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1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

An Inquiry of the Purge from Teaching Profession for the Educational Administration and Organization under the Occupation Period in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07610231
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Educaion
Research InstitutionHokkaido University of Education

Principal Investigator

MYOJIN Isao  The Department of Education at Kushiro., Professor, 教育学部・釧路校, 教授 (10113680)

Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
KeywordsEducational Purge / Red Purge / Occupation / History of Education in Post-War Japan
Research Abstract

1.The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of the change members and function of the Ministry of Education under the circumstances of purge from teaching profession, called as "white purge", in the early stage of occupation after the World War II in Japan. Secondly, the effect of "red purge" to the teacher's union will be studied in the latter stage of that time.
2.Considering the first problem defined in the following two characteristics :
i) by the white purge, most of the executives in the wartime were removed from the Ministry of Education then liberal scholars and private citizens were promoted to there. Such change made a possibility that the Education Ministry would promote democratization of education led by GHQ.
ii) examining the reality and feature of teacher qualified test in the level of administrative divisions in Japan, it is cleared that every screening committee tried to hold the influence at a minimum and the number of teacher expelled from school didn't reach 1% at last.
3.Inquiring the second point of problems, it was examined that how the anti-communism educational policy of CIE had started and developed. Also, on the example of Gunma prefecture, it was investigated the influence that caused by red purge to the organization of a teacher's union and the function. Then the central organization of Japanese Teachers' Union was analyzed, also. As a result of this study, it might be said that the member of executives turned from the left into right wing in both organizations of center and district after the time of red purge. A change of such executive members affected the Union's aim changing and the idea of anticommunism and cooperative principle emphasized by GHQ began to have an influence.

  • Research Products

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All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 明神 勲: "教職員レッド・パ-ジ概要ノート(その5)" 北海道教育大学紀要(第1部C). 第46巻2号. 33-40 (1996)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 明神 勲: "占領下日本の大学とレッド・パ-ジ(その2)" 北海道教育大学紀要(第1部C). 第47巻1号. 45-53 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 明神 勲: "占領下日本の大学とレッド・パ-ジ(その3)" 北海道教育大学紀要(第1部C). 第47巻2号. 33-45 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 明神 勲: "占領下日本における教職追放" 釧路論集. 第29号. 245-257 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 明神 勲: "占領下における教員レッド・パ-ジと教員組合" 北海道教育大学紀要(第1部C). 第48巻2号. 33-47 (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Isao MYOJIN: "A Note on the Red Purge Cases of School Teachers and Officers(5)" Journal of Hokkaido University of Education (Section IC Education). Vol.46, No.2. 33-40 (1996)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Isao MYOJIN: "Red Purge in Universities in Occupied Japan (2)" Journal of Hokkaido University of Education (Section IC Education). Vol.47, No.1. 45-53 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Isao MYOJIN: "Red Purge in Universities in Occupied Japan (3)" Journal of Hokkaido University of Education (Section IC Education). Vol.47, No.2. 33-45 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Isao MYOJIN: "Educational Purge in Occupied Japan" KUSHIRO RONSHU (Journal of Hokkaido University of Education at Kushiro). No.29. 245-257 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Isao MYOJIN: "Effects of Red Purge Cases of School Teachers to Teachers' Union in Occupied Japan" Journal of Hokkaido University of Education (Section IC Education). Vol.48, No.2. 33-47 (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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