「同和」地区児童・生徒の学力実態とその学力規定要因研究が問いかけるもの-2002年同和対策事業の廃止と学校改革を目前にして

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The Japanese government plans to terminate, or at least greatly modify, its special educational measures to assist members of Japan's "discriminated communities"* in the financial year 2002. The measures, designed to enhance the academic achievement of children from these communities, and to assist them in proceeding to employment or higher education, will be scrapped as part of a far-reaching educational reform, which will see the end of Saturday lessons and a new charter for elementary and junior high school education. The impending abolition of these special assistance measures does not, however, mean that the problem has been resolved. On the contrary, educational underachievement by Dowa children remains a serious and long-term cause for concern. Moreover, recent research shows that parental social class (expressed in terms of income, education, occupation, etc.), has a strong influence on the educational achievement of children. This paper offers a critical appraisal of the thinking behind the 2002 reforms, which reflect the one-sided perception that improvements in the material conditions of Dowa communities obviate the need for educational assistance. This assumption, that once children are in affluent surroundings they can be left to take care of their own educational development, is being used to justify more selective, diverse and limited guidance for children of discriminated groups. The paper points to the danger that this approach could actually lead to a further deterioration in the educational standards achieved by these children. *i.e. Dowa communities: as a term we could use "discriminated communities" with (" "), as it is actually not grammatical, that is, it can be made a term for convenience sake.

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