Brief History of Education
TeachersMURAMATSU, TOMO
Grade, SemesterYear 1 II/IV [Department of Information Science Correspondence Course, Faculty of Science and Engineering]
CategoryTeacher Licence Subjects
Classesメディア授業
Elective, CreditsRequisites 2credit
 Syllabus Number4H101

Course Description

The course aims to help students acquire the knowledge required to become a teacher and perspective to contemplate contemporary education through a historical survey of the thoughts, systems, and practices of education.

Course Objectives

The course objectives for students include the following.
(1) To obtain the fundamental concepts of education.
(2) To articulate independent opinions on contemporary education based on an understanding of the history of education.

Grading Policy

The overall grade will be decided based on the following:
- 1st and 2nd Reports: 40%
- Term-end examination: 60%

Textbook and Reference

KindTitleAuthorPublisher
TextbookThis will be introduced in the subsidiary reading.

Requirements(Assignments)

This will be introduced in the subsidiary reading.

Note

Schedule

1 The history of educational concepts and western schools (1): Education in ancient Greece and ancient Rome
2The history of educational concepts and western schools (2): Pre-modern western education
3The history of educational concepts and western schools (3): The citizen revolution and national education
4The history of educational concepts and western schools (4): The discovery of children and the modern family
5The history of educational concepts and western schools (5): The formation of modern schools and the dissemination of compulsory education
6The history of educational concepts and western schools (6): The century of children
7The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (1): Character building in the early modern period
8The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (2): Learning Japanese in early modern society
9The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (3): The acceptance and diffusion of the modern school
10The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (4): The nationalist education system and the Imperial Rescript on Education
11The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (5): The acceptance of pedagogy and new education
12The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (6): Education during the Second World War
13The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (7): Educational reform after the Second World War
14The history of educational concepts and schools in Japan (8): High economic growth and educational reforms
15The ideal of school education in contemporary society: Education in postmodern times