Comments for Education in the Age of Globalization http://zhaolearning.com Creative, Entrepreneurial, and Global: 21st Century Education Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Five Questions to Ask about the Common Core* by Robert http://zhaolearning.com/2013/01/02/five-questions-to-ask-about-the-common-core/comment-page-1/#comment-17219 Robert Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:34 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=1319#comment-17219 With respect to your education and frame of reference, you seem to be arguing in a vacuum. You are opposing Common Core without suggesting an alternative. Do you believe the current system in the aftermath of No Child Left Behind, unaltered, achieves your aims? If the current system teaches to the left brain, and Common Core's organization is a more efficient way to teach to the left brain, would not Common Core be an improvement to the current system? If we want to compete against jobs in developing countries, would not the infrastructure for education in our country be superior to theirs? Would not, then, it make sense to utilize our existing superiority in organization and resources to impart to our children more left-side education than can be duplicated in developing countries? In order to change the current system to one which teaches more right-brained skills, would one not need a plan, submit the plan to politicians, get support for the plan, then implement the plan via some government action or program? This right-side education system would then be in a situation very much like the opposition to Common Core. People do not like change and would criticize it vehemently. Personally, I believe transitions should be gradual and well studied for effectiveness. Sudden shifts have inefficiency. Much like when one moves from one employer to another, there is a certain down time as one gets "up to speed" in the new environment. Employers, therefore, would be wise to pay attention to this cost inherent in re-training employees and seek to prevent an excessive turnover in their workforce. It seems some similar inefficiency creeps up when one makes sudden overhauls to the education system. With respect to your education and frame of reference, you seem to be arguing in a vacuum. You are opposing Common Core without suggesting an alternative. Do you believe the current system in the aftermath of No Child Left Behind, unaltered, achieves your aims?

If the current system teaches to the left brain, and Common Core’s organization is a more efficient way to teach to the left brain, would not Common Core be an improvement to the current system?

If we want to compete against jobs in developing countries, would not the infrastructure for education in our country be superior to theirs? Would not, then, it make sense to utilize our existing superiority in organization and resources to impart to our children more left-side education than can be duplicated in developing countries?

In order to change the current system to one which teaches more right-brained skills, would one not need a plan, submit the plan to politicians, get support for the plan, then implement the plan via some government action or program? This right-side education system would then be in a situation very much like the opposition to Common Core. People do not like change and would criticize it vehemently.

Personally, I believe transitions should be gradual and well studied for effectiveness. Sudden shifts have inefficiency. Much like when one moves from one employer to another, there is a certain down time as one gets “up to speed” in the new environment. Employers, therefore, would be wise to pay attention to this cost inherent in re-training employees and seek to prevent an excessive turnover in their workforce. It seems some similar inefficiency creeps up when one makes sudden overhauls to the education system.

]]> Comment on My new book: World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students by Somewhere From Here » Blog Archive » Teaching and Learning for Entrepreneurial Spirit http://zhaolearning.com/2012/05/25/my-new-book-world-class-learners-educating-creative-and-entrepreneurial-students/comment-page-1/#comment-17218 Somewhere From Here » Blog Archive » Teaching and Learning for Entrepreneurial Spirit Thu, 16 May 2013 17:17:37 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=1103#comment-17218 [...] response was so great I am just going to copy and paste it:  Yong Zhao (World Class Learners) says “Entrepreneurship is fundamentally about the desire to solve problems creatively.” He [...] [...] response was so great I am just going to copy and paste it:  Yong Zhao (World Class Learners) says “Entrepreneurship is fundamentally about the desire to solve problems creatively.” He [...]

]]> Comment on Test Scores vs. Entrepreneurship: PISA, TIMSS, and Confidence by June Breivik http://zhaolearning.com/2012/06/06/test-scores-vs-entrepreneurship-pisa-timss-and-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-16970 June Breivik Sun, 05 May 2013 09:44:49 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=1196#comment-16970 Hi I have read your book and found your results very interesting. I recently blogged about this article because one of our major parties want to implement grades from the fifth grade. While I wrote the blogpost something struck me: The countries with low score on entrepreneurship are solid, stable economies, with the exceptions of the immigrant countries the US and Australia. So it is possible for people to find work within the economy. The other countries don´t have the same financial stability. Does this affect your results? How much does the mentality of a country affect entrepreneurship? Also, do you find a correlation between PISA and TIMMS score and entrepreneurs within a country? Hi
I have read your book and found your results very interesting. I recently blogged about this article because one of our major parties want to implement grades from the fifth grade.

While I wrote the blogpost something struck me: The countries with low score on entrepreneurship are solid, stable economies, with the exceptions of the immigrant countries the US and Australia. So it is possible for people to find work within the economy. The other countries don´t have the same financial stability. Does this affect your results? How much does the mentality of a country affect entrepreneurship? Also, do you find a correlation between PISA and TIMMS score and entrepreneurs within a country?

]]> Comment on Numbers Can Lie: What TIMSS and PISA Truly Tell Us, if Anything? by “We’re Number Umpteenth!”: The myth of lagging U.S. schools http://zhaolearning.com/2012/12/11/numbers-can-lie-what-timss-and-pisa-truly-tell-us-if-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-16920 “We’re Number Umpteenth!”: The myth of lagging U.S. schools Fri, 03 May 2013 10:01:03 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=1291#comment-16920 [...] with the economy some years later (when that cohort of students has grown up).[8]  Moreover, Yong Zhao has shown that “PISA scores in reading, math, and sciences are negatively correlated with entrepreneurship [...] [...] with the economy some years later (when that cohort of students has grown up).[8]  Moreover, Yong Zhao has shown that “PISA scores in reading, math, and sciences are negatively correlated with entrepreneurship [...]

]]> Comment on Global Education Leadership: A Graduate Program for Educators and Education Leaders in the Age of Globalization by Samantha Jackson http://zhaolearning.com/2013/02/17/global-education-leadership-a-graduate-program-for-educators-and-education-leaders-in-the-age-of-globalization/comment-page-1/#comment-16572 Samantha Jackson Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:11:44 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=1338#comment-16572 I am about to complete a research Masters in Educational Leadership. It has been an excellent learning opportunity but this Masters sounds exciting and will ensure that innovative teachers/ thinkers are involved in valuable opportunities were their learning journeys will touch the future and shape the lives of children across the globe. I am about to complete a research Masters in Educational Leadership. It has been an excellent learning opportunity but this Masters sounds exciting and will ensure that innovative teachers/ thinkers are involved in valuable opportunities were their learning journeys will touch the future and shape the lives of children across the globe.

]]> Comment on Numbers Can Lie: What TIMSS and PISA Truly Tell Us, if Anything? by Seeki Yan http://zhaolearning.com/2012/12/11/numbers-can-lie-what-timss-and-pisa-truly-tell-us-if-anything/comment-page-1/#comment-16449 Seeki Yan Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:40:30 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=1291#comment-16449 In Asia, the average mathematics standards of students are high. The examination paper in their own school need to be set to such a level that it can distinguish the different abilities of the students. Therefore even on the average the student are good in mathematics, they will find the exam paper very difficult. That's why the Asian students don't have confidence in mathematics. In Asia, the average mathematics standards of students are high. The examination paper in their own school need to be set to such a level that it can distinguish the different abilities of the students. Therefore even on the average the student are good in mathematics, they will find the exam paper very difficult. That’s why the Asian students don’t have confidence in mathematics.

]]> Comment on My new book: World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students by Jeanne Neverisky http://zhaolearning.com/2012/05/25/my-new-book-world-class-learners-educating-creative-and-entrepreneurial-students/comment-page-1/#comment-16414 Jeanne Neverisky Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:34:21 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=1103#comment-16414 Book of similar research, profiling several entrepreneurs' childhood and educaiton is Tony Wagner's Creating Young Innovators http://www.tonywagner.com/resources/creating-innovators. He also put forward the idea that we need to "graduate all students Innovation-ready". I see Yong Zhao's work as parallel and similar, works together. I read Y.Z's Catching Up or Leading the Way--very compelling. Book of similar research, profiling several entrepreneurs’ childhood and educaiton is Tony Wagner’s Creating Young Innovators http://www.tonywagner.com/resources/creating-innovators.
He also put forward the idea that we need to “graduate all students Innovation-ready”. I see Yong Zhao’s work as parallel and similar, works together. I read Y.Z’s Catching Up or Leading the Way–very compelling.

]]> Comment on Presentation Slides by Jon Zurfluh http://zhaolearning.com/speaks/presentation-slides/comment-page-1/#comment-16406 Jon Zurfluh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:21:50 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?page_id=244#comment-16406 Enjoyed your presentation at ECIS in Berlin. You have a unique and focused perspective that is still current and relevant. Keep pressing us to see the data in context - your real strength. Thank you! Enjoyed your presentation at ECIS in Berlin. You have a unique and focused perspective that is still current and relevant. Keep pressing us to see the data in context – your real strength. Thank you!

]]> Comment on Entrepreneurship and Creativity: Where Do They Come From and How Not to Destroy Them by Mark Lee (Orlando, FL) http://zhaolearning.com/2011/02/26/entrepreneurship-and-creativity-where-do-they-come-from-and-how-not-to-destroy-them/comment-page-1/#comment-16320 Mark Lee (Orlando, FL) Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:05:41 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=743#comment-16320 Hi Professor Zhao: Just noticed that in his March 31st column, Tom Friedman echoed your words about inventing jobs, not finding them. Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-it.html?_r=0 All the best, Mark Hi Professor Zhao:

Just noticed that in his March 31st column, Tom Friedman echoed your words about inventing jobs, not finding them.

Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-it.html?_r=0

All the best,
Mark

]]> Comment on Entrepreneurship and Creativity: Where Do They Come From and How Not to Destroy Them by Entrepreneur-oriented Education | Be G.R.E.A.T. Academy http://zhaolearning.com/2011/02/26/entrepreneurship-and-creativity-where-do-they-come-from-and-how-not-to-destroy-them/comment-page-1/#comment-16318 Entrepreneur-oriented Education | Be G.R.E.A.T. Academy Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:01:42 +0000 http://zhaolearning.com/?p=743#comment-16318 [...] Zhao Learning website, Feb [...] [...] Zhao Learning website, Feb [...]

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