胡适、陶行知接受杜威实用主义教育思想的方法论比较

胡适和陶行知由于各自出身、性格和所受教育有所不同，导致其所关注的中国教育的领域不同，前者主要关注大学教育和学术，后者则全身心地投入到为人民大众服务的平民教育和乡村教育之中，因此二人对杜威实用主义教育思想的接受及本土化的程度也有所区别。但由于二人处在相同的中国社会背景和中国文化之中。其对杜威实用主义教育思想的接受及本土转化仍有相似之处。

A Comparison of Hu Shi and Tao Xingzhi's Approaches to Dewey's Pragmatic Educational Theory

The paper surveys the differences between HU Shi and TAO Xingzhi, of different family, personality and schooling backgrounds, in acceptance and application of Dewey's pragmatic educational theory, for the former focused mainly on the university education and academic research while the latter on the education of common people in urban and rural areas. Both scholars, however, lived in Chinese society and shared the same culture values, and similarities existed in their approaches toward Dewey's pragmatic educational theory.