The
History of Modern Japanese Education
Price: $65.00
Subtitle: Constructing the National
School System, 1872-1890
Author: Benjamin Duke
Subject: Asian Studies , History
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8135-4403-8
Pages: 448 pages, 28 illustrations
Publication Date: January 2009
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Contents
Praise:
"Benjamin
Duke has written a wonderfully
detailed, well-structured and, above all, entertaining account of one
of the
most important periods in the development of Japanese Education."-Pacific
Affairs, June 2010
Description:
The History
of Modern Japanese Education is the first account in English of
the construction of a national school system in Japan, as outlined in
the 1872 document, the Gakusei. Divided into three parts tracing
decades of change, the book begins by exploring the feudal background
for the Gakusei during the Tokugawa era which produced the initial
leaders of modern Japan. Next, Benjamin Duke traces the Ministry of
Education’s investigations of the 1870s to determine the best western
model for Japan, including the decision to adopt American teaching
methods. He then goes on to cover the eventual “reverse course” sparked
by the Imperial Household protest that the western model overshadowed
cherished Japanese traditions. Ultimately, the 1890 Imperial Rescript
on Education integrated Confucian teachings of loyalty and filial piety
with Imperial ideology, laying the moral basis for a western-style
academic curriculum in the nation’s schools.
About the Author:
Benjamin Duke
is a professor emeritus of comparative and international education at
the International Christian University in Tokyo. He is the author
of several books on education in Japan.
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