Imagining the Future of Global Education

Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas, USA, and a professorial fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy, Victoria University, Australia.Brian Gearin is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Education Methodology, Policy, and Leadership (EMPL) at the University of Oregon, USA.

• Introduction Part One: What Dreams Are Made Of 1. Education and the American Dream: Hoping One Black Box Holds the Key to the Other 2. Multiple Spheres of Influence: Who Influenced Australia’s Education Revolution? 3. Not All GERMS Make You Sick: Education Reform in Brazil Part Two: A Dream within a Dream 4. First to the Finnish Line 5. Can Qatar Buy Sustainable Educational Excellence? 6. Educating for the Chinese Dream(s) Part Three: Keeping Dreams from becoming Nightmares 7. Guarding the Past or Inventing the Future: Education Reforms in East Asia 8. Educating for Nationalism in an Age of Educating for Economic Growth 9. Education in the Shadow of Superintelligence

'Imagining the Future of Global Education: Dreams and Nightmares by Yong Zhao and Brian Gearin is a powerful commentary on the contemporary educational landscape. It is a welcome departure from the dominant discourse about high performing systems and their various attributions. It offers critical, informed and incisive analytical commentary about the current mythology surrounding global educational performance or 'the dreams and nightmares'. This book could not have not come at a better time. It is a must read for those charged with educational change at all levels in the system. It is an essential read for those seeking new and refreshing perspectives on local and global education. It is a much-needed reality check about what is worth pursuing in the name of global education and what is not.'–Dr. Alma Harris FRSA, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Bath'This is a unique and impressive book. If you think you have read enough comparative analysis of global education and look for something that would be more than speculations about correlations in educational change, read this book. It offers a refreshing look at visions of education reforms and argues that they need to be inspiring in order to be effective.'–Pasi Sahlberg, author of Finnish Lessons 2.0 and FinnishED Leadership