Publications & Papers

Pine, N. 2020. One in a Billion: One man’s remarkable odyssey through modern-day China. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 

Yu, Z-Y & Pine, N. 2015. Preschool narrative development in China. Literacy Research Association, Carlsbad, CA, December 2015.

Pine, N. 2013. What does creativity mean for Chinese education? International Journal of Comparative Education and Development 《比較教育與發展國際期刊》,15 (2): 25-32. [PDF}

Pine, N.  2012. Educating Young Giants: What kids learn (and don’t learn) in China and America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.  Chinese edition:中美基础教育大碰撞:美国教育专家跨国调研实录 (美)南茜·派恩, 刘静菲  Xinhua Publishing Company, Beijing.

Pine, N. & Yu, Z-Y.  2012. The history of early childhood literacy in China. In Leung, Cynthia B. and Jiening Ruan eds. Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Chinese Literacy in China. Hong Kong: Springer. 

Yu, Z-Y & Pine, N. 2008.  Discourse strategies in early childhood book-related activities in China. Literacy Research Association, Orlando, FL, December 2008. Full Article (pdf) 

Yu, Z-Y & Pine, N. 2007. Primary grade literacy development in two Chinese villages. National Reading Conference, Austin, TX, December 2007. Full Article (pdf) 

Pine, N. 2007 A micro-analysis of looking behavior of an English-speaking and a Chinese-speaking child. In LACUS Forum XXXIII: Variability. Eds. P. Reich, W. J. Sullivan, A. R. Lommel. Texas, Houston: Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States. Full Article (pdf) 

Pine, N. 2005. Visual information-seeking behavior of Chinese- and English-speaking children. In LACUS Forum XXXI: Interconnections. Eds. A. Makkai, W. J. Sullivan, A. R. Lommel. Houston, TX: Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States. Full Article (pdf)   

Pine, N., Huang P-A, Huang, R-S. 2003. Decoding strategies used by Chinese primary school children. Journal of Literacy Research, 35 (2): 777-812. Full Article (pdf)   

Regan, J., Pine, N., & Stephenson, J.  2000. Attention to microspace: Plotting the connections of a cultural theme. In D. G. Lockwood, P. H. Fries, & J. E. Copeland (Eds.), Functional approaches to language, culture and cognition. (Amsterdam studies in theory and history of linguistic science, Series IV). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Full Article (pdf)   

Pine, N., Huang, R-S., Huang, P-A., Zhang, W-J. 1999. Learning strategies of children who know Chinese. In Dreyer, P. (ed.) Yearbook of the Claremont Reading Conference, Claremont, CA Full Article (pdf)   

Pine, N. & Zhang, Y. 1999. Intercultural reality and a multiethnic vision. New Era in Education, 80 (1): 2-7. (Journal of the World Education Fellowship.) Full Article (pdf)  

Pine, N. (Ed.) 1998. From personal stories to research questions. Teacher Research Series. Los Angeles: Mount St. Mary’s College.

Pine, N. (Ed.) 1997. Journeys of reflective practice. Teacher Research Series. Los Angeles: Mount St. Mary’s College.

Pine, N. 1997. Looking and noticing as culturally specific behavior. In A. Melby (Ed.), The Twenty-third LACUS Forum, 1996. Provo, Utah: Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States. Full Article (pdf)  

Pine, N. (Ed.) 1996. Pathfinders in the complexity of schooling. Teacher Research Series. Los Angeles:  Mount St. Mary’s College. 

Pine, N. 1994. The central role of teachers, students and parents: Participatory research in multiethnic school communities. New Era for Education 75(3): 78-84. (Journal of the World Education Fellowship.) Full Article (pdf)  

Pine, N. (Ed.) 1994. Participatory research: Digging deeper into classroom realities. Teacher Research Series. Claremont, CA: Institute for Education in Transformation, The Claremont Graduate University. Full Article (pdf)  

Stephenson, J., Pine, N., Zhang, L-W., & Xie, J. 1993. Some gestures commonly used in Nanjing, PRC.  Semiotica 95(3/4):235-59. 

Pine, N. 1992. Three personal theories that suggest models for teacher research. Teachers College Record 93(4):656-72.