Chapter Eleven Conclusion: Explore Modernization of Chinese Education

Thisconcluding chapter presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book Cultural foundations of Chinese Education. The book analyzes various factors affecting the traditions of Chinese education and its complex and varied foundation. The core foundation of Chinese education is traditional Chinese culture; however, modern Chinese education was introduced from the West, so it inevitably has Western characteristics. China was initially forced to learn from West, but then later China learned from the West on its own initiative. The book concludes that the traditions of modern Chinese education, namely educational thoughts, systems, contents and approaches were formed within the political and economic context after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) by inheriting and adapting traditional education traditions as well as absorbing foreign education traditions. Modern Chinese education has incorporated elements of Western cultures because it was developed by learning from Western educational systems.Keywords: Chinese culture; Chinese education; educational approaches; educational contents; educational systems; educational thoughts; Western cultures; Western educational systems