John Dewey and Chinese education : : a centennial reflection / / edited by Huajun Zhang and Jim Garrison.

• TeilnehmendeR: Zhang, Huajun,; Garrison, James W., 1949-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Beijing Normal University International Education Series ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 pages)

This book celebrates the centennial of Dewey's visit to China (1919-1921). Reflecting on the history of Dewey's visit is critical to understanding China's modernization and to reevaluating the early efforts of the radical intellectuals in the May Fourth Movement (1919), some of whom w...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• List of Images and Tables
• 1 The Revival of Confucian Education in Study Halls and Academies
• 1.1 Confucian Education Emerging from Historical Discontinuities
• 1.2 Popular Confucian Revival and Agency in the Classics-Reading Movement
• 1.3 Wang Caigui and the Movement's Underlying Intellectual Construction
• 1.4 Links to the Confucian Revival on Political and Academic Levels
• 2 Dynamics of Utopianism: Confucian Visions in Response to Social Problems
• 2.1 Criticism of Public Education and Its Historical Derivation
• 2.2 Criticism of Society and the Classics as a Solution
• 2.3 Personal Experiences and Turning Points to Classics-Reading Education
• 2.4 Group Solidarity in Classics-Reading Activities
• 3 Grounding Classics-Reading Education in Ideal Learning Environments
• 3.1 Nature, Naturality, and the Ideal Physical Environment for Education
• 3.2 The Family, Parenting, and Ideal Social Environments for Education
• 4 Self-Cultivation and a Regulated Lifestyle in Study Halls and Academies
• 4.1 Elements of Classics-Reading Practice
• 4.2 Shaping the Body and Forming the Self: Rules and Discipline
• 4.3 The Spiritual Dimension of Life in Study Halls and Academies
• 5 The Movement's Political Implications and Potential for Social Change
• 5.1 The Child in Classics-Reading Education: Empowered or Lacking a Future?
• 5.2 The Adult Activist: Potential and Limits of Social Change
• Appendix
• References.