Toyokawa's Sense of 'Regional Learning', Okinawan Consciousness, and Resistance to Assimilation Policies
| Autor: | Teruya, Shinji |
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| Jazyk: | japonština |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | 沖縄キリスト教学院大学論集 = Okinawa Christian University Review. 9:1-12 |
| ISSN: | 1349-8479 |
| Popis: | 本稿の目的は、沖縄県立第三中学校教諭であった豊川善曄（1888-1941）の思想と実践を分析し、1930年代初頭の沖縄における郷土教育の可能性と陥奔とを検討するものである。近代沖縄教育史は、「同化」「皇民化」という用語で説明されてきた。教師たちは日本政府の同化政策を無批判的に推し進めた存在だと理解されてきた。しかし、1930年代初頭の郷土教育が盛んな時期、豊川善曄をはじめ幾人かの教師たちは、強い「沖縄人」意識をあらわにし、その必要性を訴えていた。豊川は、郷土史教育の目的を沖縄の｢民族魂」の鼓吹であるとまで高唱していた。なぜそのようなことが戦前日本の公教育の場で可能であったのか、その教育的、社会的背景を探り、その思想の輪郭を描き、陥奔を指摘する。また、それらの作業を通じ、全国的に展開された郷土教育が、沖縄においては異なった様相を呈したことを明らかにする。 This paper examines the work of TOYOKAWA Zenyou (1888-1941), a little known teacher in Okinawa's third middle school who sought to develop students with a strong sense of their cultural roots. This examination is grounded in considerations that the Regional Learning Project of the early 1930s in Okinawa had both possibilities and pitfalls toward effective education. The history of Okinawa's modern education has been described in terms of uncritical, widespread "assimilation" (kōminka). That is, teachers were understood to blindly play their crucial roles in carrying out the assimilation policies promulgated by the Japanese government. In the face of these assimilation policies stood TOYOKAWA who expressed the importance of "Okinawan consciousness," insisting that local students understand their history and culture. TOYOKAWA argued that a primary aim of regional history education was to bring up students with a strong awareness and consciousness of Okinawa. What possessed TOYOKAWA to resist the assimilation policy and assert the importance of Okinawan consciousness? What were the principal features of his ideas and their shortcomings? This paper aims to answer these questions. Based on my research, it can be said that the Regional Learning Project in Okinawa was significantly different in its aims from those in the mainland. |
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