教育家陈鹤琴新论

On educator Chen Heqin

陈鹤琴是我国近代著名的教育家,在中国教育现代化探索中作出多方面的贡献。他在引入西方教育学理的同时,运用调查、统计、测量、实验等实证方法开展教育和儿童学研究,对我国教育研究的科学化发展起到了引领作用。他主持开展的鼓楼幼稚园实验是探索建立完整中国化学前教育模式的经典案例。他最早尝试通过自己的观察实验,以中国儿童为对象,建立我国儿童心理学体系,开展民族化的儿童学理论探索。他发起创立的"中华儿童教育社"是南京国民政府时期推动我国儿童教育研究的最重要的学术社团。他所创建的"活教育"理论是我国现代教育史上影响深远的教育理论,从不同角度启迪着我们今天的教育实践。

Chen Heqin is a well--known Chinese educator who has made great contributions to the modernization of education by introduction of western educational theories, empirical approaches, statis- tics, measurement, experiment and children＇s studies. His pioneering Gulou kindergarten experiment has established a preschool educational pattern with psychology in China. China Children＇s Education Society initiated and founded by Chen Heqin is the paramount academic society for the promotion of children＇s education in China during the Nanjing Nationalist Government. His living education theory has a far--reac- hing influence upon educational practices.