36 days, my journey in American education

Author: Li Xigui
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: The author records his observations, thoughts, and insights over 36 days in an honest manner. He is completely immersed in the strong atmosphere of democratic education at the Columbia University School of Education, greedily seeking every opportunity to learn and hungrily absorbing educational nourishment from different cultural backgrounds. This book provides an excellent perspective for primary and secondary school educators in China to understand the essence of education in both China and the United States. The book documents the author's experiences analyzing classrooms and exchanging educational wisdom with American education experts and teachers during his visit to the Columbia University School of Education. Over these 36 days, the author is completely immersed in the democratic education atmosphere at the Columbia University School of Education, greedily seeking every opportunity to learn and hungrily absorbing educational nourishment from different cultural backgrounds. These 36 days are days of intellectual collisions, as well as days of deep reflection and inquiry by the author. These reflections are highly valuable, providing an excellent perspective for primary and secondary school educators in China to understand the essence of education in both China and the United States. This book is particularly suitable for primary and secondary school teachers, principals, and educators.