Dialogues on the New Education (Works by Zhu Yongxin on Education Series)

"e;The most important task of education is to teach children to be kind, to have a dream, and to possess the ability to learn."e; --Zhu YongxinOne of today s leading education thinkers, Zhu Yongxin possesses a rare clarity about the purpose of education. Dialogues on the New Education is a collection of interviews with Professor Zhu on a wide array of important education issues.These are truly dialogues. The interviewers are either highly qualified journalists or education experts. The result is more dynamic and informative than anything a typical question/answer format could provide. Dialogues on the New Education provides a level of insight into the subject you will find nowhere else. The 55 interviews in this book cover such topics as:The Educational Ideals of an Official and ScholarBeing a Teacher as a Life-Long IdentityThe Foundational Ideas of the New Education ExperimentMoral Education During Times of Social TransitionThe Importance of Education ResearchPromoting Humanism and a Reading-Focused SocietyThe Critical Role of Parents in a Child s EducationWhy Education Policymakers Should Listen to the Public Education should cultivate not only innovative talents and scientists but also applied skilled workers, Yongxin writes. But what s more critical is to turn our students into qualified citizens.