Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2020, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (12): 130-138.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2020.12.012

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The Dalton Plan in China: The Chronicle of Helen Parkhurst’s Activities in China in 1925

Xie Changfa1, Zhou Ying2   

  1. 1. Faculty of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
    2. Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen 9712TJ, Netherlands
  • Published:2020-12-17

Abstract: Helen Parkhurst, one of the greatest American educators in the 20th Century, visited China to promote the Dalton Plan in 1925. Her visit to China was a big event in the history of educational exchange between the US and China, promoting the research and experimentation of the Dalton Plan in China and advanced Sino-American intellectual exchange in education and culture. However, due to the lack of historical records, Parkhurst’s complete journey remains unknown. Referring to archival holdings in the Dalton School and Yale University and other historical records in China, this article focuses on investigating Parkhurst’s complete itinerary in China, which could make the history of the Dalton Plan clearer and shed light on research on the Dalton Plan in China.

Key words: Parkhurst, the Dalton plan, visit to China, chronicle