Meilan Jin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Early Childhood Education

About

Dr. Meilan Jin, Associate Professor, has centered her teaching and scholarship on mixed methods research into the preschool years. Her research interests include children's cognitive development, play, cross-cultural study, preservice teacher education, and teacher professional development.  She is interested in developing a research agenda involving cross cultural learning associated with the WWU ECE program and the Southwest University in Chongqing, China and the associated preschool education partnerships. 

I teach courses:

  • ECE 391: Preschool Practicum & Seminar
  • ECE 434: Environments for Early Learning
  • ECE 430: Creativity and Play in ECE
  • ECE 439: Curriculum Planning in ECE
  • ECE 498: Seminar
  • ECE 495: Preschool Internship

Recent Publications:

  1. Jin, M., Burns, B., & Taggart, K. (2023). Implementing The Project Approach with Toddlers. Childhood Education, 99(5), 46-53.
  2. Jin, M. (2023). Preservice Teachers’ Online Teaching Experiences during COVID-19. Early Childhood Education Journal, 51(2), 371-381.
  3. Jin, M., & Moran, M. J. (2023). Preschoolers’ Cooperative Problem Solving During Play in Everyday Classroom. Early Childhood Education Journal, 51(3), 503-513.
  4. Jin, M., & Moran, M. J. (2021). Chinese and US Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs About Children’s Cooperative Problem-Solving During Play. Early Childhood Education Journal, 49(3), 503 – 513.
  5. Dagnon, P., Jin, M., & Demsky, S.  (2022). Supporting Early Childhood Interns in Working with Children Remotely. In A. Dattola (Ed.), Adapting Remote Learning Practice for Early Childhood and Elementary School Classrooms. IGI Global.