Kindergarten in the American Progressive Education Era; A Historical Study on Connection to Elementary School Curriculum

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14116
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: Okayama Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Yamamoto Takashi 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (00399768)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: アメリカ幼稚園運動 / エリザベス・ピーボディ / 幼児学校 / フレーベル主義 / 進歩主義幼稚園 / パティ・スミス・ヒル / アリス・テンプル / ジョン・デューイ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines the uniqueness of kindergarten education in the early stages of the American kindergarten movement by Elizabeth P. Peabody, and kindergarten education in connection with primary education by Patty S. Hill and Alice Temple in the period of expansion and development. Considered reform. Through these considerations, I studied how to ensure the independence and uniqueness of kindergartens and elementary schools in the period of connection between early childhood education and primary education, and how to devise curricula and other measures for a smooth connection.
In addition, I consider Dewey's influence behind the design of the kindergarten curriculum to connect with primary education, and I refer to Ella V. The educational practice was also considered. Through the consideration, I clarified the logic of the connection of "experience".

Free Research Field

教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

19世紀後半から20世紀初頭にかけてのアメリカ幼稚園運動における幼稚園の位置づけと性格の変遷を、運動の先駆者の教育思想、フレーベル主義幼稚園と進歩主義幼稚園双方によるそれぞれに対する批判の論点を中心に研究を行ったが、アメリカは、幼－小接続が比較的円滑に行われた先行事例でもある。こうした意味合いで、「思想史的」という限定的な検証にもかかわらず、進歩主義教育期における幼－小接続の理論的背景を探ることは、今日の我が国における幼小接続のあり方を考えるうえで意義をもつ。