Yong Zhao Ph.D.
Featured Books
Improbable Probabilities
by Yong Zhao Ph.D.
A memoir of growth and development in leadership for educational equity
Improbable Probabilities is an analysis of opportunity as seen through the journey of renowned scholar Yong Zhao. From an obscure village in a China wracked by the Cultural Revolution to acclaim as one of the most influential international voices in education today, Yong’s journey reveals that disadvantages may become advantages and assuming risks that others avoid can open unforeseen opportunities.
In this instructive title, you will learn about:
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Why families are important for children, through Yong’s experiences growing up impoverished in a supportive but illiterate family
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How low or no expectations may benefit some children, as illustrated by an absence of familial expectations that freed Yong to explore and discover a love of language, reading, and writing
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Students’ potential to find and take advantage of opportunities
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How Yong discovered, explored, and pursued opportunities others failed to see in order to become internationally recognized as a researcher, professor, and writer
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Why Yong’s publications and perspective challenge many of the current orthodoxies in education, especially regarding how to improve the learning of students living in low-wealth communities
Learners Without Borders
by Yong Zhao Ph.D.
The future of education centers empowered students in a global learning ecosystem.
Despite decades of reform, the traditional borders of education—graduation, curriculum, classrooms, schools—have failed to deliver on the goals of excellence and equity.
Despitemassive societal changes, education remains controlled by an old mindset. It is time to change that limiting mindset and, more importantly, the ineffective practices in education.To truly servealllearners, future classrooms must remove the boundaries of learning and become student-centered, culturally responsive, and personalized—supportive and equitable environments where each student can direct their own learning and seek multiple pathways to skills and knowledge in a global learning ecosystem. This compelling call for transformative change offers all involved in education
- Evidence-based arguments that reveal the need to break the traditional borders that limit learning
- Strategies to personalize learning and remove the confinement of traditional pathways
- Examples from around the world to create equitable and student-centric learning environments
- Resources for creating a school learning environment that expands opportunities for personalized learning into the global learning ecosystem
It is time to now imagine a different kind of learning,without borders, and to begin the shifts in practice that will result in personalized learning for all students.