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1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Colonial Legacy as an Obstacle to the Development of Education in the Devloping Countries -Latinamerican case-

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02610132
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Educaion
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Educational Research

Principal Investigator

SAITO Yasuo  National Institute for Educational Research, Department of International Stidies and Cooperation. Senior Researcher, 国際研究・協力部, 主任研究官 (30132690)

Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1991
KeywordsLatinamerica / Colonial education / Colonial legacy / Indian / Religious education / Spiritual conquest / Developing country / Mexico
Research Abstract

From the biginning of the conquest of new continente of America, the Spanish Crown was interested in the education of the Indian as a new vassal under their domination. The problem of turning the Indian into a Christian and assimilating them into spanish culture was linked to the need to justify of the expantion of the Spanish Empire. The "Spiritual Conquest" was an integral part of the colonial policy. In the early years of the sixteenth century, the Indian children were gathered together in the monastery-schools conducted by the religious Orders chiefly for religious instruction. On the other hand, in response to appeals from laymen and ecclesiatics for satisfying the educational need of the Creole and upper class mestizos, Europian universities and colleges were transplanted in the colony. Colonial university was distinguished by its aristcratic nature. It offered to the students the medieval sholastic disdiplines such as arts, theology, canons, law and medicine, all upon a base of Latin language. Thus, by the middle of the sixteenth Century, the basic structure of the colonial education system was established. There were a enomous gap among the inhabitantes with respect to the kind and degree of education based on the division of social class and racial caste. And this basic pattern and characterics of colonial education would continue through the entire colonial period and beyond.

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

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All Publications (8 results)

  • [Publications] 斉藤 泰雄: "田中耕太郎とラテンアメリカ大学" 大学史研究(大学史研究会). 第6号. 46-53 (1990)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 斉藤 泰雄: "ラテンアメリカ史研究ノ-ト:ヨ-ロッパ中世大学の遺産" 明治大学史紀要. 第8号. 19-34 (1991)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 斉藤 泰雄: "メキシコの大学" 大学基準協会会報. 66号. 73-83 (1991)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 斉藤 泰雄: "16世紀ラテンアメリカ植民地における「魂の征服」と教育事業" 日本の教育史学、あるいは国立教育研究所『研究集録』に発表予定. (1992)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Yasuo SAITO: "TANAKA Kootaro and Latinamerican University." Daigakushi Kenkyu. No. 6. 46-53 (1990)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Yasuo SAITO: "A Note on History of Latinamerican University. -Colonial University-" Meigi Daigaku shi Kiyo. No. 8. 19-34 (1991)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Yasuo SAITO: "University in Mexico." Daigaku Kijin Kyokai Kaiho. No. 66. 73-83 (1991)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Yasuo SAITO: ""Spiritual Conquest" and Education in the 16th-Century Spanish Colony." (1992)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 1993-03-16  

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