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Zhang Xiaohan

Associate Researcher

E-mail:zhang_xiaohan@126.com

Research Interests

Economic and Social History in Europe; the Theory and method of History Education;

History of Western Education

Main points:The overall cultural level of society is an important basis for promoting social development, and the study of common people's education is an important part of the study on economic and social history. The mains who ran the education services in Europe, which met the needs of different strata for education, were distributed in all strata, and charity donation plays an important role. Family education is the initial stage of education, and the emergence of school education is slowly derived. Social education provides rich ways for people's education and secular education. The cultural heritage of the early Middle Ages was not interrupted, but continuous developed by missionaries, it gradually integrated the elements of ancient Greece and Rome, Germanic, Hebrews and Christianity, and gradually formed the unique Europe Civilization. Since the 18th century, Education had been brought into national affairs and established the national education system one after another in all regions and countries.The development of education has promoted the process of modernization in European countries.

Recently, my focus has been on:

1、The needs and ways of people receiving education; the developing routines of these educational channels; the roles of social donation in it?

2、The different roles about those people running schools; The measures to protect their rights;

3、The social state of shool teachers as a whole group;

4、The new development of national education in Europe.

Teaching courses

History Pedagogy; Computer Aided History Teaching; History Curriculum Concepts and methods of Middle School;Application of Information Technology in History Teaching; History Teaching Psychology; Comparative Study of History Education; Modern History (part of content); History of Western Education, etc.

Key Publications

1. Participate in A Brief History of World, China Social Science Publishing Press, 2014.

2. Participate in the New History of the World：Volume of ideology and Culture,Tianjin Science and Technology Publishing Press, 2008.

Articles

1. “On the Income of the School masters in England before the End of the 19th Century”,Review of Economic and Social History, No. 2, 2015.

2. “A brief Analysis of the sources of income of Teachers in Universities since the Middle Ages”,History Teaching (second half monthly),No. 12, 2014.

3. “An Analysis of the Guild Apprenticeship System of Middle Ages in Europe"(second author),the Vocational Education Forum, 2014.

4. “Historical Changes in Small Towns since the Ming and Qing Dynasties: a Case Study of Tianjin Area” (second author),Economic and Social History Review, Nov.2013.

5. “Orientation, Opportunity and Challenge: Summary of the National Symposium on discipline Construction of World History" (first author),Economic and Social History Review, Nov. 2012.

6. “Social donation and the living conditions of Teachers in early Modern England”,History Teaching (second half monthly),No. 12, 2012.

7. “Summary of the Symposium on the Subject Construction of World History in China”, (first author),World History,No. 6, 2011.

8. “Analysis of the qualifications and treatment of medieval teachers in England”, (the second author),History Teaching, No.2, 2011.

9. “Family Education: a Promoter for Modern Primary Education in the UK”, (second author),Journal of Tianjin Normal University(Social Science Edition), No. 6,2010.

10. “Popularization of Printing Technology: Technical Guarantee for Educational Development in the England”,Journal of Taiyuan City Vocational and Technical College, No.9, 2010.

11. “Property Rights of Oxford University”,Economic and Social History Review, Series IV, Oct. 2008.

12. “If You Are a History Teacher in the Information Age: an Attempt to Organically Combine Pre-service Training with the Routine Teaching of History”,Proceedings of the Intel Future Education Project Teachers Forum 2008, May 2009.

13. “Women and Society: Inheritance and Change since 1870”, in Hou Jianxin,Economic-Social History: new directions in Historical Studies, The Commercial Press, 2002.

14. “Review of the Sixth Congress and Symposium of the World Association for the study of Middle Ages History in China” (second author),History Teaching, No. 12,2004.

15. “World History Forum held in Tianjin normal University”,Journal of Tianjin Normal University(Social Science Edition), No. 4, 2005.

TranslationWorks:

1. “A Comparison between the Two Capitals: Beijing and Copenhagen in History”(translated),Economic-Social History Review, Series 2, 2006.

2. “Origin of Oxford University"(compilation), Review of Economic-Social History, Series III, June 2007.

Funded Research Projects

1. Participate in the National Major Project:European Civilization Process Research(Volume 17),as one of chief author in European popular Education Process Research.

2. Participate in the compilation of the current textbook”, World History of compulsory Education" by the Ministry of Education”.

3. Participated in the major project of the National Social Science Foundation: the translation of Cambridge Ancient History,A New Cambridge History of the Middle Ages.

4. “Research on Modern Vocational Education in Britain”, Funded by University Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project in Tianjin, 2010.

5. “Voluntary contributions and the Development of Modern British Education”, funded by Tianjin philosophy and Social Science Research Program, 2011.

6. “Research on Modern British Educational Endowment”, Funded by Tianjin Education Science Planning Subject(Youth Special Project), 2011.

7. “On the tradition of early Family Education and its impact on the Modern Educational system in England”, funded by School Youth Fund Project, Tianjin Normal University, 2002.

8. “Conceptand Method of History Curriculum in Middle School”. Funded by School Curriculum Development Project, 2007.

9. Network Curriculum Construction Project on “Interpretation of History Curriculum Standards”, Funded by Network Curriculum Construction Project, Tianjin Education Commission (participation), 2003.

10. Network Curriculum Construction Project on “Introduction to History”, funded by National Ministry of Education Network Curriculum Construction Project (participation),2002.

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