Who may participate
- Current RS-school class teachers and Chinese teachers.
- Current Chinese teachers in IB schools.
- Prospective RSE teachers and parents preparing for this work.
- Parents who educate their children at home.
- Teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in public or private schools.
- Students or graduates of teacher-training institutions.
- Teachers working in humanities main lessons or long-term teaching.
- Parents planning to accompany children studying abroad and teach Chinese.
Lead teacher: Lin Yuan
Lin Yuan is the president of Spring Valley Academy, founder of Qingjin Academy, and lead for the East-West International High School Diploma (EWIP) programme. The source describes his teaching of Chinese and history from Grades 1 through 12 in the United States and his long-term work in the localisation and study of Waldorf education in China.
The source also describes how he connects Anthroposophy and Chinese culture, as well as Waldorf and Chinese educational approaches, in creating the World HeTu Chinese curriculum and related courses.
More faculty information is available on Qingjin Academy’s Lin Yuan profile.
