“The motto of Harvard Graduate School of Education is “Learn to Change the World”. Through interviews ranging from world-renowned educators to talented doctoral students, Haiqin Yu and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao) showcase a vibrant community, rich in exploration, innovation, and creative thinking about education. Their lively and inspiring accounts of experiences, goals, practices, and visions have global relevance and insights for education. The collection covers four themes: What should be the goals of education? How do socio-emotional and value skills develop? What is the role of media and the digital world? How can the experience of college life support development?”
– Helen Haste, Professor Emerita at the University of Bath in England and Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education (2003–2018)
“Haiqin Yu and Justin M. Thomas have documented the thoughts of some of Harvard’s greatest thinkers and most skilled practitioners, about the craft of teaching and the role of the university. Rather than fitting their own frame of reference over the thoughts of others, the editors have allowed the best of the best to speak for themselves. You will find here reflections of the medical anthropologist Arthur Kleinman, who has devoted a lifetime to the deep moral understanding of Chinese society. You will find the empathetic thoughts of a young dean who helps Harvard students achieve their full potential, of a mature scientist who inspires Harvard students to devote their lives to preserving a habitable earth, and of many other men and women whose contributions, like so many brilliant mosaic tiles, together create a beautiful whole unlike any of its individually beautiful pieces…And you will also find the thoughtful reflections on both the theory and practice of holistic engineering education, by a genuine educational pioneer, founding President of Olin College Richard Miller.”
– Harry Lewis, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus at Harvard University
– Frances Sun, Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Director for Asia, Harvard Alumni Association (2014–2017)
“Our world needs a change. Only the best thoughts on education can help. Spreading these thoughts is especially important to accelerate these changes. Thanks for the great efforts from the authors of this book to stimulate these changes.”
“This is a visionary book from Haiqin Yu and her team, which deserves resounding applause. Haiqin Yu and her team of committed interviewers are to be heartily congratulated on a stupendous achievement that should have a major impact on the future of education, globally. Haiqin Yu has always been interested in education, and has always had two things fill her mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe: the starry heaven above her and the moral law within her.”
– Xianjin Cai, General Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government, President of Shandong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; former Vice President of University of Jinan, former President of Liaocheng University