Qu Yuanzhou

Gender: Male
Date of Birth:1981.6.16

Education Background

2003.9-now

Master Candidate in Economics of Education, Graduate School of Education, Peking University

1999.9-2003.6

B.S. in Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University

Research Experience

2005-now

On the Migrant Worker's Accessibility Problems to Continuing Education in Urban Areas in China. Action research. Peking University-East China Normal University. Ford Foundation.Conducting literature reviews; Visiting related Community Colleges, NGOs and other institutions; Interviews with all kinds of migrants.

2004-2005

Report on Education and Human Resource of China, GSE, Peking Univ. Ministry of Education.Organizing two teams for field work in 5 cities in Guangdong and Jiangsu Province; conducting interviews with workers, firms, training institutions, government offices, and job brokers; independently designing and conducting a quantitative research.

2003-now

Miscellaneous:Participation in projects on various topics, including lifelong learning, university merger, teacher training programs, China's New Curriculum, market researches, Intel(R) Teach to the Future, Application of interactive whiteboard in Chinese schools, Searching technology (ongoing), etc.

Working Experience

2004.9-2004.10

Sina Inc. Intern as a web editor.

Voluntary Work

2004–2005

Rural teacher training projects. Anxian, Sichuan Province, 2004; Hejiashan, Gansu Province, 2004. Qinglong, Hebei Province, 2005

2004–now

WESAC (A NGO for rural development).Guizhou Province, 2004.7, Gansu Province (as team leader), 2004.10

2004-now

"1kg more" (An innovative project to encourage travelers to visit and help rural kids).Team member.

Miscellaneous Field Work

2005 Taizhou, Zhejiang Province

Visiting the only two survived private banks in China with a squad from Department of Sociology; Visiting different kinds of manufacturing firms; interviewing with entrepreneurs who start their business as poor peasants.

2003-2005 Beijing & Shanghai

Visiting all kinds of different schools in Beijing and Shanghai, including public/private schools for children of migrant workers, for young migrant workers, for international students, etc.