1st Edition
Educational Progressivism, Cultural Encounters and Reform in Japan
Introduction: Progressivism, New Education, and cultural encounters
Yoko Yamasaki
1. Origins and outline of progressive education in Japan
Yoko Yamasaki
2. Integrated Learning: Takeji Kinoshita and Nara-jo Fusho
Hiroyuki Kuno
3. Heiji Oikawa: Group-based dynamic teaching and curriculum reconstruction
Kie Fujiwara
4. Free drawing and art education: Kanae Yamamoto and Bunka Gakuin
Masayuki Haga
5. Nurturing truly free individuals through self-governing life: Motoko Hani’s Jiyu Gakuen
Naoshi Kira
6. Kuniyoshi Obara’s Zenjin education at Tamagawa Gakuen
Hiroyuki Sakuma
7. ‘Daily life writing’ in school: Creating alternative textbooks and culture
Ayako Kawaji
8. Satoru Umene: Curriculum reform and the world history of education
Akira Nakano and Yoko Yamasaki
9. Hama Omura’s Unit learning practice for Japanese classes
Kanae Nishioka
10. Kinokuni Children’s Village School: Theory and practice from Dewey to Neill and Aitkenhead
Yoko Yamasaki
11. Japanese New Education and continuing cultural encounters
Hiroyuki Kuno
Biography
Yoko Yamasaki is Professor of Education at Mukogawa Women’s University in Japan.
Hiroyuki Kuno is Associate Professor of Education at Nagoya University in Japan.
‘This book is the most useful source of information about progressive education in Japan in the 20th Century available in English’ - Robert Aspinall, Professor, Center for Global Education, Doshisha University, Kyoto
