Du Zuozhou
Du Zuozhou was a Chinese educator, writer and psychologist.Biography
Du was born in Dongyang, Jinhua of Zhejiang province in late Qing Dynasty China. Du's courtesy name was Jitang. Du graduated from Zhejiang Provincial No.7 High School in Jinhua. In 1915, Du went to Wuhan and studied at Wuchang Advanced Normal College. Du graduated in 1919 and taught for one year at the college.
In 1920, Du went to study in the United States. Du received master and PhD from the Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Du was a professor and the Dean of the School of Humanities of Wuhan University. In 1928, Du started teaching at Xiamen University in Xiamen of Fujian province, Du was a professor at Xiamen for eight years. Du was a professor and became the university provost of Jinan University in 1937.
In 1943, Du was pointed the president of the National Yingshi University in Zhejiang.
After 1949, Du was professor of several universities in Shanghai and Fujian province. Du also was the chair of education psychology department of Nanjing Normal University.Work
Du published numerous works in education and psychology in China. In 1930, Du published his book Education and School Administration by the Commercial Press in Shanghai, this work first discriminated the educational administration and the school administration in morden China's educational system, and heavily influenced the later development of education in China.
