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Early Society In The Republic Of China And Education Modernization

Posted on:2005-04-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360125465175Subject:China's modern history
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The process of metabolism is the essential rules of the universe development. Education is the catalyst which promote society developing. The course that all the country developed from the medieval to modernization proved education is the assurance of talents. Education modernization is inevitable trend of social development. After the Opium war it went through a transformation stage, from traditional to modernization, from closed to open, and finished its historical transition in early the Republic of China. Chinese traditional education lasted thousands years ended, modernization education came into being.Early society in the Republic of China was an important times that transformed from traditional to modernization, a huge, important transition was taken place in such fields as politics, economy, culture and so on, yet all the transition of social structure, renewal of culture and value ideas were concerned with education, it was the most sensitive nerve which make society transforming, it was not only the end of Chinese politics and economy development, but had great counteraction. One hand early society in the Republic of China education had its inner regularity, the other were controlled by the course of such modernization as policy, economy and culture in that times. So clarified well early society in the Republic of China education, we should understand fully the relations between modernization of policy, economy, culture and modernization education, among the relations, policy, economy and culture influenced education was the most. Only understanding that, Can we make clear the course of education modernization how to develop and the characters in this stage, and to perceive the course.Xinhai Revolutionary displaced the Emperor system by the Democracy system in 1911, and modernization achieved qualitative change target. It was exhibited the followings, establishment of sovereign rights to people, coming of political polity, a series of laws represented by "provisional constitution" appeared on the stage. They exhibited development of political modernization. The exhibitions in education were, education modernization advanced to orbit of democracy, legality, system, achieved its qualitative transition. However, the process of modernization was not thorough for wars among warlords, buffoons and restoring emperor system etc. it also resulted in limitations of education modernization. Early economy in the Republic of China topped "Golden times" during the First World War. The reasons were, establishment of democracy, appreciation to industry and commercial, the capitalist classes expanding, and Beiyang Government enacted lots of policy, laws benifitical to economy. All that benefited to development of education modernization, in education contents were evinced in such character as practical, scientific. However economy was a flash in the pan, imperialism still plunder, warlords plunder and ruin of coming war frequently, all that resulted in its development walked with difficulty.Science and democracy had been coming the theme since the Republic of China had been established, especially had baptized "the New Culture Movement". Culture revolution were from system to ideal. Some men of insight recognized why the modernization movement was failure. The answer lied in "person" of the part forgot. Modernization of person was precondition of the social modernization (especially political).So after 1915, China entered the top of modernization, conceptual modernization. In this stage, the process of political modernization had stopped, yet modernization of economy, science, education had still advancing slowly for the historical inertia; however modernization erected three illuminating flag going round "person" were the flag of science and democracy, dowing Confucian and culture revolution in 1915,1917.The first flag yoo-hooed people sever blind; the second pointed to Feudalism ideas; the third one, which claimed "public culture" to displace "noble culture". The three flags declared that Chinese...
Keywords/Search Tags:Early in the Republic of China, Education, Modernization
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