Westernization Movement Of Educational Reform And The Reform Of The Meiji Restoration Education Research

In January of 1861, because of Yi Xin and the other officials' asking, the Qing Government sanctioned setting up Premier's affairs yamen for various countries, which marking the beginning of the Westernization Move. Qing Government centered on training talents as Westernization business calling for new-type talents, correspondly they took some important measures and made a series of reformations in culture education, such as setting up new-type schools, sending students abroad and so on.Westernization education opened the modernization course and it also played a major part in the development of Chinese education. Almost at the same time, there was a significant historical event —Meiji Reformation occurred in Japan which is the close neighbor of China. Meiji Reformation was the turning point from feudal society to capitalist society and the beginning of modem history in Japan. Among these reformations, education reform promoted the Japanese development including enacting new school system, setting up new-type schools, sending students abroad etc. Both of the two reformations were in education but they were very different.In this thesis I study and compare the education reformation of Westernization Move period in Late Qing Dynasty of China with Meiji Reformation period of Japan. Firstly I research and conlpare with the social backgrounds in both countries such as the political system, the economic base and the national culture, through doing this we can discuss the deep cause of similar measures but distinct consequences of the two. And then I study and compare the difference in guideline, engaging teacher and curriculum design and other aspects in new-type schools, study abroad education of the two countries. Finally, I study and compare the difference in the leading stratum—the Chinese high-ranking officers with imperial examinations origin and the Japanese leaders receiving the baptism of western civilizationy in.each reformation.Through examining, comparing and analysing the factors of the two times similar educational reformations between China and Japan in history, we have realized that the factors influencing the success and failure in educational reformation are in many aspects and complicated. It offers much helpful reference for this basic courses educational reformation at present in China.