Study Of Yan Yangchu's Vocational Educational Thought

Mr. Yan Yangchu (1890～1990) , a civilian educator in the 1920s～1930s led a civilian education campaign in Dingxian of Hebei in accordance with the local situation. It was an attempt that vocational education met the demand of the rural education. It played a positive role in promoting the development of the rural economy and social. Mr. Yan Yangchu's civilian educational thought and practice are now still extremely valuable for us. This paper focuses on studying Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought, aiming at inheriting it critically and at the same time obtaining enlightenments to the contemporary rural vocational education, so as to speed up the pace of building a new socialist countryside.The paper is divided into four chapters with the following main ideas:ChapterⅠ, introduction. It introduces the background, the purpose, significance, Mentality and methods of this research. Finally, the three concepts of "civilian","civilian education" and "vocational education" are defined.ChapterⅡ, the main contents of Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought. This chapter is the innovation and key of the paper, acting as link between the preceding and the following. This part detailedly elaborates the purpose, the characteristics, the teaching contents, the teaching methods, the teaching principles, the teaching strategies of Yan Yangchu's vocational education. It aims at letting readers have a more comprehensive understanding and grasping about Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought and its modern value.ChapterⅢ, the comparative study of Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought. This chapter is the focus but also the difficulty of the paper. The paper compares Yan Yangchu with Huang Yanpei, Tao Xingzhi, Liang Shuming and Dewey, to find out their similar and differences on their thoughts of vocational education and to explore the causes. The purpose is to enable readers to understand more clearly the luminous point and its reference of Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought.ChapterⅣ, the inspiration of Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought to China's current rural vocational education. This chapter is the core of the paper. Through the description and analysis of the similarities and the new changes about vocational educational targets and contents, it is pointed out that Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought should develop what is useful or healthy and discard what is not, advancing with the times. In the final, the thesis explores several inspirations of Yan Yangchu's vocational educational thought in the respects of "new farmers" training and the development of vocational schools in rural areas.