图书馆研究类系列讲座“Riverside Talks”——“Highly Cited Chinese Researchers”第二讲重磅来袭！本次讲座的题目为“研究背景的重要性”，主讲人为宁诺人文学院教育与英语语言文学系冯安伟教授。
You are warmly invited to join the 'Riverside Talks' on 'Context Matters' presented by Professor Anwei Feng, Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
About the talk
Context Matters
In humanities and social sciences (HSS) research, we often hear 'theory matters', 'evidence matters' and 'methodology matters'. They all matter, indeed, because they are universally valued as corecomponents not only in HSS studies but in all areas of research, and thus areused as key criteria to assess quality of research output. What we hear less is 'context matters', even though there is strong consensus that thorough analysis of context is equally, if not more, rudimentary for high-impact, meaningful research, particularly for HSS investigations. In this talk, drawing on a wide range of examples accrued in 15 years of researching multilingualism and multilingual education in China, I will illustrate why context matters for studies in that area from multiple perspective, conceptual, political, demographic, economic, sociolinguistic, historical and geographical. On that basis, I argue that the depth of understanding of the context relevant to an HSS study, empirical in particular, be made an essential criterion in assessing not only the rigor but also the validity of that investigation.
TIME 3.30-4.30pm, Tue. 5 Nov
VENUE Multifunction Room 2, Li Library
Please scan the QR code to sign up by 2 Nov.
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About the speaker
Prof. Anwei Feng
Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Professor Anwei Feng has had teaching and research experience in many countries and regions including China, Qatar, Singapore and the UK. His research areas include multilingualism, multilingual education, and intercultural studies in education. He has supervised more than thirty doctorate students to completion and published many peer-reviewed journal articles and several books including 'Trilingualism in education in China: models and challenges' (2015) and 'Multilingual China: National, minority, and foreign languages' (2022), both with Bob Adamson. Professor Feng has been on the Elsevier list of the 'Highly Cited Chinese Researchers' since 2021.
PAST TALKS
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The sharing of knowledge should not be limited by time and space. To benefit more, we have specially launched the 'The Knowledge Hub-the Library (KHL) (UNNC)' module on Moodle. The recorded videos and PPTs of the talks have been uploaded to this module for your learning.
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