Download or read book Portraits of Influential Chinese Educators written by Ruth Hayhoe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-11 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book conveys an understanding of China’s educational development from within and provides unique insights into Chinese society. It does so through portraits of eleven influential educators whose ideas have shaped the educational reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978. The book makes Chinese civilization concrete through the drama of the real lives of educators and provides glimpses into the educational context of China’s recent move onto the world stage.