Learning in the Age of AI

Table of Contents

Introduction: Fatal Attraction—America’s Suicidal Quest for Educational Excellence 1

1 Fooling China, Fooling the World: Illusions of Excellence 13

2 The Emperors’ Game: A Perfect Machine for Homogenization 29

3 Governance without Governing: The Retreat of Authoritarianism and China’s Economic Boom 49

4 Hesitant Learner: The Struggle of Halfway Westernization 71

5 Fooling the Emperor: The Truth about China’s Capacity for Innovation 93

6 Hell to Heaven: The Making of the World’s Best and Worst Education 119

7 The Witch That Cannot Be Killed: Educational Reforms and Setbacks 141

8 The Naked Emperor: Chinese Lessons for What Not to Do 165

Notes 191

Bibliography 217

Index 225

More about Yong Zhao

Dr. Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. Additionally, he worked as a professor of educational leadership in the Faculty of Education at University of Melbourne and senior researcher at the Mitchell Institute of Victoria University in Australia. He was a visiting Global Professor at University of Bath and a visiting scholar at Warwick University in the UK.

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