Research on Japanese language education policies based on documents from Government-General of Taiwan

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00748
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02090:Japanese language education-related
• Research Institution: Chukyo University
• Principal Investigator: SAKAI EMIKO 中京大学, 教養教育研究院, 教授 (00217754)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中田 敏夫 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 名誉教授 (60145646)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 植民地 / 教育政策史 / 台湾総督府文書 / 日本語教育 / 国語教育 / 検定教科書 / 衛生政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has two objectives. Both were premised on traveling to Taiwan to obtain new historical materials and confirming historical materials previously collected. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, research was only possible in the first year, so neither of these objectives have been completed. However, we discovered significant discrepancies between the currently available Taiwan Governor-General documents and the textbook screening records surveyed 20 years ago, as listed below. We believe this is due to the loss of parts of the documents during the digitization process. We were also able to add new data for the "Chinese Classics Reader" and "Calligraphy Book." Records of textbook screening in the mainland no longer exist, with only a few inspected copies remaining.

Free Research Field

日本語教育史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

教育関係の施策と教科書教材の事例より、統治期にわたる相を明らかにしようと試みた。1年間の研究期間延長後も継続している各学校に残存する史資料も併せて今後の発展が見込まれる。
また、教科書検定の記録は内地にも現存していないこと、また公開されているデジタルの台湾総督府文書の不完全さを検証するものであることの2点により内地・台湾を問わず戦前の日本政府の教育政策、教育史、教科書研究に貢献するものである。