Historical Re-examination of the Adoption of the Dalton Laboratory Plan in Seijo Elementary School

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25885093
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Niigata University of Health and Welfare
• Principal Investigator: ADACHI Atsushi 新潟医療福祉大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (50707528)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ドルトン・プラン / 自学主義 / 成城小学校 / 大正新教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Seijo Elementary School (SES), one of leading schools of New Education in the Taisyo period, since April 1924, some devices and systems of the Dalton Laboratory Plan which ensure "co-operation" in the entire school system had been applied for solving educational shortcomings of self-study method which was developed in SES. The difference and dissonance between the Dalton plan for the purpose of "socialization of school" and the self-study method of SES oriented strongly to "individualization of learning" are still present.

Free Research Field

教育史