Society and Education in Japanese History

This course examines the history of Japanese society from the early-modern times to the present day, specifically from the perspective of education. Through an overview of the historical relationship between education and society in Japan, students will be provided an opportunity to reflect on their perspectives on history.

Contemporary History of Japan, History of Japanese Education, Educational Social History

2: The Edo "Study Boom" (Class-based Society and Education, Education Among the Common People)
3: Samurai Education and Han Schools (Reading Aloud and Discussions, Education and Politics, Reform and Education)
4: Rethinking the Political Neutrality of Education (Educators in the Modern Transition Period, Freedom and Peoples' Rights Movements and Education)
5: Introduction of the Modern Public Education System and the People (Social History of "Why Attend School?," The World of School Entrance Notices)
6: Arrival of the "Success in Life" Society (From a Class-based Society to a Civil Society, Academic Competition Society)
7: Reading the Imperial Rescript on Education (1) (Patriotism and Education)
8: Reading the Imperial Rescript on Education (2) "Detailed Imperial Rescript on Education"
9: "Uniformity" and "Freedom" in Education ("Living in the System" as from Masataro Sawayanagi)
10: Taisho New Education Practices (Private Education Movement, Life and Education)
11: Development of Seikatsu Tsuzurikata (Proletarian Education Movement, Seikatsu Tsuzurikata)
12: Wartime Schools as Seen From "Wartime Young Citizens" (Total War System and Education, Post-Gun Society)
13: Scope of Postwar Education Reform (Democracy and Education, Moral Studies, and Social Studies)
14: Post-war Education Reform and Teachers (Reincarnation of Seikatsu Tsuzurikata, From Empiricism to Systematicism)
15: Rapid Economic Growth and Life in Regional Communities (Changing Communities and Lives) *Class Questionnaire (Conducted in the final 15 minutes)

Syllabus (Japanese site only)