Portraits of Influential Chinese Educators

This book conveys an understanding of Chinas educational development fromwithin. It does so through portraits of eleven influential educators whoseideas have sh... » 

This book conveys an understanding of Chinas educational development fromwithin. It does so through portraits of eleven influential educators whoseideas have shaped the educational reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978.These eleven educators are portrayed in the context of their cultural heritagefamilies communities and schools offering their own deeply reflectiveinterpretations of Chinese education. The book provides glimpses into theeducational context of Chinas recent move onto the world stage. «