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Author Yamasaki, Yoko

Title Educational Progressivism, Cultural Encounters and Reform in Japan
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages)
Series Progressive Education
Progressive Education
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Editors; Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes; Abbreviations; Key to historical eras; Introduction: progressivism, New Education, and cultural encounters; Concepts of Progressivism and New Education in Japan; Cultural encounters; Biography, agency and gender; Historiography; Note; References; Chapter 1: Origins and outline of progressive education in Japan; Introduction; Progressive education and international networks; The roles of Inazo Nitobe and Kanjiro Higuchi
Japanese Imperial Education Association (JIEA)JIEA and Its activities; Masataro Sawayanagi and the JIEA; Political engagement of educators and teachers; The New Education movement: progressivism and internationalism; New Schools and experimental pedagogies; The Century of Education Society; Progressivist retreat to a new realism; Conclusion: progressive reform encounters militarism; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Integrated learning: Takeji Kinoshita and Nara-jo Fusho; Introduction; Takeji Kinoshita and his career before Nara-jo Fusho
Kinoshita's appointment and the Nara-jo Fusho research systemFusho's teachers; Fusho winter seminar; Journals published by Fusho; The writings of Kinoshita; Takeji Kinoshita's 'Nara learning methods'; 'Learning itself is life/Life Itself is learning'; 'Special learning hour'; Independent learning and mutual learning; Kinoshita under fascism; Conclusion: Nara-jo Fusho today; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Heiji Oikawa: Group-based dynamic teaching and curriculum reconstruction; Introduction; Impact of Heiji Oikawa and Akashi Fusho on progressive education; Theory of group-based dynamic teaching
Theory of curriculum reconstruction: Oikawa's research in Europe and the USAOikawa's reconstructed curriculum theory in a wartime context; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Free Drawing and art education: Kanae Yamamoto and Bunka Gakuin; Introduction; Jiyuga education movement and the discovery of child expression; Interactions between modern writers and painters; Jiyu education for art at Bunka Gakuin; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5: Nurturing truly free individuals through self-governing life: Motoko Hani's Jiyu Gakuen; Introduction
Motoko Hani's life and the educational philosophy of Jiyu GakuenDevelopment of Jiyu Gakuen and characteristics of each department; Principles and practices of secondary education in the Boys' Department; Conclusion: significance of Jiyu Gakuen and Mrs Hani in the Japanese context; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Kuniyoshi Obara's Zenjin education at Tamagawa Gakuen; Introduction; The Life and work of Kuniyoshi Obara; Vocation and route to teaching; Introduction of drama education in schools; Proposition of Zenjin education; Realisation of two academic towns; Publishing enterprise for children
Notes Promotion of international exchange
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Subject Progressive education -- Japan -- History
Educational change -- Japan -- History
Education -- Japan -- Philosophy -- History
Education -- Philosophy
Educational change
Progressive education
Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kuno, Hiroyuki
ISBN 9781317354383
1317354389