The Educational Reform In The Reform Movement Of 1898

The educational reform in the Reform Movement of 1898 developed with the slow process of modernization in the society of China. At the end of nineteenth century, the capitalist reformers launched a huge and grand political movement in order to save the country and the people. The educational reform was one of the most important contents of this movement. The earlier theory of reformation and the Westernization Movement played important influence upon the educational reform in the Reform Movement of 1898. In addition, the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894—1895 was the catalytic agent that made the possible be in reality. The educational reform was bound to have all kinds of limits and conflicts due to the class limits of the educational reformers. However, its fruits showed that the education of new style, the women liberation movement and the journalism and publication were thriving. Its influence was profound and significant. The educational reform in the Reform Movement of 1898 was the prelude to the educational reform at the end of Qing Dynasty. It was the initiating historical event in the modern times of China and witnessed the development of education in the modern times of China.