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9:00am HST

Education Symposium Keynote-The Global Impact of Chinese Education: Wisdom and Global Vision

Friday January 10, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am HST

Education Symposium Keynote Session Agenda
9:00 AM - 9:02 AM: Welcome by Ni Zhang, Associate Director, Center for Chinese Studies, UHM
9:02 AM - 9:10 AM: Remarks by Nathan Murata, Dean of the College of Education, UHM
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM: Remarks by Henan Cheng, Executive Director, Center on Chinese Education, Teachers College Columbia University
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM: Keynote Speech by Xudong Zhu. Dean, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Audience Q&A

Moderators

Ni Zhang

Associate Director, Center for Chinese Studies, UHM

Speakers

Xudong Zhu

Dean, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University

Professor Xudong Zhu holds the esteemed position of Dean at the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. In addition, he fulfills the role of Director at the Center for Teacher Education Research at Beijing Normal University and is recognized as a Distinguished Professor under... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am HST
Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics 110

Education Symposium

10:15am HST

Education Symposium Plenary Session: Engaging China through Education

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 12:00pm HST

Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics 110

Education Symposium Plenary Session Agenda
10:30 AM - 10:32 AM: Introduction by Ni Zhang, Associate Director, Center for Chinese Studies, UHM
10:32 AM - 10:40 AM: Opening Remarks by Baoyan Cheng, Professor of Comparative and International Education, College of Education, UHM
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM: Panelists’ Presentations
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM: Moderated Discussion and Audience Q&A

Moderators

Baoyan Cheng

Professor of Comparative and International Education, College of Education, University of Hawaii

Baoyan CHENG is a Professor of Comparative and International Education at the College of Education, University of Hawaii. Her recent research focuses on international student mobility with a special emphasis on Chinese students studying overseas. She has published various books, articles... Read More →

Speakers

Wenqin Shen

Associate Professor, Peking University

SHEN, Wenqin is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Peking University. His authored and co-authored publications focused on international academic mobility (especially the mobility of college graduates, doctoral students and postdocs) ,doctoral career trajectories and transnational... Read More →

Qiang Zha

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University (Canada)

Qiang Zha is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, York University (Canada). He served as the Director of Graduate Program in Education in 2017-2020. He was appointed as a York University Provostial Fellow in 2021-2022, and as the Interim Director of York Centre for... Read More →

Henan Cheng

Executive Director, Center on Chinese Education (CoCE) at Teachers College, Columbia University

Dr. Henan Cheng is the Executive Director of the Center on Chinese Education (CoCE) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Following the historical tradition of Teachers College’s engagement with China established by John Dewey, Paul Monroe, William Kilpatrick and other prominent... Read More →

Zachary Howlett

Associate Professor of Anthropology, National University of Singapore

Zachary Howlett is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on meritocracy and mobility in China and Chinese diasporas. He is the author of Meritocracy and Its Discontents: Anxiety and the National College Entrance Exam in... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 12:00pm HST
Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics 110

Education Symposium