Modern education system and thought

Author: Ma Jiansheng, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book has clear boundaries with other educational courses while also forming a complete knowledge system of pedagogy. In theoretical introductions, it emphasizes history and facts, avoiding empty rhetoric; it also focuses on internal logic to cultivate students' educational theoretical thinking and lay a solid foundation for further study. In terms of system design, it starts from modern education and its problems, with the organization and ideology of educational systems as the core. It first introduces the historical and future trends of the organizational structure of school systems, followed by the principles of educational organizations' activities. The book covers topics such as: What is Education, The Origin and Development of Educational Systems, Contemporary Educational Systems, Trends in Modern Educational Systems, Educational Aims, Individual Development and Education, Culture and Education, Society and Education, The Legal Basis of Education, Teacher Professional Development, and the Shifts in Contemporary Global Educational Trends. This book is a required textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in primary education, approved by experts organized by the Department of Normal Education of the Ministry of Education. Its system and content have clear boundaries with other educational courses while also forming a complete knowledge system of pedagogy. The theoretical introductions emphasize history and facts, avoiding empty rhetoric; they focus on internal logic to cultivate students' educational theoretical thinking and lay a solid foundation for further study. In terms of system design, it starts from modern education and its problems, with the organization and ideology of educational systems as the core. It first introduces the historical and future trends of the organizational structure of school systems, then explains the principles of educational organizations' activities. The main content includes: What is Education, The Origin and Development of Educational Systems, Modern Educational Systems, Trends in Modern Educational Systems, Educational Aims, Individual Development and Education, Culture and Education, Society and Education, The Legal Basis of Education, Teacher Professional Development. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in primary education in higher education institutions, as well as a reference book for in-service primary school teachers' continuing education.