Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's episode I speak to Professor Yong Zhao from the School of Education at the University of Kansas. Among the topics we discuss on the episode are the following:

We currently have the opportunity to reimagine education without schools: Do we have to do these subjects? Do we have to teach this much?
A good time to teach global understanding, empathy and competency
Innovation in education
The importance of having an entrepreneurial mindset
The Digital Pencil
Alternative ways of organising the education of young people
Difficulty of finding like-minded people in a small school
Globalisation as the “death of physical distance”
Globalisation is localisation of global forces
Implications of globalisation for teachers
Why everyone should have a local identity and affirm the identities of others
Your uniqueness can only become valuable when it’s valuable to others
Why schools encourage people to be independent and selfish rather than interdependent
Schools as a place to bring about a better society
Students as job creators versus job hunters
Enhancing entrepreneurship in students
Unintended consequences of education policies
PISA test scores and the illusions of excellence, science, progress.
His experience of being educated in China
The impact of technology on education
To compete with a machine, a person must avoid becoming one!
Be unique and great in your own way; understand yourself, your talents and virtues.
"Creative" means identifying problems worth solving
Empty creativity versus good creativity – the need to have a domain to excel in
What schools should be for: a place to equalise community resources
David Berliner and Bruce J. Biddle The Manufactured Crisis.
David Berliner as a former guest on the podcast
Diane Ravitch’s blog: https://dianeravitch.net/
If we want a better life in the future, we need to help our children create a better life for us

Programme 398, Yong Zhao on Globalisation, Technology, Entrepreneurship & Education (25-4-20)