Research On Popular Education In Hunan In 1920s

Since modern times,the national crisis has been deepening,people of insight more and more aware of the importance of awakening the common people.It is in this context that popular education is endowed with the function of enlightening the people and improving the society,and is carried out with great vigour throughout the country.Under the background of the prosperity and development of popular education in the whole country,the government and educational circles in hunan made great achievements in popular education and promoted the innovation and development of modern hunan education."Hunan popular daily" takes educating the public as its own duty,promotes the vigorous development of popular education in hunan,and is the representative of popular newspaper in hunan during the Republic of China.The author takes hunan popular daily from1921 to 1929 as the center,and on the basis of possessing a large number of detailed historical materials,the author makes a comprehensive analysis and research on hunan popular education in the 1920 s by using the scientific research methods such as literature analysis,tabulation analysis and multidisciplinary research.This paper first analyzes the historical background of the development of popular education in hunan in the 1920 s,discusses the development of popular education in the early Republic of China and the promotion of popular education in hunan,and expounds the contents of the establishment,purpose,column and operation and distribution of hunan popular daily.Secondly,this paper sorts out the basic content of popular education in hunan in 1920 s.The inculcation of new national concept is mainly discussed from three aspects: inculcation of national concept,cultivation of civic concept and cultivation of autonomous spirit.On the new morality and the new custom praise respect,mainly from the new marriage advocate,the publicity of the abolition movement,the criticism of the feudal bad habits,the new custom and the new moral cultivation and so on carries on the elaboration.About the publicity of scientific and health knowledge and the professor of industrial knowledge,mainly from the publicity of scientific knowledge,the publicity of health knowledge,the professor of industrial knowledge and so on.Thirdly,this paper discusses the characteristics of popular education in hunan in the 1920 s,such as popularization,practicability,scientificity and popularity.Finally,this paper reveals the influence and inspiration of popular education in hunan in the 1920 s.While popularizing the basic education of hunan people and improving the overall quality of hunan people,popular education also promotes the improvement of social customs to a certain extent.Through a comprehensive analysis of the popular education in hunan during this period,the enlightenment to the contemporary social education is drawn.The content of social education should be related to people's actual life,and excellent popular reading is a necessity for the growth and development of the people.