In Conversation With
THE
BEST
OF
BOTH
WORLDS
In Conversation with
Dr. Li Jin, Professor Of Education and Human
Development, Brown University, USA
“C
an you tell me how a Chinese painting is made, why is it drawn in that style?” This is a
question that stayed with Dr. Jin Li since her university days. She still remembers how
ashamed she was to have no answer to this question from her German teacher. She also remembers
how embarrassed her German teacher was to be teaching the German language and culture to
Chinese students in China who knew little or nothing about their own culture. That question from
her teen years pushed her, beyond the borders of China, to find answers to broader epistemological
questions about learning and cultural approaches to learning. Today she is a renowned scholar, well
established in the field of education and human development.
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