The educational work of David Stow evolved in three phases. He established a Sabbath school and helped to introduce both infant schooling and teacher training in Glasgow, Scotland in the nineteenth century. He helped to establish the Glasgow Normal Seminary and later he joined the Free Church of Scotland Normal Seminary. Stow was a committed Presbyterian Christian, and this motivated him and was at the centre of all of the three phases of his educational work. He was dedicated to the school education of the poor, similar to other educators of his time. He understood this mission to the poor as a means to rescue them from the corrupting influences in their urban settings. The corrupting influences would be replaced, however, by social control and the promotion of Christianity. This article presents an examination of the close links between his strongly held Christian beliefs, Christian worldview and his vision of schooling and teacher preparation.

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大卫·斯托（David Stow）：十九世纪苏格兰的基督教教育家

David Stow的教育工作分为三个阶段。他于19世纪在苏格兰格拉斯哥建立了安息日学校，并帮助引入了幼儿教育和师资培训。他帮助建立了格拉斯哥师范学院，后来他加入了苏格兰自由教会师范学院。斯托是一位虔诚的长老会基督徒，这激励了他，并且是他教育工作所有三个阶段的中心。与当时的其他教育者类似，他致力于穷人的学校教育。他将对穷人的使命理解为拯救他们免受城市环境中腐败影响的一种手段。但是，腐败的影响将被社会控制和基督教的促进所取代。