Statement of Purpose XU QIAN

I am fascinated by the advanced educational system in the U.S. and am eager to acquire an advanced study in Curriculum Studies abroad, which will prepare me for my future career in the fields related to Education.

My profound desire into the field of Curriculum Studies started with my first opportunity of exchange program I participated in at University of Oxford, which also started my interests in the western-education system. My three-month experience of living in a foreign country and studying in a different educational system was quite significant. It expanded my vision and helped me realized the importance of globalization in the field of education. The second chance was to join the AIESEC volunteer team at Chulalongkorn University in 2014, during which I was mainly responsible for leading the team to provide English courses for rural areas in Thailand. Consisting of members respectively from Malaysia, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and China, our team had some disagreements when making the teaching plan. While some thought about teaching children English with the aid of Thai, the other insisted on English immersion teaching. Then I pointed out that we could use them properly by dividing the children into different teaching...