Mr Chen Heqin.
Nanjing Gulou Kindergarten is a representative experimental kindergarten in the Republic of China.
1923, Chen Heqin was established in a private residence and served as a director. He hired Lu Ailin, a lecturer in American childish education at Southeast University, as his tutor, and Gan, an American student studying in the United States, as his teacher. 1925 raised funds to build a garden house in Toutou Lane, Gulou, hence the name.
From the beginning, she has been an experimental kindergarten in the Department of Education of Southeast University, and sent Zhang Zonglin, a graduate, to the kindergarten to help carry out the experiment. The main idea is to "test the naive education in China and apply the experimental results to the whole country".
Carry out comprehensive experiments, that is, curriculum experiments, habits and skills experiments, and the transformation of equipment and toys that are unique to naive students; Curriculum experiment includes curriculum organization experiment, subject experiment, teaching material and teaching method experiment, and takes curriculum organization experiment as the center. After achieving results, it was tried out in Nanjing and suburban kindergartens.
From 65438 to 0928, on the basis of investigation, we drafted the national provisional standards for kindergarten curriculum and the standards for children's habits. Edited and published books and periodicals such as Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Education Series and One-year Unit Teaching in Kindergarten, which had an impact on preschool education in China.
1932 continue to carry out the experiment of holistic teaching method, which is based on children's life and psychological development, centered on society and nature, and connected with extracurricular and teaching of various subjects. 1937 was closed due to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. Park resumed at 1945.
1947 Increase primary school classes and carry out children's connection experiments. 1952 was taken over by Nanjing Education Bureau and renamed as Nanjing Gulou Kindergarten.
Above reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanjing Gulou Kindergarten