Dr. Manfred Prenzel (Susanne Klatten Endowed Chair of Educational Research at the Technische Universität München, Chair of the German Council of Science and Humanities Wissenschaftsrat)

Manfred Prenzel, Ph.D., holds the Susanne Klatten Endowed Chair of Educational Research at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) in Munich, Germany. The main topics of his research relate to issues of learning and teaching in different domains (science, mathematics, medicine, economics), especially on motivation/ interest, conceptual change, and patterns of teaching and learning.

He has been the National Project Manager for the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003, 2006, 2012 and 2015 in Germany, and a member of the International PISA Science Expert Group from its conception.

In 2014 Manfred Prenzel was elected as the Chair of the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat), after being appointed as member in 2011.

Li Yue'er (Child education and art education expert, Oil painter, Distinguished Professor in preschool education at Shanghai Xingjian College)

Li Yue'er is a child education and art education expert and oil painter. She has been elected as one of the "300 Chinese Oil Painters." Li switched from art education to early childhood education later in life and became a Distinguished Professor in pre-school education at Shanghai Xingjian College. She was once an education expert for Parents Magazine and the CCTV Children's Channel. Li founded an organization called "Li Yue'er Education". She has written many books, including Who Took the Happiness Away from Children?, In the Kindergartens, Connecting the Hands of Two Generations, Who Misunderstands Children's Behaviors?, Crucial Support at the Crucial Period, Observation and Creation, Imagination and Creation, and Appreciation and Creation.

Michael Kahn-Ackermann (Stiftung Mercator China Special Representative)

Stiftung Mercator

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