本书再现了晚清时期位于福州马尾的船政学堂那段既辉煌又鲜为人知的历史，勾画了左宗棠、沈葆桢创办船政学堂的艰辛和成就，绘出了船政学堂的办学经过和船政毕业生、留学生的风采，为近代教育史谱写了船政教育的华彩乐章。并在此基础上阐述了船政教育的模式、特点及其深远意义，为当代的高等教育、职业技术教育提供了可借鉴的经验。作者从西方教育模式中国化这个全新的视角对船政学堂的历史地位进行探索，使人耳目一新。

本书适合于教育界人士、史料研究人员、船政文化研究人员及对船政学堂感兴趣的读者阅读。

PREFACE

Chapter 1 Pioneering Work of Learning from Westerners in Order to Check Them

Section 1 The Historical Background of Founding Chuan Zheng School

Section 2 The Proposal of Founding Chuan Zheng School

Section 3 The Founding ofMawei Chuan Zheng School

Section 4 The Naissance of Qiushitangyi Bureau

Chapter 2 The Joint-pattern Management Mode with Both Chinese and Foreign Characteristics

Section 1 The Setting up of Chuan Zheng Education

Section 2 The System of Running Chuan Zheng Education

Section 3 The Educational Management System of Chuan Zheng School

Section 4 Financial Sources of Chuan Zheng Education

Chapter 3 Introduction of Teaching Methods of Modern Education

Section 1 Specialty and Curriculum Offered in the School

Section 2 Teaching Management

Section 3 Practically Teaching

Section 4 Assessing School Works

Section 5 Teaching Facilities

Section 6 Teaching Methods

Chapter 4 Strategies for Recruiting Teachers in the Way of Sailing Borrowed Ships

Section 1 General Condition of the Teachers

Section 2 Employment of Teachers

Section 3 Tutorial Management

Section 4 Tutorial Pay and Conditions

Chapter 5 A Mode of Managing Students with "Power-in-My-Hand".

Section 1 Enrollment in Chuan Zheng School

Section 2 Management of Students' Daily Affairs

Section 3 Students' Daily Education in Ideology and Politics

Section 4 Graduation

Section 5 Obtaining Employment

Chapter 6 Pioneering Practice of Sending Students Abroad for Further Study

Section 1 Chuan Zheng Students' Further Studying Abroad

Section 2 Candidates Sent to Study abroad by Chuan Zheng School

Section 3 Regulations of Studying Abroad Stipulated by Chuan Zheng School

Section 4 Administration of Studying Abroad Stipulated by Chuan Zheng School

Section 5 Funds for Studying Abroad from Chuan Zheng School

Section 6 Tutors of the Students Studying Abroad

Section 7 A Survey of the Students Studying Abroad

Chapter 7 Achievements and Historic Place of Chnan Zheng School

Section 1 Main Achievements of Chuan Zheng School

Section 2 The Historical Status of Chuan Zheng School

Section 3 Strict Rectitude of Graduates from Chuan Zheng School

Chapter 8 The Characteristics and Significance of Chuan Zheng Education Mode

Section 1 On Education Mode

Section 2 On Chuan Zheng Education Mode

Section 3 The Connotation and Characteristics of Chuan Zheng Education Mode

Section 4 The Significance of Chuan Zheng Education Mode

Epilogue The Development and Recollection of Chuan Zheng School

Reference

Appendix

Appendix 1 Chronicle of Events of Chuan Zheng School

Appendix 2 Tables of Official Position of Graduates from Chuan Zheng School

Appcndix 3 Contrasting Table of Military Rank in the Qing Dynasty

Appendix 4 Statistical Table of Mawei Chuan Zheng's Funds over the Years

Afterword