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Chinese Philosophy in Middle/High School

Class Info

This course is aimed towards young and talented scholars who are interested in philosophy, Chinese history, and Chinese culture. The class will be taught in English; however, some Chinese quotes will be included for better understanding. Students do not need to fluently speak Chinese, but a general understanding of Chinese would help. However, knowledge of Chinese is not required for this class.

Instead of focusing on rote memorization, this course will introduce the Pre-Qin and Axial Era in Chinese history by focusing on 6 figures and their works. These 90 minute courses will be divided in half—in the first half the tutor will teach basic history facts and analyze key quotes from the texts. In the other half the tutor will pose discussion questions for students to think about.

This course will demand some prerequisite knowledge of basic Chinese History. But don’t worry, the course will include 2-3 guiding preview questions to help. Moreover, the tutor will assign 200-300 words of important quotes before class to facilitate more in-depth discussion. This preview homework should take around 15-30 minutes per week.

After lessons, each student is encouraged to turn in their reflection to the tutor. There is no word limit for this homework as it is just for developing your own critical thinking skills.
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Instructor Info

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Anna Zhou
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Anna Zhou is a freshman in Shanghai Yue Kong Pao School (YKPS). She has participated in USAD (national individual bronze/ team third place), AMC 10, ACSL, and all kinds of interesting competitions. To speak frankly, she does not have a favorite subject as she loves philosophy, math, statistics, chinese, literature, drama— however, geography and philosophy are always the best! Moreover, her hobbies include swimming, baking, photographing, traveling, playing piano, (and of course, playing video games:) She hopes to see you soon in her philosophy classes!

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