From "Postwar Pedagogy" to "Post-Cold War Pedagogy": An Overview of the History of Educational Theory in Japan 1945-2007

Autor/in	Imai, Yasuo
Titel	From "Postwar Pedagogy" to "Post-Cold War Pedagogy": An Overview of the History of Educational Theory in Japan 1945-2007
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, (2007) 2, S.57-73 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1881-4832
Schlagwörter	Educational Theories; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Educational Development; Educational History; Intellectual History; Educational Principles; Educational Psychology; Social Change; Political Influences; Social Influences; Politics of Education; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Geistesgeschichte; Bildungsprinzip; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Sozialer Wandel; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Educational policy
Abstract	This paper examines the development of educational theory in Japan from 1945 to the present in five time divisions: (1) postwar "new education" and its critics (1945-52); (2) revisionist educational policy versus the people's education movement (1952-61); (3) the formation of "postwar pedagogy" as a self-reflection of the educational system (1961-79); (4) the exposure of the structural limitations of postwar pedagogy (1979-92); and (5) "post-Cold War pedagogy" (1992-). The aims of the paper are: (1) to redefine "postwar pedagogy" as a concept with substantive rather than simply temporal boundaries; and (2) to situate contemporary educational theory in historical perspective by describing "post-Cold War pedagogy." An analysis of "postwar pedagogy" and "post-Cold War pedagogy" reveals that educational theory has continually played the role of self-reflection upon the educational system. In this sense, while educational theory is dependent upon on the educational system, it has also, through refection, participated in the shaping of the system. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10