"Wang Chengxu" is the leader of academic spirit and the leader of academic thought.
He was awarded the title of UNESCO.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Educational Innovation in the Asia-Pacific Region", becoming the only education expert in the world to receive this award.
Wang Chengxu - 1925.
House of Scholars. On June 15, 1912, Wang Chengxu was born in a "scholarly home" in Sanjiali, Berlin Village, Jingang Street, Zhangjiagang City. His grandfather had taken the imperial examinations, his uncle had been a teacher, his father had received a traditional education in a private school, and his mother was literate. Wang Chengxu received an early education in such a family atmosphere.
He entered a private school at the age of 6 to read the "Four Books", and at the age of 7, he entered a new-style primary school. After five years of study, he went to study at Liangfeng Primary School in Yangshe. During his studies, the math teacher took a lot of care of him as a friend of his father. At that time, many teachers influenced him, so that he had the idea of becoming a teacher very early. After graduating from primary school in 1925, Wang Chengxu continued to study at Liangfeng Middle School. And this ** normal study is an important turning point that makes Wang Chengxu embark on the road of teaching.
Wang Chengxu is the editor-in-chief of "Outline of the Comparative History of Chinese and Foreign Education".
Wang Chengxu translated Principles of Education
Zhejiang University bonded. In 1932, Wang Chengxu was sent to the Department of Education of Nanjing ** University for further study. The school's teaching activities are mainly designed according to the theory of progressive education, and Wang Chengxu accepted the viewpoint of progressive education and became interested in Dewey's educational thought. In the 30s of the 20 th century, the "theory of education to save the country" was quite popular in China, and Wang Chengxu was also deeply influenced, coupled with the education he received at the normal school, all of which prompted him to form the concept of learning from foreign excellent experience and developing his own educational undertakings.
A year later, when Wang Chengxu was about to go to study at the Department of Education of Nanjing ** University, CUHK expelled the president**, and the school stopped recruiting students for that year. At this time, it is no longer possible to take the entrance exams of other schools. Just as Wang Chengxu was hesitating, Mr. Wu Boang, the head of the normal department of Wuxi Middle School, reached out and wrote a letter of introduction to Professor Zheng Xiaocang, then the head of the Department of Education of Zhejiang University. This letter not only solved Wang Chengxu's urgent need, but also made him an indissoluble bond with Zhejiang University.
In 1932, Wang Chengxu came to Hangzhou to meet Mr. Zheng Xiaocang with a letter of recommendation from Mr. Wu Boang. After reading the recommendation letter, Zheng Xiaocang agreed to Wang Chengxu to study at the Department of Education of Zhejiang University. A year later, Professor Zheng Xiaocang found that Wang Chengxu had excelled in his studies and hoped that he would stay and continue his studies. In this way, Wang Chengxu read it at Zhejiang University.
In 1939, Wang Chengxu and his wife were at the Arc de Triomphe in France.
Study abroad. On September 18, 1931, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Wang Chengxu was influenced by the ideological trend of "education to save the country" and applied for the public-funded international student examination.
In 1938, Wang Chengxu was admitted to the Sino-British Geng Scholarship for public scholarship and went to the University of London for further study. A year later, his classmate at Zhejiang University, his wife Zhao Duanying, also went to the University of London to study developmental psychology under the tutelage of Freud's daughter, Anna Freud.
In 1941, Wang Chengxu successfully completed his studies, obtained a master's degree and a teacher's diploma, and taught himself Russian. Studying in the UK not only laid a solid foundation for his educational theory, but also opened up a new field of educational research in the UK.
In 1948, Wang Chengxu edited "Primary Education in Post-War Britain".
A new way home. At the end of the war, Wang Chengxu ushered in the visit of Mr. Zheng Xiaocang. Many years later, the teachers and students were happy to meet again in a foreign country. During Zheng Xiaocang's visit to the UK, he expressed to Wang Chengxu the hope that he would return to work at Zhejiang University. At the end of 1946, when President Zhu Kezhen visited the UK, he also invited Wang Chengxu and his wife to return to Zhejiang University. Facing the invitation of the teachers of his alma mater, Wang Chengxu was quite moved and delighted. In January 1947, Wang Chengxu and his wife left the UK on the first post-war cargo ship bound for China, and returned to their motherland after more than three months.
After returning to China, Zhejiang University was demobilized and returned to the east after seven years of moving westward to run the school. Although the conditions for running the school are very simple, the prices in Hangzhou are soaring, and life is hard, Wang Chengxu has no regrets about his choice to return to China. He always believes that studying abroad is to learn skills and serve the motherland. This is a matter of course, and there is no need for a special reason, not for fame, not for profit, not for enjoyment, just like a wandering person who has to return to his roots after all.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Wang Chengxu continued to teach at Zhejiang University. Five years later, Mr. Wang Chengxu left Zhejiang University due to the adjustment policy of the institutions at that time, and taught at the newly established Zhejiang Normal University, where he served as the head of the Department of Education and the vice provost. In 1958, Zhejiang Normal University was once again reorganized into a comprehensive Hangzhou University, and Mr. Wang Chengxu became a professor of the Department of Education of Hangzhou University.
In 1964, after the Steering Group for International Studies of the Communist Party of China and the Foreign Affairs Office approved the Report of the Ministry of Higher Education on the Establishment of Institutions for the Study of Foreign Issues in Colleges and Universities, 18 colleges and universities across the country successively established institutions for the study of foreign issues. As one of them, Wang Chengxu participated in the translation of "Selected Treatises on Western Bourgeois Education", "Selected Treatises on Ancient Western Education" and "Selected Treatises on Modern Western Bourgeois Education". These translations were published in the 60s and 80s of the 20th century and became the main textbooks of the education departments of teacher training colleges. In addition, Mr. Wang Chengxu and Mr. Zhao Duanying also translated foreign educational works such as "Selected Works on Dewey's Education" and "Dewey School" together with Mr. Zhao Xianglin and others.
Mr. Wang Chengxu received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Educational Innovation in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Significant contributions. In 1980, Wang Chengxu was elected as a member of UNESCO's Advisory Board on Cooperation in Education in Asia and the Pacific. He spearheaded the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) Contact Center at Zhejiang University. He has traveled abroad many times, participated in conferences of international education organizations, promoted cooperation among APEID member countries, and promoted educational innovation and social development.
Since 1991, he has enjoyed *** special allowance. In 1993, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Education, University of London. In 2003, he was awarded the UNESCO Lifetime Achievement Award for Educational Innovation in the Asia-Pacific Region. In 2009, he was awarded the "Zhu Kezhen Award", the highest honor for teachers in Zhejiang University. In 2010, he was awarded the "Special Contribution Award for Higher Education Scientific Research" by the Chinese Association of Higher Education.
In addition, Mr. Wang Chengxu actively promoted the work of the CPPCC. During his tenure as vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, he paid attention to investigation and research, actively participated in the discussion of politics, made suggestions and suggestions, and made positive contributions to upholding and improving the first-class cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and to the cause of the Zhejiang CPPCC and the healthy development of the economy and society.
As for the honor, he treated it indifferently and repeatedly emphasized: "This honor belongs to the collective that works with me and belongs to our dear motherland." ”