Diving Into Harvard Education

Learn to Change the World
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70476-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 662 g

Just as Harvard University is a place “where world-class professors, innovative research, and a dynamic student community come together to advance education and foster change in the world”, Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), founded in 1920, grants students and visiting scholars who are determined to “learn to change the world” valuable opportunities to meet great professors and participate in shaping meaningful research.

The book’s twenty interviews are organized into five parts: Values and Goals, Development, Media, Student Life and Institutions, and Putting Learning into Practice—Engineering Education. While our team of interviewees consists largely of HGSE professors and administrators, it also includes world-renowned professors and deans from other Harvard schools, as well as an outstanding representative of global engineering education transformation. Each chapter consists of an interviewee profile, editors’ note, the interview dialogue itself, references, and notes, so that our dear readers can experience the impact of the interviewees’ ideas and reliably trace their sources. While each individual interview is an instructive snapshot of a specific area of educational research and practice, we hope that the collection as a whole will enlighten and inspire each of our readers to do their part to improve the world.

Contributors are: Jane (Chao) Bai, Joseph Blatt, Jack (Jiajie) Chen, Chris Dede, Catherine Elgin, Tracy Elizabeth, Tianyu Fu, Yidan Gao, Hunter Gehlbach, Paul Harris, Helen Haste, Mingzhu He, Thomas Hehir, Siang Huat (Jason Hong), Arthur Kleinman, Charles H. Langmuir, Stephen Lassonde, Harry Lewis, Yinqi Li, Yi (Elaine) Lin, Jed F. Lippard, Richard K. Miller, Siwen Zhang Minero, Samuel Odamah, Robert L. Selman, Nancy Sommers, Justin M. Thomas, Sonia Maria Pereira Vidigal, Lianjiang Wang, Richard Weissbourd, Gary Yu, Haiqin Yu, Ting Zhang, Jing Zhao, Qiuzi Zhou, Songyu Zhu and Julie.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Yu, Haiqin

Thomas, Justin Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Harry Lewis

Foreword

Richard K. Miller

Foreword

Helen Haste

The Intention of the Project

Acknowledgements

The Origin of the Book Name and Cover Design

Notes on Contributors

Fulcrum Team Member Profiles

Introduction: Kindness Is a Choice

Haiqin Yu

PART 1: Values and Goals

1 To Retrieve and Guard the Soul of Higher Education: An Interview with Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry Lewis, Interim Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2015, 1–6), Former Dean of Harvard College (1995–2003)

Haiqin Yu and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

2 What Really Matters – Endurance, Meaning, and the Moral Life of the Person: An Interview (2015) with Harvard Anthropology and Psychiatry Professor Arthur Kleinman (Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology; Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School)

Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao), Haiqin Yu and Mingzhu He

3 Updates on COVID, Aging, and the U.S.-China Relationship: A second Interview (2023) with Professor Arthur Kleinman (Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology; Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School)

Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

4 Constructing Culture and Creating Competence: An Interview with Professor Helen Haste

Mingzhu He, Haiqin Yu and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

5 The Differences between American and Chinese Education Should Not Be Overstated: A Conversation with Harvard University Victor S. Thomas Professor Paul Harris

Siang Huat and Haiqin Yu

6 Art and Education: An Interview with Harvard University Professor of the Philosophy of Education Catherine Elgin

Mingzhu He, Haiqin Yu and Sonia Maria Pereira Vidigal

7 How to Build a Habitable Planet – A General Education Course: An Interview with Higgins Professor of Geochemistry Charles H. Langmuir

Yinqi Li and Haiqin Yu

PART 2: Development

8 Developing Social Awareness and Engagement Competencies – Research and Practice: An Interview with Roy Edward Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development Robert L. Selman

Siwen Z. Minero, Haiqin Yu and Chao Bai

9 Making Caring Common – an Uncommonly Caring Project: An Interview with Faculty Director of the Human Development and Psychology Master’s Program Professor Richard Weissbourd

Yi Lin, Songyu Zhu and Haiqin Yu

10 Better Relationships, Higher Grades – The Importance of Social Perspective Taking in the Classroom: An Interview with Professor Hunter Gehlbach

Haiqin Yu, Jing Zhao and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

PART 3: Media

11 Digital Ecosystems in Today’s Education: An Interview with Harvard University Timothy E. Wirth Professor Chris Dede

Julie

12 The Nature and Future of Special Education: An Interview with Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professor of Practice in Learning Differences Emeritus, Thomas Hehir

Siwen Z. Minero, Haiqin Yu and Ting Zhang

13 New Ways of Learning and Teaching in a Media-Saturated Environment: An Interview with Harvard University Professor Joseph Blatt

Songyu Zhu and Haiqin Yu

14 Socioacademic Crossmedia Curricula – Enhancing Literacy and Social Skills through Books and Films: An Interview with HGSE Doctoral Candidate Tracy Elizabeth

Haiqin Yu and Yi Lin

15 How Expository Writing Has Become the Only Required Course at Harvard University: An Interview with the Former Sosland Chair in Expository Writing Nancy Sommers

Haiqin Yu, Mingzhu He, Sonia Maria Pereira Vidigal, Yi Lin and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

PART 4: Student Life and Institutions

16 Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day: An Interview with Dr. Jed F. Lippard, former Head of School at Prospect Hill Academy Charter School, former President of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association

Haiqin Yu and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

17 Harvard Stories: An Interview with Harvard Graduate School of Education Alumnus and Harvard University Administrative Staff Samuel Odamah

Sonia Maria Pereira Vidigal, Haiqin Yu and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

18 Student Life – An Indispensable Part of a Harvard Education: An Interview with Former Harvard College Dean of Student Life Stephen Lassonde

Haiqin Yu, Songyu Zhu and Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao)

PART 5: Putting Learning into Practice – Engineering Education

19 Olin – Becoming a “Collaboratory” for Innovation in Engineering Education: An Interview with Olin College of Engineering President Richard K. Miller

Haiqin Yu, Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao), Lianjiang Wang, Gary Yu, Tianyu Fu and Qiuzi Zhou

20 The Olin Effect in School Management on Emerging Engineering Education – Small in Size but Large in Impact: A Conversation between President Richard K. Miller and Lianjiang Wang, Haiqin Yu

Richard K. Miller, Lianjiang Wang, Haiqin Yu, Justin M. Thomas (Zheng Tao), Gary Yu, Jack Chen and Yidan Gao

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Haiqin Yu, Ph.D. (2012), Ocean University of China, was a visiting scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Education from 2014 to 2015, and is a senior editor for Journal of University of Jinan (Science and Technology). Her research focuses on general education, engineering education, and reading and writing education.

Justin M. Thomas earned a master’s degree in Regional Studies-East Asia from Harvard University in 2014 and a bachelor’s degree in Chinese from Georgetown University in 2012. He served in the Peace Corps in China from 2015 to 2017.