A Brief Discussion of the Development and Characteristics of Modern Western Education

摘要

This paper explains the development of modern western education from three stages such as the western education before World War II, the restoration of education in western countries after World War II and the western education in 1960s～1980s. Further, this paper makes case analysis on several very typical countries or on several influential and representative education scholars and schools in different stages and then makes a summary on the characteristics of this period. Thinking and learning about the development of Western education in different stages can help us better understand and memorize the relevant content of modern western education.