A Tribute to Two Humanistic Educators in China: Lu Jie and Tao Xingzhi

Peter Tze Ming Ng

doi:10.1007/s11516-021-0005-4

A Tribute to Two Humanistic Educators in China: Lu Jie and Tao Xingzhi

Frontiers of Education in China ◽

10.1007/s11516-021-0005-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 113-125

Author(s):

Peter Tze Ming Ng

Keyword(s):

Tao Xingzhi

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100 YEARS OF JOHN DEWEY AND EDUCATION IN CHINA

The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era ◽

10.1017/s1537781417000299 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 400-408 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Grace Xinfu Zhang ◽

Ron Sheese

Keyword(s):

John Dewey ◽

Educational Reforms ◽

Columbia University ◽

American Psychologist ◽

Democracy And Education ◽

Tao Xingzhi ◽

China Today ◽

Educational Debate ◽

Changing Attitudes ◽

Education In China

Only a few years following the publication of Democracy and Education, from May 1919 to July 1921, John Dewey traveled and lectured in China. He arrived an already famous American psychologist, philosopher, and educator; but over the course of the years after his departure, that fame diminished, turning to infamy in the 1950s and 1960s, only to be somewhat restored in recent decades. The changing attitudes of the Chinese to Dewey and his ideas are associated with the changing, and often tumultuous, cultural and political context for education in China from the time of his visit through the following century. Hu Shi and Tao Xingzhi, PhD students of Dewey at Columbia University, were prominent Chinese educators who adapted Dewey's educational concepts to the Chinese environment, and their work continues to influence educational debate in China today. While there is desire among many contemporary educators for educational reforms that would be in line with Dewey's principles, there are equal or greater pressures for maintaining systems focused on examinations and memorization.

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