A Discussion Of Envoy' Observation And Thinking On Western Education Before 1894

The envoys to go overseas before the Jiawu Battle are considered to be an essential group of people who went aboard much earlier than other Chinese people in Chinese modern history. They not only accomplished the foreign mission but also studied the modern education at the same time. Further, the envoys began to reflect upon the Chinese traditional education and tried to make efforts to establish the much more modern education. The essay selects Guo Songtao, ZengJize, Xue Fucheng form the envoys before Jiawu Battle in order to exemplify the envoys'opinion on the modernization of education.The essay is divided into three chaptersChapterâ… : A comprehensive introduce is made to illustrate the foreign education exploration before the Jiawu Battle. It concluded the investigation tour led by Bin Chun and his son in 1866.And the diplomatic corps were sent to Europe, which led by Anson Burlingame in 1868.Both of two investigational tours were happened before the institutionalization of modern diplomacy. The envoys toured the Europe for observing the modern education after the 1875.Chapterâ…¡: The essay tries to summary the envoys'view on western modern education, based on the elite of envoys as Guo Songtao, Zeng Jize,and Xue Fucheng. It follows: the utilitarian of modern education is highly concerned, which can be supported by modeling the establishment of academic system, universalizing the modern education towards all of people, adjusting traditional curriculum to much more modernity. Next the standards to nurture the qualified students are also changed. Envoys take the practicality first rather than morality, when they evaluate the education. Hence, they claim the traditional education should be aimed at"vocational", and the new schools should be built to satisfy the requirements by the developing modern society."Gezhi of Science"should replace the traditional textbooks. Last, Guo Songtao, Zeng Jize,and Xue Fucheng try to deprive the origin of the modern education from the philosophy to build a civilized society.Chapterâ…¢: The historical significance of the educational investigation by envoys is revaluated. They contribute to spread the modern knowledge throw their indeed and their writings. Although they are regarded to be the numbers of westernization movement, they are superior to their conservative colleges. So the envoys'educational investigation before Jiawu Battle is the irreplaceable part of modernization of Chinese education.