Engineering the Human Mind: An American Teacher in China

by Loretta "Li Ming" Bedford

Overview

The Chinese refer to teachers as "Engineers of the Human Mind," thus the title. The book relates the experiences of the author, teaching and learning from graduate university students at Chongqing University in Sichuan. The reader will understand much better the culture of China, told with happiness and humor. Compare this book to "Learning to Bow," similar, but set in Japan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781530215089
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/25/2016
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Loretta Bedford taught in China in 1987-88, after teaching in New Mexico and Washington state. She went on to live and teach in four other Asian countries as well as in the Czech Republic, and in colleges and universities in America. She has written various articles about her experiences, but this is her first book. She lives now with her husband, whom she met through the military in Japan, on a farm in East Texas.