ICI Global║Pro. Yang Xiaozhe Joins China–Brazil Dialogue on Education and Global Governance

Professor Yang Xiaozhe of East China Normal University’s Institute of Curriculum and Instruction joined Chinese and Brazilian education researchers for a dialogue on Education for Global Governance at ECNU’s Putuo Campus on 12 October. 

The meeting brought together ECNU scholars and a delegation from Fundação Getulio Vargas’s Centre for the Development of Public Management and Educational Policies (FGV DGPE), led by its Director, José Henrique Paim Fernandes. It was organised by ECNU’s Global Institute of Teacher Development and Global Institute of Educational Leadership and chaired by Professor Zhao Jian.

Participants at the event

Identifying shared research interests

Yang introduced the Institute’s research platforms and its work in educational research, policy advice, international exchange and researcher development. He highlighted curriculum and textbook research and AI-supported classroom analysis as promising areas for further collaboration between Chinese and Brazilian researchers. 

Professor Ke Zheng, Executive Director of ECNU’s National Institutes of Educational Policy Research, and Professor Li Lin, Deputy Director of its Institute of Schooling Reform and Development, also participated in the dialogue.

The Brazilian delegation shared developments in education policy and reform, teacher professional learning, school management and improvement, and academic research and publishing. Speakers included Fernandes; Deputy Director Romeu Weliton Caputo; Director Emilio Munaro Junior; José Francisco Soares, holder of the UNESCO Chair in Public Management and Education Policies; and the Chair’s Research Coordinator, Jaana Flávia Fernandes Nogueira.

Linking research with educational practice

Discussion focused on teacher education and support, school curriculum design and management, the integration of technology, and approaches to deeper student learning. Participants explored how their institutions’ complementary expertise could inform future cooperation.

The exchange provided an opportunity to connect policy research with questions arising in schools and to identify shared priorities for continued dialogue between ECNU and FGV DGPE.