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Yidan Prize Medals

The Yidan Prize (/i:dan/) is a prize founded in 2016 by Chen Yidan for "contributions to education research and development". The prize is financed and governed by a HK$2.5 billion (about US$320 million) independent trust.[1][2][3][4]

Previous winners

2017

The first prize winners were named in September 2017 as Carol S. Dweck and Vicky Colbert.[5] The award ceremony took place during December 2017 in Hong Kong.[6][7]

2018

The two 2018 winners were Anant Agarwal[8][9][10] and Larry Hedges.[10][11][12]

2019

Professor Usha Goswami and Sir Fazle Hasan[13]

Prizes

The Yidan Prizes consist of a medal, a cash prize of HK$15 million and a project fund of HK$15 million to each of the two winners. It is supported by a US$320 million endowment.[14] Prizes are awarded at the annual Yidan Prize Summit in conjunction with an education conference.[15]

Adjudication process

Nominations may be submitted by universities, government agencies, and think tanks[16] and are reviewed by a committee involving Kōichirō Matsuura, Andreas Schleicher and Qian Tang.[15][17]

Worldwide 'Educating for the Future' Index

In 2017 the Yidan Prize Foundation released a "Worldwide 'Educating for the Future' Index"[18] (researched by the Economist Intelligence Unit)[19] comparing the education in 35 developed and developing economies (ranking by 16 indicators of education policy, "teaching environment" and "socio-economic environment"),[20] placing New Zealand and Canada in the top two places.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Chinese billionaire offers biggest education prize - BBC". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  2. ^ "Carol Dweck and Vicky Colbert win largest education prize". Independent Education Today. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. ^ "Chinese billionaire seeks ideas from Canadian universities for education prize - The Globe and Mail". www.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  4. ^ "Yidan Prize for Education Research and Education Development announced at MIT - MIT News". www.news.mit.edu.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  5. ^ "Carol Dweck and Vicky Colbert win largest education prize". Independent Education Today. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. ^ University, Stanford (2017-09-19). "Stanford psychologist recognized with $4 million prize | Stanford News". Stanford News. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  7. ^ Flannery, Russell. "Stanford, Colombia Educators Win Tencent Co-Founder's First Yidan Prizes". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  8. ^ "It's Time for Colleges to Stop Overlooking Hispanic Adults". www.chronicle.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Anant Agarwal, MIT professor and edX CEO, wins Yidan Prize". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  10. ^ a b Pao, Jeff (2018-09-17). "Yidan Prizes announced for supporters of education sector". Asia Times. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  11. ^ "The Billionaire Who Quit Tencent to Pledge His Money to Teachers". Bloomberg.com. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  12. ^ Express, The Financial. "Yidan Prize names 2018 laureates". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  13. ^ 2019 Yidan Prize Laureates Announced, Tech & Learning, September 19 2019
  14. ^ "Stanford professor wins inaugural $4 million Yidan Prize". Times Higher Education. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  15. ^ a b Pao, Jeff (2018-09-17). "Yidan Prizes announced for supporters of education sector". Asia Times. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  16. ^ "Chinese billionaire offers biggest education prize". BBC News. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  17. ^ "2030 vision: 5 ways the world's educators must adapt to the new machine age". South China Morning Post. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  18. ^ "Future not so bright in index". www.thestandard.com.hk. 2017-10-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "New Zealand is world-leading in preparing students for the future » Education NZ". enz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  20. ^ "The Worldwide Educating for the Future Index - A Blueprint for Change". www.edweek.org. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  21. ^ "New Zealand 'top in world' for preparing students for future". Times Higher Education (THE). 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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