2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Historical feature of relation structure between society and education in the 1930s : focusing on pedagogy, teacher culture, and educational practice in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530686
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	Hitotsubashi University
Principal Investigator	KIMURA Hajime Hitotsubashi University, 大学院・社会学研究科, 教授 (60225050)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	FUNABASHI Kazuo 埼玉大学, 教育学部, 教授 (80282416) YOSHIMURA Toshiyuki 宮城教育大学, 教育臨床総合研究センター, 教授 (80261642)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	教育制度の社会史 / 学校システム / ペダゴジー / 教育人口動態 / 1930年代 / 初等後教育 / 教科 / 学校教育学
Research Abstract	This study examines various aspects of the school system in the 1930s, aiming to discover a historical place for the acceptance of human development brought about by Japanese schools. This study identifies the present indicator of the acceptance of schools as having transitioned from compulsory education to the desire to and act of moving on to a higher-level school. The school system of this period originated with significant developments in the trend to pursue higher levels of education, which appeared in the 1930s as advancement to higher elementary schools and finally to the subsequent post-elementary education. The experience of being included in school in the 1930s prepared public acceptance of schools and the ground of stability of the post war 6-3-3-4 educational system.