1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
THE SOCIO-COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE EDUCATIONAL REFORM- CASE STUDIES ON JAPAN AND BRITAIN
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09610297
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educaion
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| Research Institution | NAGOYA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE |
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Principal Investigator |
KATO Jun NAGOYA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY, JUNIOR COLLEGE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 助教授 (80194819)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Keywords | POST-MODERNIZATION / MARKETIZATION / DISCOURSE / DIVERSIFICATION / EDUCATIONAL REFORM / ACCOUNTABILITY / GLOBALISATION |
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| Research Abstract |
THE AIM OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO INVESTIGATE THE CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURE OF ONGOING EDUCATIONAL REFORMS IN THE ADVANCED COUNTRIES. WHEN WE DEAL WITH EDUCATIONAL REFORMS IN THOSE SOCIETIES, WE CAN SEE A PHENOMENON OF MARKETISATION IN COMMON. IS THIS A CIONCIDENCE OR NOT? WE ANALYZED THE STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS DISCOURSES WHICH HAVE INFLUENCES ON EDUCATIONAL REFORMS. IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR ANALYSIS, WE PICKED UP TWO COUNTRIES, JAPAN AND BRITAIN, AS TYPICAL ADVANCED COUNTRIES WHICH SHOWED THE SAME TREND OF SOCIAL TRASFORMATION.
OUR FINAL FINDINGS FROM THIS RESEARCH CAN BE SUMARIZED AS BELOW.
1. THERE IS AN IDEOLOGICAL TREND ALL OVER THE WORLD WHICH IS TERMED AS A GLOBALISM OR POST-MODERNIZATION. THIS IDEOLOGY IS LINKED WITH THE INTEREST OF POLITICAL PARTY OR SPECIFIC SOCIAL CLASS.
2. CONVENTIONAL CLASS CONFLICT THEORY IS NO LONGER APPROPRIATE TO EXPLAIN THIS TREND. THE EFFECTIVE EXPLANATION ABOUT POST-MODERNIZATION IS DISCOURSE ANALYSIS PROPOSED BY FOUCAULT. THOSE DISCOURSE SEEMINGLY PERCEIVED AS NE
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UTRAL ARE USED BY VARIOUS SOCIAL GROUP TO JUSTIFY THEIR POLICIES OR VALUES.
3. OUR COMPARATIVE STUDY REVEALED THE FACT THAT EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN BRITAIN IS TOWARD MARKETIZATION EVEN THOUGH LABOR PARTY TOOK POLITICAL HEGEMONY. THIS MEANS TERMINATION OF CONFLICT MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM, SWINGING BETWEEN TWO PARTIES.
4. OUR INVESTIGATION INTO JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSES ENABLE US TO CONCLUDE THAT JAPAN IS STEPPING INTO A NEW PHASE OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM. THAT IS A SHIFTING FROM EQUALITY POLICY TO FREE MARKET POLICY. FREE MARKET POLICY IS SPONSORED BY UPPER MIDDLE CLASS PARENTS AND ECONOMISTS INSPIRED BY FRIEDMAN'S "FREE TO CHOOSE". IN THE COURSE OF JUSTIFICATION FREE MARKET POLICY, THEY MOBILIZES DIVERSITY, SATISFACTION, ACCOUNTABILITY, etc. FINALLY OUR NEXT ISSUE TO BE INVESTIGATED IS EXAMINING OTHER TWO DISCOURSES, ONE IS "GLOBALIZATION", THE OTHER IS "INFORMATION REVOLUTION". THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE THAT POST-MODERNIZATION IS UTOPIAN IDEAL OR JUST A REVISION OF MODERNIZATION. Less
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