TEXT I
First read the questions. 35. Which president advocated the lifting of the ban on women teachers? A. Xu Yangqiu. B. Wu Yifang. C. Tao Xingzhi. D. Chen Heqin.
36. What is Guo Juefu? A. A painter. B. A poet. C. A biologist. D. A psychologist.
Now go through TEXT I quickly to answer questions 35 and 36. Many presidents of the century old Nanjing Normal University (NJNU) have put forward insightful and inspiring education theories and practices, which have had a far-reaching impact on China's education history. Jiang Qian and Guo Bingwen proposed a school running principle that advocated the balance between versatility and specialization, liberal arts and sciences. Tao Xingzhi, a well-known educator, carried out many important reforms in the university. For the first time in China, he advocated the lifting of the ban on women teachers and opened adult training classes in summer vacations. Wu Yifang, China's first woman university president, emphasized normal education, regarding it as the parent engine and heavy industry of education. Chen Heqin established a Chinese?style and scientific theory for modern education for children. There have also been many noted scholars and artists. Educator Xu Yangqiu was one of China's earliest scholars to study American education theory. Professor Luo Bingwen devoted himself to normal education theory and Chinese and foreign education history, advocating that teachers should be models of virtue for the students so that their behaviour guides the students. Psychologist Guo Juefu is an important figure in China's psychological history. China Psychological History〖WTBZ〗, a book he authored, has made its mark in international psychological circles. Zhang Daqian, a well-known master of traditional Chinese painting, advised his students to read books systematically and selectively to rid themselves of worldliness, fickleness and pedantry. Zhang also pointed out that success comes largely from one's own endeavours, but partly from circumstance. Sun Wang, a poet versed in the poems popular in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 907),told students to map out a long term schedule for their studies and to work towards fulfillment of their goal phase by phase. Biologist Chen Bangjie overcame formidable difficulties to collect plant specimen and became China's father of bryology. Generations of talented educators have given Nanjing Normal University a fine reputation.
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