The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century (1898-1937) Cultural Conservatism Educational Thought And Practice

China's contemporary cultural conservative is an important element of the world contemporary ideological trend against modern trend, mainly represented by wang Guowei, Chen yinque, Liang Qichao (later period), Chen Yuan, Liu Yizheng, Tang Yongtong, and so on. Contemporary cultural conservative primarily belongs to a cultural school. Cultural conservators, an important force of China's education from contemporary to modern, make great contributions to the educational field. Following the logic of studying educational thought based on cultural background, the thesis applies synthetic and comparative analysis and explores positive contributions in the development of modernizing educational thought.With a social practical aim that education can save a nation, education of contemporary cultural conservative abides by the law of education and trains professionals having modern thinking and profound knowledge. Their educational purposes demonstrate educational functions in an all-round and systematic way. Educational system thought presents a cubic structure. Vertically, a step-by-step educational system model, comprising primary, middle school and university, is favored and high-level education should be given priority. Horizontally, the trend of the diversity of educational form is also shown in their educational thought and practice. Characteristics of educational content are listed as follows. First, tradition is accepted but feudal imperial examination is protested against. Second, a harmonious unity of educational content is emphasized since educating people of ability is the focus. Moral education goes first, intellectual development is the focus and aesthetic education is the propellant. Third, educational content is penetrated by scientific thinking method. An overall teaching method can be used to summarize their educational approach: strong points of school education is fully explored so that students can make full use of favorable school resources wherever and whenever they are gathered to receive education; teachers-centered educational principle should be adhered to; the great influence of teachers' personality on overall educating students of ability is elaborated, etc.Standing from their own cultural point, educators of cultural conservative are not influenced by the trend. Instead, they formulate an educational trend with unique characteristics and help promote the modernization process of contemporary education. They are, indeed, founders of China's modern education.