Thought, Policy, and Practice of Moral Education in Postwar Japan: Focus on Tetsuro Watsuji and his school

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K20278
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare
• Principal Investigator: Kuwajima Shinpei 九州看護福祉大学, 看護福祉学部, 講師 (20909254)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 和辻哲郎 / 勝部真長 / 下程勇吉 / 道徳教育 / 道徳の時間 / 内容項目 / 道徳的価値の体系

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research project is to clarify the influence of Watsuji Tetsuro and his school on the thought, policy, and practice of moral education in postwar Japan. The study reveals the following. First, Watsuji Tetsuro's ethics had a significant influence on the establishment of the class of moral education in 1958. Second, Katsube Mitake's theory of moral education was based on Watsuji's ethics.　Third, the traditional thought of "makoto(sincerity)" was developed in postwar moral education theory.

Free Research Field

教育哲学・教育思想史・道徳教育論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題の学術的意義や社会的意義は、次の点に認められる。第一に、戦後日本の道徳教育において和辻とその学派が与えた影響のおおきさをあきらかにしたことで、道徳教育を歴史的にとらえる視座が得られたことである。第二に、内容項目が勝部らの思想に基づいて形作られたことをあきらかにしたことで、今日内容項目を再考するための糸口となることである。