Xiaoxin Shi

Generative AI, Knowledge Authority, and Social Justice in Higher Education: Rethinking the University in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization

This conceptual essay examines how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping knowledge authority and the meaning of social justice in higher education. Drawing on scholarship concerning neoliberal globalization, social justice education, digital datafication, and educa...

Redefining the Purpose of Education: A Policy Analysis of China's 1985 Decision on the Reform of the Education System

This policy-analysis essay examines how the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's 1985 Decision on the Reform of the Education System redefined the purposes of education in post-Mao China. It interprets the policy through three related perspectives: curriculum as a social c...

The Brain of a Guitarist as a Model of Long-Term Learning: Evidence from Structural and Functional Neuroimaging

This essay synthesizes neuroscientific evidence from both general musician studies and guitarist-specific research in order to better understand how long-term learning is reflected in the brain. By examining the methods and results of selected studies and discussing their relevan...