We cannot change our core values for Chinese students

Tolerating overseas arrivals’ experiences is vital, but critical thinking is a matter on which there can be no compromise, insists Tao Zhang

Published on
January 14, 2016
Last updated
January 14, 2016
Jonny Wan illustration (14 January 2016)
Source: Jonny Wan

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Print headline: We must teach critical thinking to students conditioned to conform

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Reader's comments (4)

It's somewhat ironic that the hundreds, if not thousands, of foreign teachers, i.e., "Foreign Experts" working in the PRC at this moment are, so often, met with the comment, "We've always done it this way" when interactive critical thinking is advocated.
Well, there are several things left out I guess ... https://williamthompsonucc.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/values/
interesting blog, thanks for reporting it.
Thanks for this article, very much actual and pertinent to my situation too.

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