Xudong Zhu is Dean of the Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University. He also serves as Director of the Center for Teacher Education Research of Beijing Normal University (Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities, Ministry of Education) and is a distinguished professor of the Yangtze River Scholar Program by the Ministry of Education.Michael A. Peters is Distinguished Professor of Education at Beijing Normal University and Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois. He is Executive Editor of the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory. His interests are in education, philosophy and social policy, and he is the author of over 100 books.