On The Conservativeness Of Oxford University

Nowadays, universities frequently show up in society. Accompanying with the popularity of universities, education is covered by some utility color and market rules lead the development process excessively. Consequently, universities prate about innovation catering to the society. On the basis of such backgrounds, the British classic Oxford University—the first rank of research universities in the world—keeps its conservative particularity as well as insist that it is the place for pursuing truth from beginning to the end."It can not be trapped within the changeable whirlpool."Facing the reality and crisis, Oxford University gives up present scheme and defends reason of education, which integrates adaptation and excess with its own development process. It is not a simple adaptation but effectively guiding the society. Therefore, it deserves our deeply consideration. This thesis discussed the conservativeness of Oxford University through historical investigation, concrete performance, cause of formation, double-side influence and so on to recognize the conservativeness of universities objectively and comprehensively.This thesis consists of five parts:Chapter one serves as a commencement, which briefly explains the background and significance of selecting this topic; synthetically states the general research condition in this field home and abroad; clearly illustrate the research thought and main methods adopted by this thesis.Chapter two firstly defines what is"conservativeness", based on which analyzes key features of conservativeness in order to generalize the conservative characteristics of Oxford University.Chapter three inspects the formation and development of the conservativeness of Oxford University through four periods, which from medieval century, religious revolution, civil war of British, industrial revolution until nowadays.Chapter four expounds the concrete expressions of the conservativeness of Oxford University from its belief, the way of cultivating talented people, arrangement of curriculum and the standard of selecting talented people in detail.Chapter five explores the causes of the formation mainly from political factors, culture tradition and historical origins.Chapter six illustrates the positive and negative influences of conservativeness on Oxford University so as to understand it objectively and completely.Conclusion points out the tendency of the conservativeness of Oxford University.