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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The End of Catching up with the West and Education Policy in Japan

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23531108
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology of education
Research InstitutionKansai University of International Studies

Principal Investigator

KARIYA Takehiko  関西国際大学, 公私立大学の部局等, その他 (60204658)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 濱名 陽子  関西国際大学, 教授 (60164919)
Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Keywordsキャッチアップ / 近代化 / 西欧化 / 教育政策 / 臨時教育審議会 / 開発国家
Research Abstract

Through this research, I investigated processes in which Japanese government officially announced in their policy documents that Japan had completed catching up with 'the West' and the influences of having such social recognition on education policies after that recognition was built up. The research found that the widely recognized perception of 'the end of catching up with the West' contributed to constituting the way in which education issues were socially constructed as problems of 'developmental state' such as its excessed centralized education administration systems and cramming knowledge type of teaching and learning in school. The research also revealed that views from overseas researchers such as Ezra Vogel, the author of "Japan as Number One", impacted on the ways of constructing the recognition of the end of catching up with the West among policy makers.

  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2014 2013

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 教育と国家:脱開発国家への可能性を問う2014

    • Author(s)
      苅谷剛彦
    • Journal Title

      環(藤原書房)

      Volume: 57巻 Pages: 228-234

  • [Presentation] Far-East or Far-West? Japan and the Region after 'Catch-up with the West'2013

    • Author(s)
      Takehiko Kariya
    • Organizer
      Japan and East Asia National Identities Education Network
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学
    • Year and Date
      20130906-07
  • [Book] 増補版教育の世紀2013

    • Author(s)
      苅谷剛彦
    • Publisher
      筑摩書房

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Published: 2015-07-16  

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