This chapter firstly addresses the spiritual core of Chinese traditional culture and Chinese contemporary vision of “a community of a shared future for mankind”. Then, we discuss the dialogue relationship between China and the world in the past, present, and future. After that, we explain the relationships between China’s modern education and the educational thoughts of other countries, and explain the development of modern and contemporary Chinese education under the influence of multiple cultures and bodies of educational thought. Finally, we explicate the academic pursuits and impact of two influential educational schools of thought in China and the United States in the transformation of modern society. These topics explain and situate the main theme of this book—the sister school project viewed from a Chinese perspective—in the world and its history.
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