The great education scholar Yong Zhao will speak at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on November 1. Everyone is welcome and admission is free.
I will introduce him. His lecture is sponsored by the Fund I established to benefit the College’s Education Department, the Diane Silvers Ravitch 1960 Fund.
If you have read any of Yong Zhao’s books, you know that he was born and educated in China and is very critical of the high-stakes standardized testing environment. He has a brilliant overview of global education, the impact of new technologies, and the importance of preparing children to be divergent and creative thinkers.
Here is a link to most of his books. His latest book is What Works May Hurt: Side Effects in Education.
He is also a wonderful speaker!
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Terrific! Love Yong Zhao and his work.
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so glad to hear he’s doing well…Oregon misses him!
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Education Should Liberate Not Indoctrinate: An Interview with Yong Zhao:
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2012/05/yong_zhao_in_conversation.html
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YSR: … “Yin Zhen Zhi Ke: Drinking poison to quench thirst.” Would you please explain why you used this Chinese idiom when speaking about American education?
YZ: Well, the Chinese saying is to warn people not to take measures that may appear to solve an urgent problem in the short term but in effect the solution is more damaging than the problem.
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YZ: Education is much broader and longer than what can be measured with a single test at a given time. Life is long and children are different. A good education is one that liberates, empowers, and enhances individuals, not one that imposes and instills what external agencies believe individuals should learn. Education is different from indoctrination.
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“The Zhao of Education”
Graffiti on the wall
Says “Question one and all”
As Zhao of Ed
Has wisely said
“Without it, we will fall”
The Zhao of Education”(2)
The Emperor told the Zhao
“The Test will boost the DOW”
The Zhao replied “You’re naked”
“The Test is simply fake ed”
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