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Affiliation

Faculty of Education

University of Macau

Email

mjwu@um.edu.mo

Tel

(853) 8822 8731

Fax

(853) 8822 2402

Office

Room 3024, Faculty of Education,

University of Macau, E33,

Av. da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China

Mei Jiun WU 吳梅君

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Education, University of Macau

Academic Qualifications

  • 2000     Ph.D. Educational Policy, Planning & Administration, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  • 1997     M.S. Educational Administration, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  • 1993     B.A. Mass Communication, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

Teaching Area

  • Sociology of Education
  • School Administration and Management
  • Education Administration

Current Research

  • The effects of educational technologies on student achievements
  • A cross-cultural comparative study of organizational structure and administrator-to-student ratios of schools

Selected Publications

  • Wu, M. J. (accepted, in press). The effects of student demographics and school resources on California school performance gain. Teachers College Record: 115(4).
  • Wu, M.J. (2010). School management and administrative infrastructure of basic education system in Macao. Final report to the University Research, University of Macau.
  • Wu, M.J. (2008). “An assessment on graduate programs in educational administration: a comparative study among Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States. Final report to the University Research Committee, University of Macau.
  • Wu, M.J. (2007). Assessment of the internal efficiency of Macau’s basic education: an Alternative Application of the Reconstructed Cohort Method. Education Journal, 35(1), 63-91.
  • Wu, M.J. (2006), “Projecting basic education enrollment in Macao with the use of the cohort survival technique,” paper presented at the Educational Developments in Chinese Societies Conference, April 29, 2006. University of Macau, Macao.
  • Hui, K.F., Wong, P.M., Ng, S.W. & Wu, M.J. (2004). Sri Lanka school principal’s training programmes in Hong Kong and Macau: prinicpals’ effective leadership in the context of social change and educational reform. The World Bank Project joint with Hong Kong Institute of Education and Faculty of Education, University of Macau. CD.
  • Wu, Mei Jiun (2003), with Dr. Leung, S.O., Dr. Lo, L.F. and Mr. Ng, J., “The effects of reduced class size and teacher’s efforts on achievement and motivation of low-ability students in Chinese subject,” paper presented at the Reform and Innovation of Teaching and Learning Conference, November 29, 2003. University of Macau, Macau.
  • Wu, M.J. (2000). An assessment of general education curriculum in Taiwanese higher education” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California.

Current Courses

  1. Intorduction to Education (Lecture in Chinese) (EDUC180)
  2. Sociology of Education (EDUC281)

Previous Courses

  1. Introduction to Education (EDUE103)
  2. Sociology of Education (PGEE202)
  3. Sociology of Education (PREI203)