Keynote+Dr.+Yong+Zhao


 * Keynote: Dr.Hong Zhao**

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 * Catching Up or Leading the Way**

Birth to college mentality does not exist in America - like it does in China. (a guaranteed a place in college.

[|http://globaleducation.uoregon.edu]

Education in China Education in USA US: high confidence; low scores China: low confidence; high scores China: low creativity...how to raise? e.g. Finland: high scores; low entrepeunrial confidence What does it mean for Educators?...what do we need for employment?

Idea of side effects in education..there are no labeling for side effects ...Alfie Kohn...energy towards test scores, no energy in creativity

Contradiction: creativity vs. High standard test scores

What matters?

Birth to college mentality does not exist in America - like it does in China. (a guaranteed a place in college.)

Change in curriculum..cite Life magazine race to space, Sputnik -Russian schools must be doing better -Will we speak Russian

1980s...Japan strong...we will speak Japanese

Idea of Tiger mom, Wold dad.."china new Mecca for education" ...documentary 2 million minutes (4 years)

Highlighted A Long History of Bad Test takers ...But if these test scores mattered where would we be today "bad test takers making US strong"

"Perhaps there are gaps that do not matter?"

Books: The rise of the Creative Class, Day of Empire -diversity of talents, creativity, entrepeunership, ...

Strengths of American talents...many "offer creativity, diversity of talents"

"education much more than instruction"

Use technology to connect globally!

Checkout: http://global education.uoregon.edu

Dreams, creativity, confidence

More notes on YONG ZHAO who posed many great questions in comparing education in the USA to many countries with high performing students on standardized tests:

*Do we teach too much? *In USA, are we over confident but not smart enough? Asian countries who already teach less are cutting their Curricula. *Are we talking about things that don't matter? *Why do Chinese rank low on creativity--China wants to know, “How do we get kids to be creative and happy?” *We make guesses about the future for “employable skills”. Education doesn't come with warning labels like medicine! *We should ask ourselves “What are the side effects of education? *We shouldn’t go against creativity-we need to preserve the ability to ask questions *When test scores rise we may be sacrificing creativity- The current US focus on standardized testing may cause us to lose our focus on creativity *Test scores are our new god--we worship them <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Other countries have more focused curriculum <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*American kids too broad a curriculum <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*USA always bulks policies around fear of other countries_ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They are going toke us over!!! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Shanghai is new Mecca for educators!


 * We have to keep students focused on “What's your dream?”

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*American Education may be based on test scores, but we are <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Consistently improving from bottom of list! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*But still, we're most productive, have more innovators, have largest economy, and are the most prosperous for past 40 years--Many countries are banking on US

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*How did USA remain strong and have innovators? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Immigrants? Not enough! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bad test takers have made us strong! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Are their gaps in Education that don’t matter? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Time on task is best indicators of performance <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*We have benefited by a diversity of talents <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Stone Age didn’t end because they ran out of/stone we need new ideas! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are successful in education because: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. We use multiple criteria to judge talents- we allow geeks and jocks to survive! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have diversity of talents <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. We respect individual differences <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We learn to experiment <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the Future: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Things change and will continue to change with <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Global competition <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*No company stays forever <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The future will automate <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Anyone is waiting for any job possible! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*We need to teach something different <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and compete on quality <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*We produce different quality of talents like Lady Gaga <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*American schools spend 10-20 thousands of dollars on students with including other activities that add to the value of education <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*We can't destroy our strengths <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*We need to create more Lady Gagas! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Use technology to connect globally and enable every school to connect globally <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*In sum, don't try to catch up in areas that don't matter <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**We need to “Cultivate dreams, creativity, and confidence and not test scores!!!

I LOVED This...great pep talk about the ability of American educators to foster creativity, independent thought, critical thinking. Will definitely check out his website: http://globaleducation.uroregon.edu --Judi