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Dr. Yong Zhao (Presidential Chair and Associate Dean for Global Education, College of Education: University of Oregon) Presentation slides: []

Education can be viewed as a sausage making process: or constructivist process:

Three questions: 1. Why is China not celebrating? Top PISA scores, book titles like //Surpassing Shanghai// 2. Why are model-minorities not happy? ( e.g., paper tigers, PD) 3. Why is the US still here? cover of //Life// 1958: education is disrepair 1983: Nation @ Risk Current climate --education is a mess

Bob Compton: [|2mminutes.com] US students have no expectations/future goals vs Chinese and Indian students.

Possible Explanations: 1. Americans don't score well on international exams like TIMMS/PISA --but they are confident and happy. Asians tend to score well but are not confident. 2/ Lady Gaga--outliers and outcasts exist -should those skills be allowed and are they useful? 3. Top PISA - vs top Entrepreneurs --what are entrepreneurial skills? US scores highest in this area. 4. US has greater wealth, exposure and access to a variety of resources 5. Time on tasks