Project Gutenberg 2014-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 191 United States. Bureau of Education United States. Board of Education United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Education 11003223 Progress of Western Education in China and Siam Produced 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.) "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.) Reading ease score: 57.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Education -- China Education -- Thailand LA Text Category: History - Other Category: History - Schools & Universities Category: Teaching & Education 75793 2025-09-18T06:01:58.248448 text/html 75976 75594 2024-10-18T16:50:27.319627 2023-09-19T11:58:55.386073 text/html text/html 100244 2025-09-18T06:02:03.348426 application/epub+zip 99029 2025-09-18T06:02:01.134439 application/epub+zip 89865 2025-09-18T06:02:00.069442 application/epub+zip 209168 2025-09-18T06:02:04.953413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199867 2025-09-18T06:02:02.700464 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171995 2022-09-20T10:55:37.214485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63020 2025-09-18T06:01:58.022448 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42941 2024-10-23T22:06:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17566 2025-09-18T06:02:05.075407 application/rdf+xml 13280 2025-09-18T06:02:00.555443 image/jpeg 2881 2025-09-18T06:02:00.310462 image/jpeg 98486 2025-09-18T06:01:58.254463 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under United States. Office of Education