Fundamental research on school ceremonies and national flags ,national anthems in postwar education

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381045
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Nihon University
• Principal Investigator: ONO Masaaki 日本大学, 文理学部, 教授 (70224277)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 学校儀式 / 国旗 / 国歌 / 国民の祝日に関する法律 / 建国記念の日 / 象徴天皇制

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study empirically how the national flag and national anthem handled in the school ritual in the postwar era. According to main previous research, due to the result of postwar educational reform in Japan,　school ceremonies on holidays have been said to have disappeared at least since 1947. But,this study revealed that above theory is basically a mistake. This is because the fact that the school ceremony with　the main contents of national flag raising and national anthem singing was reinstated after independence of Japan after the war, and that number gradually increased. However, these trend also slowed down due to the establishment of "Kenkoku-kinen-no-Hi"(National Foundation Day). And this research pointed out that since 1989, the school ceremonies which carries out the national flag hosting and national anthem singing has become an entrance ceremony and a graduation ceremony.

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日本教育史