Rate My Professor Haoran Zheng

Dr. Haoran Zheng serves as a Lecturer in Early Childhood Education within the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education at the University of New England. He earned his PhD from Monash University, with a thesis framed by Bourdieu’s thinking tools that examined international pre-service teachers’ professional experiences in early childhood education settings, thereby contributing to Australian early childhood education and teacher education. His research focuses on early STEM learning, digital literacies, multiliteracies, experiences of refugee and migrant communities, early childhood teacher education, professional experiences, international education, socially-just early childhood education, and multidisciplinary and transnational projects exploring diverse early childhood experiences of children and families.

Zheng has been recognized with several honors, including the Monash University Faculty Postgraduate Publication Award (2019), Monash Education Research Community Publication Award (2018), Three Minutes Thesis People’s Choice Award (2018), 2022 Australian Teacher Education Association Early Career Researcher Grant for “Teaching diversity through picturebooks,” and 2019 VicTESOL Student Travel Grant. Notable publications encompass Zheng, H., Keary, A., & Faulkner, J. (2024). “Professional experience of Chinese international pre-service teachers in Australia’s early childhood education: professional learning and belonging.” Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 52(5), 560–573; Keary, A., Zheng, H., & Garvis, S. (2025). “Australian multilingual early childhood educators’ use of languages in early childhood education settings.” European Early Childhood Education Research Journal; Keary, A., Zheng, H., & Garvis, S. (2023). “Educators’ Construction of a Sense of Belonging in ECEC: An Australian Case Study.” Education Sciences, 13(5), 510; and contributions to edited volumes on intercultural supervision and initial professional experiences. He is affiliated with organizations such as the Australian Teacher Education Association, VicTESOL, Australian Council of TESOL Associations, and Australian Association for Research in Education, and teaches units in early childhood education including STEM-related topics.