A Survey of the Research on Teaching Materials between 1901 and 1915

Key words: 
• Johann Friedrich Herbart；pedagogy；teaching materials；stages of teaching forms；the late Qing Dynasty and early period of the Republic of China

Abstract: In the late Qing Dynasty and early period of the Republic of China (from 1 901 to 1 915 ), course books of teaching methodology by Johann Friedrich Herbart were introduced to China through Japan to meet China??s demand of teaching in the new schools and teachers??college.In translating and introducing these course books,some course books were also compiled following Herbert??s structures and contents,resulting in a boom in terms of the number and the diversity in terms of types.In this period,the course books of teaching methodology are characterized by the influence of Herbert??s “Five Formal Steps”model,a focus on bourse books and teaching methods,a neglect of courses,and the e-mergence and preliminary establishment of the discipline of modern teaching methodology.