Contemporary Japanese child-education through the process of introducing kindergartens in foreign countries:A new historical view

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: OMRI Keiko 関西学院大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20193823)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SHOJI Yasuhiro 常磐会学園大学, 国際こども教育学部, 教授 (80154342)
• Research Collaborator: Rockstein Margitta フリードリッヒ・フレーベル博物館, 館長 ; Macchietti Sira, S. アレッツォ宗教科学高等研究所, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ドイツフレーベル幼稚園 / イタリア幼稚園導入史 / アメリカ幼稚園導入史 / 日本幼稚園導入史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates early kindergartens in Germany, Italy, The United States of America, and Japan to reveal their influence on current Japanese child-education by examining the following four aspects: 1) teacher training course and curriculum, 2) role of the kindergarten teacher, 3) curriculum content, and 4) materials.
Research results indicated the following: teacher training course and curriculum influenced Japanese mission teacher training schools. The role of the kindergarten teacher revealed professionalization and quality improvement in kindergarten teacher qualifications and their necessary maternal role. Curriculum content revealed the influence of the “form of life” of Froebelian Gifs on pretend play. Finally, materials revealed the original development of Japanese origami.

Free Research Field

幼児教育学