Inquiry Of Educational Thought,

As the warrior of the 1911 revolution time, the propagandist of socialism, the renowned theoretician of Kuomintang after Sun Yat-Sen died, Dai Jitao has left the deep trail in the modern history of China. He concerns not only politics, but also education. When he finishes a series of educational practice in his middle age, Dai Jitao finally forms the educational system. This thesis is composed with five chapters and it will unfold Dai Jitao' abundant educational thought, in order to make people understand this historical personage impersonally.In chapter I , the original elements of Dai Jitao' educational thought are discussed. There are two aspects of his original elements. One is the Confucianism, which Dai Jitao accepts since his childhood, the Confucianism exerts a subtle influence on him, so he considers ceremony should be the foundation of education; The other one is practicality, when Dai Jitao searches the reason of poor modern China from the educational angle, he thinks people should get rid of the feudal education pattern, adopt the practical education.In chapter II, the educational policy which Dai Jitao pursues is elaborated. It includes three aspects: Education nature is regarding Three People' Principles of Sun Yat-sen as the country education policy; the means of education is compulsory education method, disregarding sex, age, occupation; education goal is pursuing the benefit for people, achieving independence for the nationality.In chapter III, the development course of Dai Jitao' educational thought is discussed, according to the time order. The first stage is 1911 Revolutionary time, Dai Jitao advocates the revolution, and fights against the feudal education. The second stage is New Culture Movement time, Dai Jitao is affected by the Marxism, and he pays more attention on the education for common people. The third stage is the Great Revolution time, Dai Jitao follows Chiang Kai-Shek, intervenes the party principle in the educational thought, emphasizing unification of thought.In chapter IV and chapter V, the concrete content of Dai Jitao' educational thought is discussed. It is divided into the school education, the social education and the special education, In chapter IV, the school education and social education are discussed. The school education includes elementary schools, middle schools, universities, normal schools and so on. Then Dai Jitao elaborates who should receive social education, and narrates how to develop social education.In chapter V,Special education includes the women education, the farming and forestry education, the military education, the frontier education, the overseas Chinese education and so on.In the conclusion, Dai Jitao' educational thought is appraised from two angles. One is ascensive: He can put forward ascensive suggestion according to the movement of the world, for example, supporting the women education and the common people education, when he leads Zhongshan University, he puts learning on the first place; He pays attention to the education which is neglected by the common people, like farming and forestry education, frontier education; He also advocates for the education investment. The other one is limited: the China traditional culture affects Dai Jitao very much, his attitude to women is conservative, he intervenes the party principle in the educational thought, it is disadvantageous to develop education freely.