“新教育”是“五四”时期以留学欧美的知识分子为主导力量,以提倡和实践教育民主化、教育科学化为基本内容的教育实践活动。“新教育”实验提高了当时中国的教育认识和实践水平,推动了中国教育的现代化进程。由于教育自身和教育外部环境所存在的问题,“新教育”的前景自然不容乐观。“五四”时期,中国教育界试图从教育和社会两个方面,来探寻使“新教育”走出困境的路径。 “New Education ” is the educational practice that takes the study of European and American intellectuals as the leading force during the May 4th Movement to advocate and practice the democratization of education and the scientification of education as the basic contents. “New Education ” experiment raised China’s education awareness and practice level at that time, and promoted the modernization of China’s education. Due to the problems of education itself and education external environment, the prospect of “new education” naturally can not be optimistic. During the May 4th Movement, the Chinese education community tried to explore the path of “new education” out of the woods from two aspects: education and society.