台灣北部第一所女子學校發展史初探~從淡水女學堂到台灣女子神學院

The History of the Development of the First”Girls' School” in Northern Taiwan--From Tamsui Girls' School to Taiwan Girls' Theological College

吳千住(Chhian-Chu Wu)

指導教授 ： 歐力仁

中原大學/人文與教育學院/宗教研究所/碩士(2012年)

https://doi.org/10.6840/cycu201200997

摘要

摘要
本論文探討一八八四年由加拿大宣教師偕叡理牧師在台灣北部創設的第一所西式女子住宿學校－「淡水女學堂」的發展史，試著建立繼承「淡水女學堂」而復校的「台灣女子神學院」校史、婦女宣教史，與台灣北部教會一百年多來的教會婦女教育發展史，及其所帶來的啟示。
在研究方法上筆者採用歷史研究法與文獻分析法，蒐集相關的史料再加以考證、分析、比較。本文共分六章，第一章為「緒論」，之後依下列章節探討。第二章「台灣北部第一所女子學校創立者，偕叡理牧師」。他於一八八四年在淡水設立了西式寄宿女學校，通過教育向婦女傳教。第三章「台灣北部第一所女子學校～淡水女學堂」，首開台灣女子教育風氣之先，興起學習識字的風氣，擺脫婦女文盲的命運，使得女子和男子一樣可以從踏進學堂開始，進而賦予女性接受教育後逐步提升地位的鑰匙。第四章，「台灣教會女學的發展史」，馬偕牧師設立的淡水女學堂之後，分別發展成兩間屬性不同的女子學校，為了順應台灣總督府的教育法令，兩校出現了激烈的改變與轉型，學校名稱有了一連串令人困惑的改變。第五章「台灣北部婦女的宣教」，一九二二年，以本地女信徒為主力的第一個女性組織「北部女宣道會」在都市教會成立，承續經營漸漸被長老教會當局遺忘的婦女學校，透過都市教會婦女的組織、集體捐獻並聘請宣道婦去各地方傳福音和幫助教會。第六章「結論」，「台灣女子神學院」受到台灣神學院信徒神學系的成立，同時招收男女學員，另外地方堂會亦紛紛開設成人主日學，使得「台灣女子神學院」的招生由盛轉衰。本文由婦學發展的脈絡，試著提出該校未來的進路。

關鍵字

淡水女學堂 ； 馬偕 ； 台灣女子神學院 ； 長老教會

並列摘要

Abstract
This thesis explores the historical development of the first western style girls’ boarding school in northern Taiwan – the “Tamsui Girls’ School” established by the Canadian missionary, Rev. George Leslie Mackay, in 1884, and the history of the “Taiwan Girls' Theological College,” which was reopened as trying to act as the successor of the “Tamsui Girl’s School.” Research is also conducted on the history of female missionary and the historical development of the woman education in northern Taiwan churches more than a century period, along with its revelation. The author has drawn a “flow chart of the establishment of the school by Rev. Mackay” through the study and clarification of the literature and expertise books and, with the aid of this picture, constructed the history of the “Taiwan Girls’ Theological College,” and the history of woman missionary.
On the research methods, the author adopts the historical study and literature analysis to collect related historical materials for further research, analysis, and comparison. This article is divided into six chapters. Chapter one is the “Introduction,” and details are explored in following Chapters and sections. Chapter two is “The founder of the first girls’ school in northern Taiwan –Rev. George Leslie Mackay.” In 1884 he set up Western-style girls’ boarding school in Tamsui, preaching to women through education, and by using the private networks among women, led the women into knowing God. “The first western style girls’ boarding school in northern Taiwan – the Tamsui Girls’ School” discussed in Chapter three was Taiwan’s first Western-style girls’ boarding school, which opened a new trend for women’s education in Taiwan, developed a culture of learning and literacy, freed women from the fate of illiteracy, started with enabling women go to school the same way as men, thus rendered the women the key to gradually elevating their social status after receiving the education. The fourth chapter is “The history of development of female education in the church of Taiwan.” On the basis of the Tamsui Girls’ School established by Reverend Mackay, it developed into two schools with different attributes, one for girls’ general education and one for the woman missionary personnel’s cultivation education. After entering the Japanese rule period, in order to accommodate the Education Act of the Taiwan Governor General, the two female schools’ experienced a series of bewildering changes in name, accompanied by an intense change and transformation in essence. Chapter five is about “Woman missionaries in northern Taiwan.” In 1922, the first female organization – “The Women’s Missionary Society of The Presbyterian Church in Northern Taiwan,” with female believers mainly from local area, was established in the metropolitan church. It continued to operate the female schools which were gradually forgotten by the authorities of the Presbyterian Church in northern Taiwan. Through the organization of the woman groups of metropolitan churches and collective donations, it invited female missionaries to go everywhere to preach the Gospel of salvation and helped churches. Chapter six concludes the development of the female schools in northern Taiwan. Due to the establishment of the Department of Theology of the Taiwan Theological College & Seminary, which recruits both male and female students, teaches Bible and theological courses, and also because that numerous local cogregations also have opened adult Sunday schools to conduct the religious education by Church, all make the student recruiting of the Taiwan Theological College & Seminary become more and more difficult and put in the Process of prosperity to decline. This article has tried to propose a future approach for this school.

並列關鍵字

MacKay ； Girls' School ； Presbyterian ； Taiwan Girls' Theological College

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