Sending American-style education to China could stunt the dragon[base ']s rise.

Peter Wood writes in the American Conservative about the rise and rise of China in the 21st Century and the impact on the Unioted States.

Wood says:

Our master plan for dumbing-down Chinese education, however, is not just about atmospherics or theatrics. Let[base ']s not forget: this is American educationism. And that means theory. Hulbert eventually gets to this: [base "]If there is an American figure to whom Chinese proponents of more active, multidimensional, student-centered learning have listened especially attentively over the past half-decade, it is Howard Gardner of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[per thou]

Wood is the newly appointed Executive Director of the National Association of Scholars and is critical of Prof. Gardner's theories.

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