Yong Zhao on Neoliberal Education in the Chinese and American Contexts

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Mon, 06/23/2014 - 12:00am
Neoliberal education Chinese and American context
Bill Resnick talks with Yong Zhao about high-stakes testing and related neoliberal education paradigms in China, and why there is resistance to it. They consider the danger of narrowing education with definitions of success tied to tests and quantifiable methods.

Yong Zhao teaches at the University of Oregon, in the College of Education, and maintains a blog.
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