Dr. SHU-FANG  CHEN
1997 received her Ph. D. degree from the University of Maryland at College Park, U.S.A. Major: Curriculum and Instruction Specialize: Early Childhood Education	Associate Professor Department of Early Childhood Education National Taitung Teachers College, Taiwan

09/93-08/97 Ph. D.	University of Maryland, College Park Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction	Specialized in Early Childhood Education
09/88-06/91 M. Ed.	National Taiwan Normal University Dept. of Home Economics Education Graduate (Master) Program	Specialized in Early Childhood Education
09/82-06/87 B. Ed.	National Taiwan Normal University Dept. of Home Economics Education	Specialized in Early Childhood Education

Teaching Experience

08/87-07/93	full-time teacher in Child Care Dept. of Yu-Dah Senior Vocational School, Taipei.
08/97-07/03	Assistant professor, National Taitung Teachers College
08/03-present	Assistant professor, National Taitung University

Work Experience

08/97-07/00	Chair person, Center for Child Development, National Taitung Teachers College
08/98-07/00	Head, Dept. of Early Childhood Education, National Taitung Teachers College
08/01-07/03	Member of Preparatory Committee for National Taitung University
08/03-present	Assistant professor, National Taitung University

Research Papers (in English only)

Chen, Shu-fang (1996). Learning Multiculturalism from the Experience of International Students. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York City.

Chen, Shu-fang (1996). Early Childhood Education for All: An In-service Teacher Training Program. Poster paper presented at The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). Laurel, Maryland.

Chen, Shu-fang (1997). Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in Practice:Ethnography in Early Childhood Settings. Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of Ethnography in Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania.

Chen, Dora、Tseng, Shu-hsien and Chen, Shu-fang (1997). "Help, they are fighting again" Fostering children's interpersonal relationship through peer conflict I intervention. Poster paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of Division of Early Childhood (DEC),The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), New Orleans, LA.

Chen, Shu-fang (1998). Creating developmentally appropriate curricula: Preschool teachers' decision making. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 13 – 17, 1998, San Diego, CA.

Chen, Shu-fang (1998). Teacher as curriculum maker: Teachers’ cognitive interests and curriculum development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association(AERA), April 13 – 17, 1998, San Diego, CA

Chen, Shu-fang (1999). Care in preschool. Paper presented at 1999年全國關懷論文發表大會，高雄：輔英技術學院。

Chen, Shu-fang (2000). Teachers' judgment of developmentally appropriate curriculum for young children: Taiwanese teachers' perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 24 – 28, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Chen, Shu-fang (2000). A Professional Development Initiative：What have Learned in One Professional Development School Network. Paper presented at The Angle-Taiwan Seminar, 2000.5.27-30. National Taiwan Normal University. 

Chen, Shu-fang (2001). Exploring Children’s Conceptions of Their Early Educational Environment – Enter children’s world: An ethnographical inquiry of the children’s lives in kindergarten. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of NAEYC，Oct.31 – Nov.4, 2001, Anaheim, CA. (cancelled)

Chen, Shu-fang (2001)：To enter children's world: an ethnographical inquiry into children's lives in kindergarten. Research in Applies Psychology, 12, 133-173。

Chien, Chuying & Chen, Shu-fang (2002). The Changes in a Private Kindergarten in Taipei City －The Application of Ecological System Theory. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of ACEI,2002.4.3~6, CA: San Diego. 

Chen, Shu-fang (2003). Curriculum Teaching: Teacher Educators’ Ideas, Practice, and Praxis. Paper presented at The Fourth International Conference on Education Research(ICER), the Education Research Institute(ERI) at Seoul National University(SNU), Korea.

Research Project

Developmentally appropriate curriculum in action: Stories of five preschool teachers' curriculum making. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland at College Park.

The creative thinking of early childhood teachers in creating science learning materials for young children, Project supported by the National Science Council (NSC), Report number: NSC 88-2519-S-143-001. 1998.8.1-1999.7.31.

Curriculum teaching: Early childhood teacher educators' curriculum beliefs and teaching practices. Project supported by the National Science Council (NSC), Report number: NSC 89-2413-H-143-010. 1999.8.1-2000.7.31.

The use of portfolios and performance assessment in teacher education. Project supported by the National Science Council (NSC). 2000.8.1-2001.7.31

Indicators of basic science abilities of young children and the development of science curriculum in early childhood education. Project supported by the National Science Council (NSC). 2001.8.1-2004.7.31

Indicators of basic science abilities of young children and the development of science curriculum in early childhood education. 2001.8.1-2004.7.31.

Cross Culture Research at Investigation of Characteristics, Performances and Transformation of Creativity in Young Children. Project supported by the National Science Council (NSC). 2002.8.1-2004.7.31

The development of Professional Development Programs for Teachers of five years olds. Project supported by the Ministryof Education (MOE). 2003.12.1-2005.2.28