陈鹤琴先生(1892—1982)是中国近现代教育史上著名的教育家、中国现代幼儿教育和儿童心理学研究、幼儿师范教育的奠基人和开拓者;曾被誉为“中国的福禄培尔”、“中国幼教之父”。陈鹤琴生前曾担任中国教育学会名誉会长,是中国近现代教育史上最具代表性和影响力的人物之一。上世纪初叶,陈鹤琴与陶行知先生等同船远赴大洋彼岸游学,先后就读于哥伦比亚大学师范学院,受到美国进步教育思想的熏陶。1919年9月,在“五四”运动大潮中,陈鹤琴应邀在南京高等师范学校担任教授,投身于由蔡元 Mr. Chen Heqin (1892-1982) is a famous educator in the history of modern Chinese education. He is the founder and pioneer of modern Chinese children’s education and child psychology research and early childhood teacher education. He was once known as “ ”, “ Father of Chinese preschool education ”. Chen Heqin served as honorary president of China Education Society before his death, is one of the most representative and influential figures in the history of modern Chinese education. At the beginning of the last century, Chen Heqin and Mr. Tao Xingzhi traveled to the other side of the Ocean to study with the same ship. They successively studied at Columbia University’s Teachers College and were greatly influenced by the progress of education in the United States. In September 1919, in the May Fourth Movement, Chen Heqin was invited to be a professor at the Nanjing Normal Normal School,