TTLA: The educational philosophy of Fukuzawa Yukichi and its influence on Vietnam in the early 20th century.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the doctoral candidate:Duong Thi Nhan       

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: March 23, 1987

4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen

5. Decision No. 2999/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.

6. Changes in the training process: Decision on adjusting the title of the doctoral dissertation, No. 353/QD-SDH, dated April 24, 2015, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

7. Thesis title:"The educational philosophy of Fukuzawa Yukichi and its influence on Vietnam in the early 20th century."

8. Specialization: Dialectical Materialism and Historical MaterialismCode: 62.22.03.02

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Thai

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Systematizing and generalizing Fukuzawa Yukichi's educational ideas from a philosophical perspective, pointing out the necessity of their formation and the reciprocal relationship between those ideas and contemporary Japanese society.

- For the first time, this study analyzes and evaluates from a philosophical perspective the influence of Fukuzawa Yukichi's educational reform ideas on Vietnam in the early 20th century, not only in terms of the ideological transformation of the feudal Confucian scholar class but also its impact on their actions, as manifested in the modernization movements, especially the Dong Du movement and the Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc school.

11. Practical applications:

- To be used as a reference for teaching, learning, and researching the history of Japanese philosophy, the history of Vietnamese thought, the history of Eastern philosophy, and the philosophy of education.

12. Future research directions:

- Continue exploring educational thought during the Meiji period, the history of Japanese philosophical thought, and Eastern philosophical thought.

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

1. Duong Thi Nhan (2012), “Fukuzawa Yukichi’s thought on the independent human being in the work “Encouragement of Learning”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(3/133), pp. 41-49.

2. Duong Thi Nhan (2013), “The main educational ideas of Fukuzawa Yukichi in the work “Encouragement of Learning”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(5/147), pp. 70-78.

3. Duong Thi Nhan (2015), “The influence of Yukichi Fukuzawa’s reformist ideas on education on Japanese society”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(1/167), pp. 70-77.

4. Duong Thi Nhan, Nguyen Thi Thu Hang (2015), “Fukuzawa Yukichi and his Escape from Asia Thought”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(6/172), pp. 55-62.

5. Duong Thi Nhan (2015), “Applying Fukuzawa Yukichi's ideas on educational content in the work "Encouragement of Learning" to develop learners' abilities in Vietnam today”,Green Knowledge Magazine(9+10), pp. 68-73.

6. Duong Thi Nhan (2015), “Applying Fukuzawa Yukichi's views on the principles of educational reform to the fundamental and comprehensive reform of Vietnamese education in the context of current globalization”,Proceedings of the International Conference “Economic, Social and Educational Transformation”, pp. 150-156.

7. Duong Thi Nhan (2016), “The influence of Fukuzawa Yukichi’s educational thought on some reform movements in Vietnam in the early 20th century”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(1/179), pp. 62-69.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

3. Date of birth: March 23^rd 1987                                4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen

5. Admission decision number: 2999/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30^th,2013, by President of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: Decision on modifying the doctoral thesis title, the decision number 353/QD-SDH dated April 24^th2015 by Director of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

7. Official thesis title: The Fukuzawa Yukichi's thoughts of education and its influence on Vietnam in the early twentieth century

8. Major: Dialectical and Historical MaterialismCode: 62.22.03.02

9. Supervisors: Associate Professor Pham Hong Thai

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has systematized and generalized Fukuzawa Yukichi's ideas of education from the philosophic angle as well as indicating the inevitability of the establishment and causal relationship of those ideas with Japan's social contemporary ideas.

- For the first time, the effects of FukuzawaYukichi's ideas of education on Vietnam in the early twentieth century are analyzed and evaluated from the philosophical angle, pointing out not only the change in thoughts of feudal Confucian scholars but also their actions in Modernization movements, particularly the movement “Dong Du” (literally translated as “Travelling to the East”) and “Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc” (literally as “Dong Kinh free school”).

11. Practical applicability:

- The thesis can be used as a reference in teaching, learning and researching history of Japanese philosophical history, history of Vietnamese thoughts, history of Eastern philosophy and educational philosophy.

12. Further research directions:

- Continuing to study education ideas in Meiji period, history of Japanese philosophic thoughts and Eastern philosophic thoughts.

13. Thesis-related publications:

1. Duong Thi Nhan (2012), “Fukuzawa Yukichi's idea of ​​independent people in “An Encouragement of Learning”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(3/133), pp. 41-49.

2. Duong Thi Nhan (2013), “Fukuzawa Yukichi's key ideas of education in “An Encouragement of Learning”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(5/147), pp. 70-78.

3. Duong Thi Nhan (2015), “The effects of Fukuzawa Yukichi's innovative ideas of education on Japanese society”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(1/167), pp. 70-77.

4. Duong Thi Nhan, Nguyen Thi Thu Hang (2015), “Fukuzawa Yukichi and his Asia Escaping's thought”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(6/172), pp. 55-62.

5. Duong Thi Nhan (2015), “Application of Fukuzawa Yukichi's idea of ​​education in “An encouragement of learning” to build learner's capacity in Vietnam”,Green Knowledge journal(9+10), pp. 68-73.

6. Duong Thi Nhan (2015), “Application of Fukuzawa Yukichi idea about education reform principles into the education reform cause in Vietnam amidst globalization”, Proceedings ofSocio-economic change and education, pp.150-156.

7. Duong Thi Nhan (2016), “The effects of Fukuzawa Yukichi's ideas of education on some modernization movements in Vietnam in early twentieth century”,Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(1/179), pp. 62-69.