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Dr. Daming Feng is Professor of Educational Administration at the Faculty of Education, East China Normal University (ECNU). He is also a research fellow at the ECNU-based National Institute of Basic Education Reform & Development, Ministry of Education (MOE) and a senior research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Center for Leadership and Change, Hong Kong University of Education. He has served as a member of the Standing Committee of China National Academic Council for Educational Administration, as well as an expert for MOE National Key Teacher Training Programs and as the qualification reviewer for the Top-grade Teacher & Superfine Teacher, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (SMEC).

He was formerly the Associate Chairperson of the Committee for Theory Study of National Association of Adult Education, the Deputy Director of the Training Department at the National Training Center for High School Principals of MOE, secretary general of the UNESCO-APEID Associated Center at ECNU, expert for the OECD-TALIS program at Shanghai, SMEC and Dean of the College for Continuing Education and Executive Director of the Center for Teacher Development at ECNU.

In the last decade, his books, chapters, and articles concerning educational leadership, management & administration in Chinese contexts, leadership for learning in China’s disadvantaged schools, CPD for K-12 teachers, and school leadership development have been published in China, the USA, the UK, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.