A Study of Moral Education Theories Based on the History of Academic Theories: Using the Works of nonofficial Education studies in the 1950s and 1960s

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02451
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University of Education
• Principal Investigator: KUMASHIRO Takehiko 京都教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50727675)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 道徳教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was initiated to discover and verify the theoretical achievements of Japanese pedagogues of the 1950s and 1960s regarding moral education, and to provide a theoretical foundation for the newly initiated "Special Subject of Moral Education. The research can be divided into two major categories: (1) historical research on academic theories and (2) their application in the school setting. For (1) historical research on theories, I collected and analyzed historical data on moral education theories of three private educational research groups: the Society for the Study of Educational Science, the Council for the Study of Life Guidance, and the Japan Federation of Life Education. The findings derived from this analysis were published in several books and academic papers, and disseminated through general journals, web articles, workshops and lectures at school sites, etc.

Free Research Field

教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的意義としては、これまで研究史上で言及されることの少なかった戦後日本の民間教育研究団体の知見を、現代道徳教育論の俎上にのせた点をあげることができる。研究史上では、それら民間団体による「道徳の時間」批判ばかりが注目されていたが、批判とともに提示されていたオルタナティブな道徳教育の知見を発掘し、現代の教育学のなかに位置づけることができた。
また社会的意義としては、こうした知見を一般誌や学校現場でのワークショップ等で紹介することで、現代の実践的な道徳教育の課題解決に一定の貢献ができた点をあげることができる。子どもの自主性や生活性に根ざした道徳教育論の端緒を開くことができたと考える。