New Education Initiative

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The New Education Initiative across China is impressive. Professor Zhu visits over 100 schools a year and is helping replace rigid teaching with a more flexible, well-rounded model. The efforts of Professor Zhu and the New Education community are truly encouraging.
—Alan Macfarlane FBA FRHistS, Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge

Professor Zhu has a remarkable passion for students and a clear vision for education in today’s digital, ever-changing world. His understanding of learning and his care for both students and teachers mark him as an important figure in advancing education in China.
—John Couch, Apple’s first Vice President of Education 

China has rich educational practices, but few theories. Internationally, stories of Chinese education remain hard to hear, and concrete experience rarely travels across cultures. Domestically, experience without theoretical synthesis is difficult to scale. Here, Professor Zhu’s theoretical analysis shows how practice can be elevated into theory and shared more widely.
—Cheng Kai-ming, Emeritus Professor and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong; globally renowned expert on education policy

This open access book offers the first systematic English-language account of the New Education Initiative (NEI), China’s largest and longest-running education reform, explaining its origins, core concepts, and theoretical framework. It examines teacher development, literacy, curriculum, digital education, classroom culture, and family-school partnerships as interrelated dimensions of holistic education, using practical strategies and school-based cases to demonstrate how the NEI operates in contemporary China.

Zhu Yongxin, President of the Chinese Society for the Study of Tao Xingzhi and Professor at Soochow University, is the Yidan Prize for Education Development laureate for founding the New Education Initiative (NEI). His educational research and work align with UN Sustainable Development Goal 4, underscoring the importance of providing inclusive and equitable quality education for all. Author of more than 80 books, he has had 30 translated into 29 languages, with over 100 editions published worldwide. His NEI now engages over 10,000 schools and has transformed the lives of 10 million teachers and students across China.

This open access book offers the first systematic English-language account of the New Education Initiative (NEI), China’s largest and longest-running education reform, explaining its origins, core concepts, and theoretical framework. It examines teacher development, literacy, curriculum, digital education, classroom culture, and family-school partnerships as interrelated dimensions of holistic education, using practical strategies and school-based cases to demonstrate how the NEI operates in contemporary China.

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“The New Education Initiative advocated by Professor Zhu Yongxin is currently China’s largest, most widely participated in, and most effective non-governmental educational research experiment. Among its fruitful achievements, it has addressed, to a considerable extent, problems such as professional burnout among educators, the disconnection between theory and practice, and the tension between examination-oriented and quality-oriented education. It has produced a series of substantial outcomes, including the perfect classroom, the curriculum for excellence, and the ideal class. For this reason, Professor Zhu Yongxin has become a distinguished educator who, after Tao Xingzhi, has brought knowledge and action into unity.” (Liu Daoyu, renowned educator; former President, Wuhan University)

“The New Education Initiative has advanced research on Chinese education and promoted the study of a distinct Chinese educational style. An educator must have the courage not only to grasp educational laws but also to explore them. Professor Zhu Yongxin embodies this sense of educational responsibility precisely: a high degree of commitment, the courage to confront difficulties, and a bearing marked by vision, resolve, and dignity. He is one of contemporary China’s educational strivers who confront difficulties head-on and press forward with determination.” (Tao Xiping, Vice-President and Honorary President of the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA); Member of the National Education Advisory Committee of the People’s Republic of China; Adviser to the National Chief Inspector of the People’s Republic of China; former Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Education)

“In the history of Chinese education, many have talked about education, but few have translated ideas into sustained action. Since Y. C. James Yen, China has lacked not only true educational theory, but also educators able to test, revise, and enrich theory through practice. Professor Zhu Yongxin stands out as a rare figure who has developed educational theory through long-term practice and, in turn, guided practice through theory, achieving remarkable results in both. He is undoubtedly an important and influential figure in Chinese education. His vision extends beyond the utilitarian pursuit of education and reaches towards the question of what kind of talent China needs for the future. His passion and fighting spirit are not driven by personal gain, but by love for children, concern for Chinese education, and hope for future educational transformation.” (Yu Minhong, Chairman of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.)

“For more than thirty years, Professor Zhu Yongxin has stood firmly on the front line of education, widely sowing the seeds of New Education and devoting himself to providing Chinese children with a happy and complete educational life. His passion, tireless dedication, perseverance, and thoughtfulness all arise from his global vision and from his commitment to thinking about education from the standpoint of humanity. His educational thought is both Chinese and universal.” (Cao Wenxuan, Hans Christian Andersen Award Winner; Professor, Peking University)

“A major strength of the New Education Initiative is its non-governmental character, which remains rare in China. Unlike many administrative or purely academic studies, New Education has taken a new path: it is a bottom-up reform. The New Education Initiative has given educational reform an unusual grassroots quality and a democratic, dynamic character. It relies on attraction rather than command, on effectiveness rather than punishment; it serves most schools and students rather than building a small number of “key” schools. In this respect, it has opened a new path.” (Yang Dongping, Member of the National Education Advisory Committee of the People’s Republic of China; Member of the National Examination Steering Committee of the People’s Republic of China; President of the 21st Century Education Research Institute; Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology)

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