论清末湘西书院改制

摘要

书院改学堂,是清末教育改革的重要内容,它肇始于百日维新,完成于清末新政。湘西地区虽地处偏远,但在当地开明官绅的引领下,书院改制迅速推进,在数年内便完成由书院到学堂的转变。此举传播了西学和新式思想。书院改制开启了湘西传统教育向近代化转变的历程,它不仅构建了湘西近代学校的基本框架与体制,还创新了学校教育的内容,加速了湘西传统教育向近代教育的转型。%Changing from academy to school is an important part of the education reform in late Qing dynasty. The change started from Hundred Days’ Reform and ended with the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. Despite its remoteness, west Hunan enhanced its reform at a fast speed, due to the guidance of the enlightened officials. This spread the western learning and new ideas. The reform of academies opened the door to the modernization in west Hunan. It not only constructed the fundamental structure and system of modern schools in west Hunan, but also innovated the contents of school education, and enhanced the transformation from the traditional education to modern education in this area.