Die Rezeption und Entwicklung der Geisteswissenschaftlichen Pädagogik in Taiwan

The Adoption and Development of the German Humanistic Educational Science in Taiwan

The main purpose of this study was to inquire into historical development and current status of German humanistic educational science in Taiwan. The adoption of GHES/ German cultural educational study before 1949 in mainland China, which later passed down in Taiwan, was mainly influenced by relevant researches in Japan. Then, as a result of the efforts of Tién Péi-Lín, Wáng Wén-Jùne, Chèng Chùng-Hsìn and Jān Dòng-Liáng, German cultural educational study, particularly from Eduard Spranger, was further adopted in Taiwan at least until the 1980s. This study found, firstly, that Bollnow’s existential philosophy appeared to be rarely incorporated into the context of GHES in the Taiwanese research literature. Secondly, to consider a connection between the Neo-Confucianism and modern educational philosophy could be regarded as a task left behind by the previous Chinese also Taiwanese GHES researchers. Thirdly, this paper pointed out that ideological educational theories had a negative impact by means of exclusion or downplaying on the development of the research of educational philosophy in the Chinese-speaking world around World War II. Finally, the Author claimed that GHES is nowadays still able to prove itself valuable for the reconstruction of educational history and the future of the research of educational philosophy in Taiwan.