Pat Yang

Pat Kwei-Ping Yang
杨贵平
Born1940 (age 84–85)
Guizhou, China
EducationColumbia University
Known forSustainable development, Health care, Basic education

Pat Kwei-Ping Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨贵平; traditional Chinese: 楊貴平; pinyin: Yáng Guìpíng) is a Chinese-American rural education development expert,[1] dedicated to rural education and sustainable development in China,[2] with emphasis on women's literacy and health.[3]

Pat Yang is founder of U.S.-based The Zigen Fund (滋根) and China-based China Zigen Association for Rural Education and Development (中国滋根乡村教育与发展促进会).[4]

Recognitions

  • 2012: China News Weekly “Influencing China People of the Year” honoree[5]
  • 2019: China "Honour Book of Sustainable Development Education" honoree[6]

Documentaries

Films produced by Pat Yang and directed by Christine Choy:

  • 2003: Sparrow Village - young girls yearn for education in a rural village of southwestern China[7][8]
  • 2007: No Fifth Grade - children in a village in Shanxi Province have to move to a bigger town to continue education of fifth grade and above[9][10][11]
  • 2007: Miao Village Medicine - barefoot doctors and hygienists working in a remote Miao village in Guizhou[12][13]

Publications

  • 2017: Co-creating a Sustainable Village: Teacher Training Handbook[14]
  • 2018: Rural Revitalization: Sustainable Development Talent Training Handbook[15]
  • 2018: Rural Adolescent Girls' Sexual Health Education Teacher Training Handbook[16]

References

  1. ^ 中国滋根副秘书长杨贵平. 圆点直播. 2019-09-03.
  2. ^ 扎根农村三十年，用教育滋养乡村. 教育杂志. 2018-08-14.
  3. ^ 贫困农村青春期女童健康教育与性教育课程开发项目. 上海联劝公益基金会. 2018-06-25.
  4. ^ 中国滋根乡村教育与发展促进会. 中国滋根网.
  5. ^ "Influencing China People of the Year". China News Weekly. 2017-04-07.
  6. ^ "China Zigen 2019 Newsletter 2019.04.29". Taiwan Zigen. April 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "Sparrow Village". New York University Research Institute. 2003.
  8. ^ Sparrow Village. WorldCat. 2003. OCLC 68961052.
  9. ^ "Christine Choy's 'No Fifth Grade'". Asia Society. April 16, 2012.
  10. ^ 吁侨界关注中国贫困地区 美侨团将放纪录片筹款. 中国新闻社. Nov 18, 2009.
  11. ^ 吁侨界关注中国贫困地区 美侨团将放纪录片筹款. SINA Corp. Nov 18, 2009.
  12. ^ 孟絲《兩部記錄片》. 好讀. 2013-12-13.
  13. ^ 中國農村發展紀錄片放映活動. PTT影音娛樂區. Retrieved Nov 21, 2020.
  14. ^ Wei, Manhua; Yang, Kwei-Ping (April 1, 2017). Co-creating a Sustainable Village: Teacher Training Handbook (in Chinese). Beijing Normal University Press. ISBN 978-7303222667.
  15. ^ "Rural Revitalization: Sustainable Development Talent Training Handbook" (in Chinese). 网易公司. 2018 – via 引凤计划.
  16. ^ "Rural Adolescent Girls' Sexual Health Education Teacher Training Handbook" (in Chinese). Shanghai United Foundation. 2018.