TY - JOUR
T1 - Young J. Allen’s educational enterprise and his introduction of American education system in late Ch’ing China
AU - Chou, Yu Wen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In the process of westernization of education in late Ch’ing China, the establishment of the American protestant mission schools, seen as an education revolution, was one of the important strategies to evangelism. The main aim of this article is to explore Young J. Allen’s educational enterprise and his devotion to introducing the American education system into China. Historical method is undertaken. Due to personal experiences, education in Allen’s view became a vehicle for attaining the mission’s goal, so he established day schools, Anglo-Chinese School and the Mctyeire School for Girls, and then initiated the plan of university. Later, mission school system and Soochow University were established. After 1894 he advocated education as important means of state formation, introduced the American educational system and initiated programs for reforming Chinese educational system. Therefore, his impacts cannot and should not be ignored. Implications to educational transfer as well as mission schools and its relation to the state education today are also discussed.
AB - In the process of westernization of education in late Ch’ing China, the establishment of the American protestant mission schools, seen as an education revolution, was one of the important strategies to evangelism. The main aim of this article is to explore Young J. Allen’s educational enterprise and his devotion to introducing the American education system into China. Historical method is undertaken. Due to personal experiences, education in Allen’s view became a vehicle for attaining the mission’s goal, so he established day schools, Anglo-Chinese School and the Mctyeire School for Girls, and then initiated the plan of university. Later, mission school system and Soochow University were established. After 1894 he advocated education as important means of state formation, introduced the American educational system and initiated programs for reforming Chinese educational system. Therefore, his impacts cannot and should not be ignored. Implications to educational transfer as well as mission schools and its relation to the state education today are also discussed.
KW - American education system
KW - Anglo-Chinese College
KW - John Allen
KW - Mission school
KW - The Methodist Episcopal Church (South)
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U2 - 10.3966/102887082020096603003
DO - 10.3966/102887082020096603003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85094557198
VL - 66
SP - 77
EP - 121
JO - Bulletin of Educational Research
JF - Bulletin of Educational Research
SN - 1028-8708
IS - 3
ER -