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Theme: 5. Transmitting Knowledges: Institutions, Objects and Practices
Jeff Kyong-McClain
University of Idaho, United States
Joseph Tse-Hei Lee
Pace University, United States
Jeff Kyong-McClain
University of Idaho, United States
Joseph Tse-Hei Lee
Pace University, United States
Jeff Kyong-McClain
University of Idaho, United States
Joseph Tse-Hei Lee
Pace University, United States
Helen Schneider
Virginia Tech, United States
David Kenley
Dakota State University, United States
The current state of Sino-American educational exchange is at a low point. What is often lacking in current discussions is the historical perspective on the relationship, which has always waxed and waned based on geopolitical conditions. It is the contention of the panelists that in order to better understand Sino-American educational exchange today, the breadth of the historical experience must be understood. One significant part of that is to understand the complicated role of American missionary education in China. The papers in this panel show the ways in which American missionary educators in China, and through their links to institutions in the U.S., played disparate roles in the development of educational practice in China and in the future of Sino-American relations. No one lesson can be drawn from the papers in this panel, but as a whole the papers suggest both the ongoing promise of the connection between these two world powers as well as identify some of the seeds of the mistrust, of which the whole world is all too aware today.
Presenter: Jeff Kyong-McClain – University of Idaho
Presenter: Joseph Tse-Hei Lee – Pace University
Presenter: Helen Schneider – Virginia Tech
Presenter: David Kenley – Dakota State University