A Brief History of Chinese Education

Author: Zhang Wanfen
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: With the formation, development, and differentiation of various educational schools as the main thread, it grasps the macro trends of educational thought while analyzing and summarizing specific educational systems and experiences. It emphasizes the inseparable connection between culture and education, restoring the historical diversity of China's educational development. Adopting a historical approach, it provides appropriate historical positioning for educational schools, records, and systems, affirming and denying them objectively. It follows the principle of elaborating what other books omit and omitting what other books elaborate, leaving ample room for students' self-study. This book is widely used as a textbook for undergraduate and associate degree programs in normal universities, as well as for teacher in-service training. Some graduate courses also adopt this textbook, with certain content sparking lively discussions. For this revision, in addition to minor modifications to some content, core terms and chapter summaries have been added. Key points in each chapter are highlighted in bold for easier comprehension by students and self-learners. Several thought-provoking questions have also been designed, covering the interconnections of basic knowledge while guiding the expansion and extension of knowledge, broadening the scope of thinking. These questions facilitate the communication between history, theory, and practice, catering to students of different levels and encouraging further study and self-study.