清季天津电报学堂初探

A Study of Tianjin Telegraph School in the Late Qing Dynasty

电报是西方近代重要科技文明成果之一。晚清时期中国在引进西方这一科技之时,曾创办一系列电报学堂。天津电报学堂作为中国第一所常设电报学堂,是清朝疆臣"权自我操"理念的产物。该学堂在其发展过程中不断优化教学内容,革新教学手段,为晚清电报建设培养出大量合格人才,成为成功移植西式近代工程技术学校的典型案例,从而在中国近代教育转型中扮演不可或缺的角色。

Telegraph is an important modern western scientific and technical civilization achievement. When it was introduced to China, a number of telegraph schools were found. Tianjin Telegraph School, the first permanent telegraph school, was the result of the late Qing government officials′ thought of sovereignty owned and exercised by China. The telegraph school nurtured a lot of qualified people for telegraph construction in the late Qing by optimizing content of courses and it became a typical case of successful adaptation of western modern engineer and technician schools. Thus, it played an indispensable part in the transformation of modern Chinese education.