Ronghua Ouyang

Areas of Expertise

Educational Technology, Meta-Analysis, TESOL, Methods of teaching in elementary  Mathematics, and Educational Comparative research.

Courses Developed and Taught

Doctoral level:

• Technology Enriched Curriculum

Master level:

• Accomplished instructional leader
• Best instructional and curricular practice
• Educational research
• Educational web design
• Inquiry: Educational research and prospectus
• Inquiry: Educational technology
• Integrating technology in education
• Multimedia presentation and e-portfolio
• Prospectus and Portfolio Completion
• Teacher Support Specialist (Web support)
• Trends and issues in mathematics for ECE

Undergraduate level

• College English One and Two (ESOL)
• Curriculum and instructional design for early childhood
• Human development, growth and learning
• Instructional technology for early childhood education
• Integrating technology in education
• Introduction to Technology for Educators
• Learning, motivation and assessment
• Nature and needs of the young child
• Pre-student Teaching Experience One
• Pre-student Teaching Experience Two
• School Law
• Student Teaching (Field Experience) Supervision
• Teaching mathematics in early childhood education
• Technology in school
• TOSS field teaching supervision (Teaching of Specific Subject)
• Directed Studies
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K-12 level

• 4th grade, English, Social Study, Mathematics and Science
• K-5 Mathematics and Science,
• Grade 6-12 English (ESOL)
• Chinese
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Music, arts, and health

Education

Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1993

M.S. Information Technology
Southern Polytechnic State University
2006

M.A. Rhetoric and Linguistics
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1988

B.A. English Language and Literature
Nanjing University
1982
 

Biography

Dr. Ronghua Ouyang (John) graduated with an Ed. D in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1993.

Dr. Ouyang had served as coordinator of ECE graduate program, Associate Director and Secretary of Sino-American Education Consortium (SACE), and Director of the Chinese Proficiency Testing (HSK) Center in Southern America at Kennesaw State University. He has also served as President of GANUAA, Principal and President of Directors at Emery Chinese Academy (currently named Atlanta Contemporary Chinese Academy), a board member of the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States (ACPSS), and vice president of the Society of International Chinese in Educational Technology (SICET). He is currently Professor and Department Chair of Childhood Education at University of North Florida.

His research interests include “Educational Technology,” “Educational Research” “Early Childhood and Elementary Education,” “Learning Motivation and Assessment”, and “Comparative Education.” His major publications include books: “Education”, "Educational Technology" and “Marriage and Family in USA”; and articles: “Comparative Study: Educational Technology in Chinese Middle Schools”, “Educational Technology or Educational Media”, “Online Education: Curriculum Design and Instructional Strategies”, “Online Education: How to Approach and Teach”, “Educational Technology and Teacher Training in the United States”, “Assessment Theories and Methods” etc.