Yong Zhao: 16 books
by Yong Zhao
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Yong Zhao shines a light on the long-ignored phenomenon of side effects of education policies and practices, bringing a fresh and perhaps surprising perspective to evidence-based practices and policies. Identifying the adverse effects of some of the “best” educational interventions with examples...
Catching Up or Leading the Way
American Education in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
At a time when globalization and technology are dramatically altering the world we live in, is education reform in the United States headed down the right path? Are schools emphasizing the knowledge and skills that students need in a global society--or are they actually undermining their strengths...
The Take-Action Guide to World Class Learners Book 1
How to Make Personalization and Student Autonomy Happen
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Your blueprint to entrepreneur-minded schooling
This inspiring guide from internally respected expert Dr. Yong Zhao provides the most complete information available on designing twenty-first century schools poised to leapfrog into the future! In this follow up to World Class Learners, Zhao...
The Take-Action Guide to World Class Learners Book 2
How to "Make" Product-Oriented Learning Happen
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Your blueprint for product-oriented learning
This visionary guide from internationally respected expert Dr. Yong Zhao provides the most complete information available on designing twenty-first century schools poised to leapfrog into the future! This follow up to Zhao’s World Class Learners...
The Take-Action Guide to World Class Learners Book 3
How to Create a Campus Without Borders
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Your blueprint for nurturing globally connected students!
Help your students learn for, with, and from anyone, anywhere in the world. This powerful resource from respected expert Dr. Yong Zhao helps educators at all levels build a globalized learning environment that fosters students’ cultural...
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?
Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The secrets behind China's extraordinary educational system – good, bad, and ugly
Chinese students' consistently stunning performance on the international PISA exams— where they outscore students of all other nations in math, reading, and science—have positioned China as a world education...
Midrash Sinim
Hasidic Legend and Commentary on the Torah
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,
We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous...
Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job
Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Do what you do best and let technology do the rest
Technology has transformed lives. Why then, has it not transformed education? What needs to change to ensure integration that empowers students and enhances teacher depth? Learn how to let technology cultivate student autonomy, creativity,...
Reach for Greatness
Personalizable Education for All Children
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
***How do you close the achievement gap? Start by changing the question. ***
When we use the achievement gap to define success, we shortchange our students. It’s time to recognize that the potential for greatness lies in a unique form within each child—and that the goal of education should...
Genetic Analyses of Wheat and Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding, Volume 2
Conditional QTL Analysis and MAS
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
While focusing on various interactions between trait genes/QTL and dynamic expressions of conditional QTL genes, this book also discusses aspects of molecular marker-assisted breeding, and applications of molecular markers associated with yield, quality, physiology and disease resistance in wheat....
Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction
Methods, Models, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction: Methods, Models, and Applications provides detailed explanations of a range of FSI models, their mathematical formulations, validations, and applications, with an emphasis on conservative unstructured-grid FVM. The first part of the book presents the nascent...
China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics
The Shaping of a New Regional Order
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines how China's remarkable economic growth and its proactive diplomatic efforts in recent years have not only shored up its importance in global issues, but also induced a transformation...
Soft Power
China's Emerging Strategy in International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Soft power has become a very popular concept in international affairs, appearing in government policy papers, academic discussions, and the popular media. In China, soft power has become one of the most frequently used phrases among political leaders, leading academics, and journalists. Defined against...
by Xuhong Qian, Zhenjiang Zhao, Yufang Xu
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
In biotechnology and bioengineering, small molecules can be used to increase the efficiency reduce the cost and damage to the environment of certain bioprocesses. This book introduces readers to the important field of chemically promoted biotechnology and bioengineering and presents the theory behind...
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