Liang Qichao and his Educational Reform at the Academy of Current Events
Liang Qichao carried out an effective modern education reform at his Shiwu School(Academy of Current Events at Chang-sha).In terms of the teaching purpose,he integrated the current affairs with learning with a view to training talents for the reform movement;in terms of teaching content,he combined Chinese learning and western learning throughout the curriculum and the course of teaching;in terms of teaching methods,he drew on the merits of traditional Chinese academies like note-taking,face-to-face question-and-answer ses-sions,lectures,and teacher-student co-dining,co-living and co-learning,while adopting the new western-style schools'system of recruiting through interviews,participation in academic activities,and application of modern educational technologies and teaching methods.His edu-cational reform trained a crop of new intellectuals and created a precedent in Hunan's modern education.
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