Mingzhi Education Forum - Why and How We Develop the Ability to Ferry Knowledges between East and West
Supporting the below United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:支持以下聯合國可持續發展目標：支持以下联合国可持续发展目标：
China's modern education system has been built mainly upon Western experiences since the late Qing Dynasty. As an important component of this system, our current knowledge and value are therefore dominated by the West. Meanwhile, China's traditional knowledge and value are still profoundly influencing how we behave and do things. We are keen to integrate these two different traditions since the late Qing Dynasty, and this has become necessary for us to find our spiritual homeland and feel settled. Nowadays, the integration of Chinese and Western cultures has become more urgent with unprecedented conditions and possibilities. This lecture will focus on the pursuit of knowledge and ideas of contemporary Chinese scholars and especially university students, which combines the characteristics of current higher education with individual learning and research experience and aims to discuss and share about how we can ferry between East and West in a relieved and satisfied way as Chinese people.
Professor Rui YANG received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Sydney in 2001. He currently works as the Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, where he has been working since 2008. Professor Yang has been engaged in academic work in higher education institutions in Australia and mainland China for over ten years and has served as the Director of the Comparative Education Research Center of the University of Hong Kong and chairman of the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong. He has established wide academic network in North America, Europe, Oceania, Mainland China, Taiwan region, Hong Kong region and other Asian countries, enjoying a high international reputation. His latest book “The Chinese Idea of a University: Phoenix Reborn” is the first English monograph that systematically explains the concept of a Chinese university (Hong Kong, HKU Press, 2022). His book “Third Delight: Internationalization of Higher Education in China” (New York: Routledge, 2002) is still one of the most important English-language books on the internationalization of higher education in China, and has been selected as the textbook for higher education internationalization by many educational institutions. He has published widely on educational policy, sociology of education, comparative and cross-cultural studies of education, international higher education, educational development in Chinese society, international politics in educational research with dozens of literatures and hundreds of academic papers in Chinese and English, including many SSCI journal papers.
Mingzhi Education Forum
"Mingzhi Education Forum" is hosted by the Institute of Education Innovation and Practice, the Vice President of Teaching and Learning Office, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), VPTLO-IEIP, HKUST(GZ). It is an integral part of a series of teacher training activities. Based on the needs of HKUST (GZ) for educational innovation, we will invite scholars and practitioners in related fields to be guest speakers at this Forum to share thoughts, insights, challenges, problems, and discuss solutions together. Relevant fields include but are not limited to innovation in teaching and learning, higher education assessment and evaluation, learning science, curriculum and pedagogy, cognitive psychology, brain science, neuroscience, education big data, higher education internationalization, and higher education policy.
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