Learners Without Borders - A Conversation with Yong Zhao

Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School
of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in
Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of
Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential
Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global
and Online Education in the College of Education, University of
Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of
Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. 


Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor
at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he
also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching
and Technology, and executive director of both the Confucius
Institute and the US-China Center for Research on Educational
Excellence. 


He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and
a fellow of the International Academy of Education. Yong has
written many groundbreaking books on education, including: 


Teaching Students to Become Self-Determined Learners [co-authored
with Michael Wehmeyer] (2020)


An Education Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: How Radical
Changes Can Spark Student Excitement and Success [co-authored
with Trina E. Emler, Anthony Snethen and Danqing Yin] (2019)


What Works May Hurt: Side Effects in Education (2018)


Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All Children
(2018)


Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Why China Has the Best (and
Worst) Education System in the World (2014)


World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial
Students (2012)


Social Links


LinkedIn: @YongZhao


Twitter: @YongZhaoEd