Therefore, the greatest feature of the history of foreign education is its rich content, which is sometimes difficult for us as China people to understand.
Therefore, when we remember, we should focus on the arrangement of the framework and the use of memory methods, rather than rote memorization.
To learn the history of foreign teachers well, we must first understand the differences between China and the West. The difference between China and the West first stems from the difference in geographical environment. China has a vast interior, but its periphery is closed. The land area in the west is small, and most of it is near the sea. Therefore, China has formed an agricultural civilization, and the west has formed a marine civilization.
Therefore, agricultural civilization attaches great importance to inheritance and relocation, while marine civilization emphasizes law and reform because of the needs of commercial trade.
At the same time, China began to implement centralization from the Qin Dynasty, while in the West, secular regimes were divided and religious rights were unified.
These differences between China and the West will affect the choice of Chinese and Western roads, as well as their educational forms.
When we try to understand western ideas, we can begin to learn the history of foreign education. The history of foreign education mainly studies two parts, the history of system and the history of thought. However, in different historical periods, these two parts have focused on it.
The first thing to do in studying the history of foreign education is to clarify the framework.
After clarifying the framework, it is the memory of details. Including the educational thoughts of three Greek philosophers, Christian educational thoughts and so on.
But you can't memorize the details. But to master its internal logic. This should be analyzed in detail.