Prof. Syh-Jong Jang
Asia University, Taiwan

Biography: Syh-Jong Jang now is a Distinguished Professor at Asia University in Taiwan. He received his PhD in Science Education from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He served associate dean of International College and the director at Center Of Cross-Strait Academic Exchange, Asia University. He also served Co-Chair and Review Committee in the Field of Science Education of MOST, Taiwan and obtained the highest Teacher Research Award from Chung Yuan Christian University. He was invited as Honor Lecture on Teaching in the Graduate School of Education at Peking University and Honor Lecture on Teaching in the School of Education at Shaanxi Normal University. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Georgia, USA and FT PGDE(P) Program External Examiner-The Hong Kong Institute of Education. His research expertise is information technologies and TPACK from pre-service and in-service teacher level. He has published a lot SSCI-index research papers which focus on technology in teacher education and innovative science teaching in all levels. These published Journals include Computers in Human Behavior, Computers & Education, BJET, AJET, Educational Research, Higher Education, International Journal of Science Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, etc. He also grants many research projects from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.