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Huang Youzhen, Ye Dongqing, Zhao Shuhong

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Gu Qiyi, Wang Weiwei

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January, 2025

China’s Modern Education: A Century-Long Journey

Author: Huang Youzhen, Ye Dongqing, Zhao Shuhong

Translator: Gu Qiyi, Wang Weiwei

ISBN: 979-8-9896617-6-3

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This book is published in its Original Edition with the title:
《中国近代百年教育》
By Huang Youzhen, Ye Dongqing, Zhao Shuhong(黄友珍,叶冬青,赵树宏)
Copyright © 2009 Henan University Press
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Author’s Introduction

Gu Qiyi is a professor and doctoral advisor at the School of Foreign Studies, Jiangnan University, China. She specializes in applied linguistics, focusing on foreign language teaching, second language acquisition, and translation. She has led various funded projects, including those from the National Social Science Foundation, Jiangsu Province’s educational science initiatives, and the Ministry of Education’s Humanities and Social Sciences Research Program. Her publications include numerous articles in core journals, two academic monographs, and several textbooks. Her work has earned her several awards, such as the National Teaching Achievement Second Prize and multiple higher education awards for both teaching and research excellence.

Wang Weiwei is a faculty member at the School of Foreign Studies, Jiangnan University, China, focusing on foreign linguistics and applied linguistics. She has experience teaching high school Chinese in Pennsylvania, USA, and recently taught College English and English News Listening. She has led several educational research projects, including key initiatives on educational reform and foreign language teaching. She has authored two textbooks and published multiple papers, receiving awards for teaching excellence, including second prize in the national “Teaching Star” competition. As a mentor, she has guided students to success in national English debate competitions and intercultural competence contests, earning recognition as an outstanding educator at Jiangnan University.

CONTENTS

    Preface
    Chapter 1 Education During the Two Opium Wars
    Section 1 The Decline of Late Qing Education
    Section 2 The Calls for Reform from Landlord Reformists
    Section 3 Educational Reforms During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Period
    Section 4 The Arrival of Western Missionaries in China and the Founding of Mission Schools
    Summary
    Chapter 2 Education During the Westernization Movement
    Section 1 The Emergence and Development of the Westernization Movement
    Section 2 Establishment of the “Chinese Learning as the Essence, Western Learning for Practical Use” Ideology and Educational Thoughts of the Westernization Faction
    Section 3 Expansion of Missionary Education
    Summary
    Chapter 3 Education During the Hundred Days’ Reform
    Section 1 The Rise of Reformist Educational Thoughts
    Section 2 Educational Reforms and Their Impact During the Hundred Days’ Reform
    Section 3 Educational Thoughts of Representative Reformers
    Summary
    Chapter 4 Education During the New Policies of the Late Qing Dynasty
    Section 1 Abolition of the Imperial Examination System
    Section 2 Establishment of the Modern School System in the Late Qing Dynasty
    Section 3 Establishment of Modern Educational Administration and the Promulgation of Educational Aims
    Section 4 Revival of Study Abroad Education
    Section 5 Characteristics and Historical Roles of Education During the New Policies Period
    Summary
    Chapter 5 Education From the Revolution of 1911 to Early Period of Republic of China
    Section 1 Educational Activities of the Bourgeois Revolutionaries
    Section 2 Educational Reforms in the Early Days of the Nanjing Provisional Government
    Section 3 Cai Yuanpei’s Educational Philosophy: A Bourgeois Democratic Approach
    Summary
    Chapter 6 Education During the New Culture Movement and the Beiyang Government Period
    Section 1 Criticism and Reform of Feudal Education by the New Culture Movement
    Section 2 The New School System of 1922 — Renxu Educational System
    Section 3 Educational Trends in the 1920s and 1930s
    Section 4 The Movement to Reclaim Educational Sovereignty
    Summary
    Chapter 7 Education in Kuomintang-Controlled Areas during the Nanjing Nationalist Government Period
    Section 1 Educational Aims and Policies of the Nanjing Nationalist Government
    Section 2 Reform of the Educational Administrative System and the Development of School Education under the Nationalist Government
    Section 3 Control Measures of the Nationalist Government on School Education
    Section 4 Educators and Their Educational Philosophies During the Nationalist Government Period
    Summary
    Chapter 8 New Democratic Education
    Section 1 Emergence of New Democratic Education
    Section 2 Education in the Soviet Revolutionary Base Areas
    Section 3 Education in Anti-Japanese Democratic Base Areas and Liberated Areas
    Section 4 Fundamental Experience of Education in the Revolutionary Base Areas
    Section 5 Early Marxists’ Educational Thoughts
    Summary
    References