Prof. Yun-Ping Ge 蓋允萍 副教授

Research Interests

• Science Images
• Reading Comprehension
• Classroom Discourse
• Textbook Analysis

Academic Background

NDHU Assistant Professor, 2017–2021 — Department of Education and Human Potentials, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan

SMIRC (Science and Mathematics Item Review Committee) expert panel for TIMSS, 2020–2024

Post Doctoral Fellow, 2015–2016 — Australian Catholic University, Australia; Learning Sciences Institute of Australia
Study program: A Cross-country Comparison of Biological Classificational Image Design and Comprehension on Taiwanese and Australian Textbooks

Visiting Scholar, 2011–2012 — University of England, School of Education, Armidale, Australia

Education

Ph.D. (2014), National Changhua University of Education — Graduate Institute of Science Education
Dissertation: Investigating the Impact of Image Design on Reading Comprehension through Cross-country Comparison between Taiwanese and Australian

M.S. (2004), National Taiwan Normal University — Graduate Institute of Science Education
Exchange student program: 2002–2003, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Thesis: An Analysis of Discourse Patterns and Process-Skill Teaching in a Case Study of Interdisciplinary Teacher-Student Interaction

B.S. (1991), National Taiwan Normal University — Department of English

A.S. (1986), National Taichung Normal College — Elementary School Teaching

Certification: Ministry of Education (Taiwan) Teaching Certificate — Grade 7–12 English; Grade 1–6

Work Experience

Elementary Teacher, 1986–1998, 1998–2010, 2010–2014 — Ziqiang Elementary School (Taipei), Hecuo Elementary School (Taichung), Hui Lai Elementary School (Taichung), Taiwan

Science Curriculum Consultant, 2003–2006 — Taichung City Government, Taiwan

Research Assistant, 1998–1999 — National Academy for Educational Research, Taipei County, Taiwan

Publications in English
✦Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Ge, Y.-P., Yang, W.-J., & Tam, H.-P. (2024). Using a diagrammatic approach to reveal variations in students’ instructional representations about the five kingdoms in biology between two cultural groups. International Journal of Science Education, 47(2), 147–172. DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2024.2314009 (SSCI)
2. Ge, Y.-P.* & Yang, H. (2019). Do We Need Arrows In Representing An Energy Pyramid? International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 17(7), 1301–1316. (SSCI)
3. Ge, Y.-P.* , Unsworth, L., Wang, K.-H., & Chang, H.-P. (2018). What Images Reveal: A Comparative Study of Science Images between Australian and Taiwanese Junior High School Textbooks. Research in Science Education, 48(6), 1409–1431. (SSCI)
4. Ge, Y.-P.* , Unsworth, L., & Wang, K.-H. (2017). … International Journal of Science Education, 39, 605–626. (SSCI)

Publications in Chinese
✦Book Chapters and Other Works

• 蓋允萍（合譯）（2019）。邁向批判性典範：教育、知識與行動研究（原著 Carr, W. & Kemmis, S.）。臺北市：五南。
• Ge, Y.-P.* , Unsworth, L., Wang, K.-H., & Chang, H.-P. (2018). Image design for enhancing science learning… In K.-S. Tang & A. K. Danielsson (Eds.), Global Developments in Literacy Research for Science Education. Springer.
• 蓋允萍（2014）。從認知與社會文化之整合觀點探究科學圖像設計的多樣性。科學教育月刊，472，18–31。
• 蓋允萍、鍾昌宏、Unsworth, L.、王國華、張惠博（2014）。以視覺設計文法比較臺澳科學教科書圖像－以七年級生物分類單元為例。科學教育學刊，22(2)，109–134。（TSSCI）
• 楊秀停、蓋允萍、王國華（2014）。探討 DCI 教學模式對學生學習科學概念及科學解釋的成效。科學教育研究與發展季刊，68。

Conference Papers

• Huy, Lu Dieu & Ge, Y.-P. (2024, Dec). Variation of Visual Design of Biological Taxonomic Images: A Comparative Study Between Vietnamese and Taiwanese Science Text-books. ASET 2024（第40屆科學教育國際研討會），Dec 5–7，國立高雄師範大學。
• 蓋允萍（2023，12月）。達悟耆老的民俗分類與推理方式。第39屆科學教育國際研討會，12月7–9日，國立臺灣師範大學。
• Ge, Y.-P. (2023, August). Standing on the brinks of endangered culture… ESERA 2023, Cappadocia, Turkey.