Portraits of Chinese Schools
暫譯: 中國學校的肖像

本書揭示了中國學校系統的奧秘，以幫助國際學者更好地理解中國基礎教育的邏輯。通過收集最新的第一手實證數據，本書從校長、教師、學生和家長的角度，勾勒出中國學校的全景和生動的肖像，包括他們日常生活的描述。它還解釋了不同利益相關者的職責，並說明了中國學校的獨特特徵和運作模式。本書對所有關心中國學校系統及基礎教育現狀和未來的人士都具有吸引力，特別是國際研究者、政策制定者以及希望了解學校實際情況的家長。

Professor. GU Mingyuan, the distinguished professor at Beijing Normal University and a member of the National Education Advisory Committee, as well as the Emeritus President of the Chinese Society of Education, is one of the founders of comparative education in China. For 60 years he has adhered to the principle of "Based on China and Broaden Eyes to the Whole World" and is active in education research. He successively finished more than 600 articles and 40 books. Significant works include LU Xun's Educational Thoughts and Practices (published in both Chinese and Japanese), Comparative Education, The Cyclopedia of Education, Education in the USSR After World War II, National Cultural Traditions and Education Modernization, Education in China and Abroad: Perspective from a Lifetime in Comparative Education, Cultural Foundations of Chinese Education, Chinese Education Encyclopedia, and etc. Professor Gu Mingyuan has not only made great achievements in educational theory but also has had a significant impact in the field of educational practice. He participated in and witnessed almost all of the major education reforms in the 60 years since the founding of the New China, while persistently spreading the love of education throughout the country. He actively participated in international academic exchange and cooperation and achieved great achievements in teaching, research and social service. His outstanding contributions achieved a high degree of recognition in both domestic and foreign academic circles. In 2001 he received an honorary Doctorate of Education from the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and was named Honorary Professor by the Teachers College of Columbia University in 2008. In 2009 he received honorary doctorate degrees from both the University of Macau and Soka University of Japan. In 2014 Professor Gu was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Wu Yuzhang Foundation, the most influential award in the field of social science in China.

Dr. Ma Jiansheng, professor of comparative education in IICE, also serves as director of Graduate Education Research Center in BNU. He received his PhD in Comparative Education from Beijing Normal University. His main research interests include principles of education, comparative education, and educational policy. He published more than 20 books and over 100 articles in the field of higher education, internationalization of education and etc. His academic achievement was highly recognized by the academy and was awarded the second prize in the 10th, 11thand 12thBeijing Outstanding Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, the second and third prize respectively in the 8th and 7th Liaoning Outstanding Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences. He is also a wonderful teacher and won the second prize of the 8th Huo Yingdong Education Fund Youth Teacher Award, the second prize of the National Teaching Achievement and the first prize of the Beijing Outstanding Education and Teaching Award. In 2010, he was named one of the most recognized teachers in Beijing higher education institutions. In 2013, he won the BaoGang Excellent Teacher Award.

Dr Teng Jun serves as an associate professor, deputy director of Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University, and also teaches at Teachers College, Columbia University as an adjunct associate professor. She engaged in comparative education research for quite a long time. Her research area mainly focuses on international organizations and global education governance, international education, development studies in education, 21st century skills and global competences. She has quite rich research experiences in more than 20 national key research projects, and publishes more than 60 papers in peer review journals. Besides, as a comparative education scholar, she also devotes herself to various international education exchanges and cooperation efforts to promote mutual understanding and better communication between China and international community.

教授顧明遠，北京師範大學的傑出教授，國家教育諮詢委員會成員，以及中國教育學會名譽會長，是中國比較教育的創始人之一。六十年來，他堅持「立足中國，放眼世界」的原則，積極從事教育研究。他先後完成了超過600篇文章和40本書籍。重要著作包括《魯迅的教育思想與實踐》（中日文出版）、《比較教育》、《教育百科全書》、《二戰後蘇聯的教育》、《民族文化傳統與教育現代化》、《中國與國外的教育：比較教育一生的視角》、《中國教育的文化基礎》、《中國教育百科全書》等等。顧教授不僅在教育理論上取得了重大成就，還在教育實踐領域產生了深遠的影響。他參與並見證了新中國成立以來六十年幾乎所有重大教育改革，並持續在全國範圍內傳播對教育的熱愛。他積極參與國際學術交流與合作，在教學、研究和社會服務方面取得了卓越成就。他的傑出貢獻在國內外學術界獲得了高度認可。2001年，他獲得香港教育學院的榮譽教育博士學位，2008年被哥倫比亞大學教師學院授予名譽教授。2009年，他分別獲得澳門大學和日本創價大學的榮譽博士學位。2014年，顧教授獲得吳玉章基金會頒發的終身成就獎，這是中國社會科學領域最具影響力的獎項。

馬建生博士，國際與比較教育研究所的比較教育教授，同時擔任北京師範大學研究生教育研究中心主任。他在北京師範大學獲得比較教育博士學位。其主要研究興趣包括教育原則、比較教育和教育政策。他在高等教育、教育國際化等領域出版了超過20本書籍和100多篇文章。他的學術成就受到學界的高度認可，曾獲得第十、十一、十二屆北京哲學社會科學優秀獎的二等獎，以及第八、七屆遼寧哲學社會科學優秀獎的二等獎和三等獎。他也是一位優秀的教師，曾獲得第八屆霍英東教育基金青年教師獎的二等獎、全國教學成果獎的二等獎和北京優秀教育教學獎的一等獎。2010年，他被評選為北京高等教育機構最受認可的教師之一。2013年，他獲得包剛優秀教師獎。

鄧軍博士，擔任北京師範大學國際與比較教育研究所的副教授、副主任，並在哥倫比亞大學教師學院擔任兼任副教授。她從事比較教育研究已有相當長的時間。她的研究領域主要集中在國際組織與全球教育治理、國際教育、教育發展研究、21世紀技能和全球競爭力等方面。她在20多個國家重點研究項目中擁有豐富的研究經驗，並在同行評審期刊上發表了60多篇論文。此外，作為一名比較教育學者，她還致力於各種國際教育交流與合作，促進中國與國際社會之間的相互理解和更好的溝通。