02604cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000390012624500520016526400510021730000470026833600260031533700260034133800360036750000310040350803530043452013370078753400450212465300230216965300260219285600430221899900170226144614UtSlPG20260610134026.0mcr n260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a11003223  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aLA1 aUnited States. Bureau of Education10aProgress of Western Education in China and Siam 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2014  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2014-01-07  aProduced by the volunteers of Project Gutenberg Thailand. Proofreading by users brianjungwi, dekpient, rikker, emil. PGT is an affiliated sister project focusing on public domain books on Thailand and Southeast Asia. Project leads: Rikker Dockum, Emil Kloeden. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)  a"Progress of Western Education in China and Siam" is a historical account compiled by the United States Bureau of Education, likely written during the late 19th century. The book focuses primarily on the introduction and development of Western educational practices and ideas in both China and Siam (modern-day Thailand), detailing the progress made in these regions towards embracing foreign knowledge systems.  The content of the book provides a series of dispatches from American diplomats and consuls, documenting various educational initiatives taken in China and Siam. In China, there is an emphasis on the establishment of schools, including the notable Tung wen Kwan College, which aimed to train interpreters and officials in foreign knowledge; however, the challenges of maintaining student engagement and adequate support from Chinese authorities are highlighted. In Siam, the book discusses the King's initiative to introduce Western education, focusing on a government school in Bangkok that taught both English and the Siamese language, although broader educational reforms remained slow due to conservative opposition. Overall, the text offers insights into the shifting educational landscapes in these two countries during a time of significant change and modernization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aEducation -- China  aEducation -- Thailand40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44614  c85453d85453