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Professor Yong Zhao is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also serves as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence.
Professor Zhao received his Ph.D in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996. His research interests include:
He has published extensively in these areas. His articles have appeared in AERJ and Teachers College Record. He received the 2003 Raymond B. Catell Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association. This award recognizes 'a scholar who has conducted a distinguished program of cumulative educational research in any field of educational inquiry within the first decade following receipt of their doctoral degree.'
His most recent publications include: What Should Teachers Know About Technology: Perspectives and Practices (IAP, 2003) and Research in Technology and Second Language Education: Developments and Directions(IAP, 2005). His current work focuses on the impact of globalisation on education and the integration of Eastern and Western educational practices.
Professor Zhao is on secondment with iNet in 2007, and during this time will contribute to the development of the iNet Global Village and speak at a number of conferences. He will also write a publication for the iNet series looking at the impact of globalisation and technology on education.