HONG KONG, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Yidan Prize Foundation has awarded Michelene Chi, Professor at Arizona State University, and Shai Reshef, President of the University of the People, the 2023 Yidan Prize, the highest world award in the field of education. The award recognizes their innovative solutions that help students achieve their full potential, improving the quality of teaching and learning and removing barriers facing higher education around the world.
In its seventh edition, the Yidan Prize continues to recognize agents of change in educational research and development, with an open call for applications and a rigorous and independent evaluation process. As recipients of the 2023 Yidan Prize for Educational Research and the 2023 Yidan Prize for Educational Development, Michelene Chi and Shai Reshef will join the Yidan Prize Foundation's global community of education experts. They will each receive a gold medal and HK$30 million (approximately US$3.8 million), half of which will go into an unrestricted project fund to support the expansion of their work.
"We wholeheartedly congratulate the recipients of the 2023 Yidan Prize. We are proud to recognize innovative and transformative practices that create opportunities for all students. It is through these practices that we can contribute to creating a better world through education," stated the Dr. Charles CHEN Yidan, founder of the Yidan Prize.
Discovering a better future thanks to transformative ideas in education
Michelene (Micki) Chi, Regents and Dorothy Bray Professor at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College of Teaching, has been awarded the 2023 Yidan Prize for Educational Research. Her theory of cognitive engagement, called ICAP (Interactive, Constructive , active, passive), has been widely adopted and has established a benchmark for defining active learning, providing teachers with a greater understanding of how students learn and how to design lesson plans and activities to increase their participation.
"Michelene's most significant contribution to educational research is a scientific theory about how students learn. She has organized profoundly different approaches to active learning into a simple but widely applicable framework, and she is passionate about ensuring that this theory changes educational practice over time. terrain," explained Andreas Schleicher, head of the jury for the Yidan Educational Research Prize and director of the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills.
With funds from the Yidan Prize project, Micki plans to strengthen the ICAP framework, create professional training modules for primary and secondary teachers, and expand ICAP's reach globally.
Shai Reshef, president and founder of University of the People, has been awarded the 2023 Yidan Prize for Education Development. His higher education model – an accredited, nonprofit, free, US-based online university with more than 137,000 students worldwide – responds to student needs with an innovative solution and scalable.
"The global challenge of access to higher education means that its transformative impact in terms of opening minds, improving employment and income remains out of reach for many. Shai's model reinvents higher education, opening up doors to those who were previously excluded," said Dorothy K. Gordon, Chair of the Yidan Educational Development Prize Jury and Board Member of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education.
Shai plans to use the funds from the Yidan Prize project to further expand People's University and support more students and populations, providing a comprehensive solution to the accessibility and affordability problems of higher education.
Accelerate the progress of education to positively change life and society
The Yidan Prize Foundation is building a global learning community that fosters collaboration between research and practice. Its community continues to grow in both size and influence, strengthening the foundation's ability to advance partnerships that shape the future of education.
"We are delighted to welcome Micki and Shai to our global community," said Edward Ma, Secretary General of the Yidan Prize Foundation. "Our jury found that the work of this year's honorees is broadly applicable and scalable, reinventing education for the needs of today's learners."
This year, the Yidan Awards Ceremony and the Yidan Awards Summit will be held on December 3 and 4, respectively. These events bring together leading figures in education, public policy, and philanthropy from around the world to honor the 2023 honorees and discuss solutions that enable significant and lasting advances in education.
Reception of candidatures for the 2024 Yidan Prize starting in October
The Yidan Prize promotes changemakers in education and supports innovative ideas through its project funds. Its independent Evaluation Committee is made up of two groups, one focused on educational research and the other on educational development. They carefully and collectively evaluate all applications based on four criteria: that the work is future-oriented, innovative, transformative and sustainable.
Nominations for the 2024 Yidan Prize are open from October 2023 to March 31, 2024.
ABOUT THE YIDAN PRIZE FOUNDATION
The Yidan Prize Foundation is a global philanthropic foundation whose mission is to create a better world through education. Through its prize and its network of ambassadors, the Yidan Prize Foundation supports ideas and practices in the field of education, especially those that can positively change lives and society.
The Yidan Prize is an award for inclusive education that recognizes individuals or teams who have contributed significantly to the theory and practice of education.
https://yidanprize.org
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