Ministry of Education)
2020-2025 Research on the Construction of Online Teacher Education System (A project supported by Social and Science Fund of Beijing)
2023-2024 Research on the Mechanism of University-Government-School (UGS) Partnership for Teacher Professional Development in the Context of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Educational Collaboration (Chinese Higher Education Society Teacher Education Branch Annual Project)
2020-2023 How to improve teacher preparation quality（A Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China，71974016)
2020-2023 Research on Improving Change Leadership and School Innovation in Beijing Normal University (A project entrusted by Institute of Educational Science of Xicheng District Beijing)
2020-2022 Research on the Mechanism of Teacher Professional Development Supported by the Collaboration among University-Government-School in the context of the Coordinated Educational Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region (A project Entrusted by Teacher Education branch of China Association of Higher Education)
2020-2022 Reform of Blended Teaching Model based on Internet and Evidence-Based Education (School-level project)
2021-2022 Research on Teacher Training Program of International Education (Instruction Reform Project of Faculty of Education in Beijing Normal University)
2020-2021 Research on the Construction and Development Planning of Higher Teacher Teaching Development Center of China (MOE)
2020-2021 An Online Plan on Improving Future Teachers’ Evidence-Based Teaching Competence (Instruction Reform Project of Faculty of Education in Beijing Normal University)
2019-2020 Study of “Teacher Law” revision and reforms in teacher certificate, teacher preparation and in-service training (MOE)
2017-2019 Study of the Effect Produced by and the Strategies Adopted in the Events for the Professional Development of Macau Teaching Staff (A Project Entrusted by the Government of Macau Special Administrative Region)
2017-2018 Study of the Effect Produced by and the Strategies Adopted in the Events for the Professional Development of Macau Teaching Staff (MOE)
2017-2020 Building a Caring Family-School-Community Educational Body under Multi-layered Influencing Theory (A General Project of Research on Humanities and Social Sciences of Ministry of Education)
2014-2015 Teacher Certificate Exam and Teacher Education Reform (MOE)
2014-2015 Study on the Current Situation, Problems and Countermeasure of Teacher Education System in China (MOE)
2010-2015 Study on Database of Teacher Professional Development in China (the MOE Project of Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities)
2008-2014 Curriculum Reform and Teacher Professional Learning Communities (Beijing Education Science "11th Five-Year" Plan Project)
2009-2014 Study on PLC-oriented School-based Teacher Training Model Innovation in the Context of Curriculum Reform (National Education Science "11th Five-Year" Plan Project)
2008-2009 Study on Improvement of Primary and Secondary School Teachers' Quality (MOE)
2008-2009 Study on Teacher Education Standards (MOE & World Bank Group)
2007-2008 Study on Teacher Honor System of China (MOE)
International
2019-2023 How to prepare a good teacher (A project funded by the International Joint Research Project of Huiyan International College, Faculty of Education，Beijing Normal University , ICER201905)
2010-2015 Future and Global Educator Program (MSU-BNU)
2010-2014 Teacher Professional Learning Communities, Teacher Professional Development and Student Learning Improvement in China (CUHK-BNU)
2008-2009 Policy Analysis on China’s Distance Teacher Education in Rural Areas (UNESCO)
