Research On James Yen’s Commoner Education Thought And Its Contemporary Value

James Yen’s as a well-known famous educator,devoting to the promotion of commoner education in his whole life,which not only has a profound influence on China,but also in the world,especially in Asia,Africa and other third world countries.Based on the specific social background of China in the early twentieth century,and the basis of absorbing Chinese and western culture,finally James Yen produced an unique system ideology of commoner education by a long term practice and exploration.This article takes James Yen’s commoner education thought as the object of study,surrounding the specific conditions and theoretical origins and combining the practice of its commoner education,this article will systematically sum up the basic content and features of James Yen’s commoner educational thought,these has an enlightenment significance to that time or the contemporary era.Finally,starting from ideological and political education point of view,we refine the deeply value of James Yen’s commoner education thought and summarize the enlightenment significance of James Yen’s commoner education thought which enrich and innovate the ideological and political education career of our country university.The first part mainly introduces the specific conditions and theoretical origins of James Yen’s commoner education thought,and lay the foundation for the development of the whole article.This article hold the point that just like a hero is nothing but a product of his time,this is also true in the formation of James Yen’s commoner education thought.Besides,his commoner education thought not only has an important contact with specific historical and realistic conditions,but also has a close relation with his personal experiences and education experience.So on these basis,we should deeply explore the source of theory in order to people have a better understanding for his thought.The second part will systematically talk about the concrete process of James Yen’s commoner education thought,especially in his practice.By way of analysis of the social backgrounds of Yan Yangchu ’s time,combining with the practical contents of the main mass education in different stages of his practice,the practice processes are divided into three stages: earlier stage,metakinesis and later stage.The third part will summarize the content system of James Yen’s commoner education thought,which is based on his practice.It will include the connotation,goal,content,way of his commoner education and the unique time feature.The fourth part explore the implication and contemporary value of James Yen’s commoner education thought.The study of historical figures is not just only for the study of history,but also providing experiences for the current social reality.This paper argues that the essence of James Yen’s educational thought on commoner which presently still plays an important enlightenment significance in the ideological and political education for our colleges and universities.