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TWO globally renowned educators have each won the HK$30-million (US$3.8 million) Yidan Prize for their outstanding research and innovative ideas on educational development, according to a Shenzhen Special Zone Daily report yesterday, quoting the Yidan Prize Foundation.
The award ceremony will be held in December in Hong Kong.
Carol S. Dweck, a professor with Stanford University in the United States, won the Yidan Prize for Education Research, which recognizes outstanding research that contributes in significant ways to education.
Dweck’s work crosses multiple disciplines in psychology, including social, developmental and personality psychology. Her research examines the development of self-beliefs and the ways in which those beliefs affect behavior and achievement. Dweck’s most significant contribution to the field relates to beliefs about intelligence.
Vicky Colbert of Colombia, founder and director of Fundación Escuela Nueva, won the Yidan Prize for Education Development, which recognizes innovative ideas that tackle important challenges in the field of education. Colbert is co-creator of the Escuela Nueva education model, widely known for its effectiveness in improving the quality and relevance of basic education in underprivileged schools across Colombia and beyond.
Each award’s HK$30 million comprises of a cash prize of HK$15 million and a project fund of HK$15 million.
The prize winners were selected by an independent committee of education experts led by Dr. Koichiro Matsuura, former director-general of UNESCO.
The two nominees were decided under four strict criteria: foresight, sustainability, the capability to reform existing educational structures and innovative ability to respond to what might be the future challenges for education.
The Yidan Prize was founded by Chen Yidan, a co-founder of Shenzhen-based Internet giant Tencent, in May 2016. Chen wanted to use the prize to scale up innovative education research projects.
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旨在以教育提升人类福祉的“世界大型教育单项奖一丹奖”公布了首届获奖者名单。获奖人将获得3000万港币奖金，以此鼓励他们推动全球教育革新作出的贡献。其中一半为奖金，另一半为支持推动教育研究或项目的资金。
“一丹奖”由腾讯主要创始人陈一丹于2016年5月创立，旨在表彰及支持推动教育创新、所作贡献具长远影响的个人。
据了解，按照“具可持续性”、“具远见”、“改革能力”及“富创新精神”的标准评核，经过评审委员数月评选，美国斯坦福大学心理学教授Carol S·Dweck的突破性研究荣获“一丹教育研究奖”。该项研究率先提出“成长型心态”的崭新概念，相信智力是可以靠后天努力而改变。“一丹教育发展奖”由来自哥伦比亚新学校基金会创办人兼总监Vicky Colbert获得。她的教育项目西班牙语“新学校”是一个以“以学生为中心”融合课程、教师培训、社群参与及校园管理等因素，建立有系统及高成本效益的教学模式。该模式旨在为乡村地区提供优质教育，解决了全球教育中的根本问题——为农村地区提供高质量的学校教育。
“一丹奖”基金会昨日还宣布由经济学人智库设立的“全球教育未来指数”。该指数以教育政策，教学环境和社会经济状况三大方面确定了16个指标，来评估占全球GDP88％、全球人口77％的35个经济体的教育系统。（深圳特区报）
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