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Year

1927-1930

Text

Gründung und Leitung der Xiao Zhuang (Morning Village Normal School) in Nanjing von Tao Xingzhi.
Tao creatively and critically implemented John Dewey's ideas in the normal school and its surrounding rural setting. He ded a 'half somersault' of Dewey's theory and transformed Dewey's 'education means life' to his 'life means education', Dewey's 'school as society' to his 'society as school', and Dewey's 'learning by doing' to his 'unity of three : teaching, learning, and reflective acting'.

Mentioned People (2)

Dewey, John  (Burlington 1859-1952 New York, N.Y.) : Philosoph, Pädagoge, Psychologe

Tao, Xingzhi  (Anhui 1891-1946 Shanghai) : Reformator für Erziehungswesen

Subjects

Social History : Education and Schooling

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1996 Su, Zhixin. Teaching, learning, and reflective acting : a Dewey experiment in Chinese teacher education. In :Teachers College record ; vol. 98, no 1 (1996). Publication / DewJ220
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
  • Person: Dewey, John
  • Person: Su, Zhixin