A Flash In The Pan Of The Rural Education Movement—An Research On Henan Village Government Academy

Henan Village Government Academy is a concrete practice of the Rural Education in Henan. The rural self-government people established Henan Village Government Academy under the support of the local warlords, which also gets the strong guidance of Liang Shuming-a famous educator. It has a far-reaching influence on the Rural Education of Henan and even the whole country, but the researchers are few. In this paper, I will use the way of literature analysis and historical research. On this foundation, I try to restore the historical appearance of Henan Village Government Academy and then explore its characteristics and historical influences.In order to ensure the quality of Henan Village Government Academy, the founders invited many domestic famous teachers especially, and also recruited a large number of eligible young students. The goal of Henan Village Government Academy was to train a lot of talents for the rural autonomy. According to the training goal, the Academy set up different departments and carried out rich educational practices.But Henan Village Government Academy only insisted about a year due to the Central Plains War and so on. After that, many students had to rush to leave in the absence of graduation. Some went to Shandong to participate in the forming of Shandong Rural Reconstruction Institute, some went to Zhenping to carry out the village autonomy following Peng Yuting who was the dean, and the others went back to their hometowns to continue the rural education career.Although the existence time of Henan Village Government Academy was short, it had a profound influence. It has trained a large number of talents for the rural education of Henan province and even the whole country, and has also laid a solid foundation of talents and ideas for Shandong Rural Reconstruction Institute in future.