The Characteristics and the Social Background of the Debate over the Implementation of "Dotoku

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  • Tong, Zhansin
    Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

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  • 「道徳」の特設をめぐる議論 : その特徴と社会的背景
  • 「 ドウトク 」 ノ トクセツ オ メグル ギロン : ソノ トクチョウ ト シャカイテキ ハイケイ

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This paper provides a detailed analysis of the arguments about the implementation of Dotoku (Moral Education) in the school curriculum in the 1950s. It covers the period from 1950 when the Education Minister Teiyu Amuno proposed restoration of Shushin (Ethic Education in the prewar period), to 1958 when Dotoku was set up as a subject in the postwar elementary schools. It first points out that arguments both for and against the implementation of Dotoku were characterized by their opposition to restoration of Shushin and support for moral education as primary periods among all the educational activities where moral education is administered. Next this paper probes into the background of the demand for moral education : the general public hoped for child discipline on their part, while the government aimed at cultivating patriotic feelings, and both expected school education to serve their purpose. That, this paper concludes, called for the setting up of the subject of moral education in the school curriculum, and finally led to its implementation.

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