Curriculum Development of Minority Culture in Southwest China: A Comparative Education Study

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381137
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University of Human Services
• Principal Investigator: Jin Longzhe 神奈川県立保健福祉大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (20274029)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 文化多様性 / 少数民族の教育 / 文化の伝承装置 / 教育課程の成立 / 教育課程モデル / 伝統文化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Minority culture in China was originally transmitted to the next generations by unique approaches formed in the villages or the clan communities. However, bilingual education was implemented widely in schools after the founding of People’s Republic of China, and particularly since 1980s, along with the introduction of new curriculum model, more diverse minority cultures as curriculum have become established in schooling.
This study, through field survey, investigated the process, current practice and future tasks of curriculum development of minority culture, analyzed the roles of schooling as transmitting method of minority culture in modern times with a rapidly proceeded globalization, and examined the possibility of development of curriculum model with a purpose of preservation of culture diversity.

Free Research Field

比較教育学、教育人類学