Comprehensive Study on Historical Development and Policies of Upper Secondary Education from Comparative Perspective

近年来，高中教育和高等教育迅速普及，越来越多的高等教育机构多样化。由于日本的高中教育过于单一和僵化，受到了不少批评，因此预计学校将变得更加多样化和灵活。本研究项目旨在从比较的角度考察各国高中教育的现状，以期对日本高中教育制度的改革有所贡献。本项目为期三年，主要活动如下：在最初的两年里，为了了解每个国家高中教育的制度、理念、历史和现状，我们收集并分析了这些资料，并在第三年完成了最终的报告。我们选择了中国、韩国、泰国、马来西亚、印度尼西亚、印度等亚洲国家，以及英国、美国、法国、德国、前苏联等主要国家。美国、拉丁美洲和澳大利亚。我们每年举行一到两次全体会议，并在各地区举行单独会议，就每位成员的研究交换意见。在这些研究的基础上，一些报告已经在学术会议和期刊上发表。我们还出版了以下资料和参考书目。(1)高中教育比较研究：参考书目1：日文出版物，139p。(2)高中教育比较研究：参考文献二；外文出版物，204页。(3)《高中教育比较研究：世界主要法律法规及其他文件》，1992年3月。， 1992年3月我们的最后报告《高中教育的历史发展与政策比较研究》（410页）由30篇文章和资料组成，于1993年3月发表。

Recently, upper secondary education and higher education have been rapidly popularized and more higher education institutions are diversified. Reflecting the considerable criticism against Japanese upper secondary education for its uniformity and rigidity, schools are expected to be more diversified and flexible.This research project aimed at investigating current situation of upper secondary education in various countries from comparative viewpoint and expects to contribute to the reform of our system in Japan.Major activities of this three-year-project are as follows:1. In the initial two years, in order to understand the system, philosophy, history and current condition of upper secondary education in each country, we collected materials and analyzed them, which led us to the final report in the third year.2. We selected Asian countries such as China, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and India, as well as major countries like U.K., U.S.A., France, Germany, ex-U.S.S.R., Latin America and Australia.3. We had one or two general meetings every year, and also had separate meetings for respective regions to exchange opinions on studies of each member. Based on these studies, some reports have been presented at academic conferences and on journals. We also published following collection of materials and bibliographies.(1) Comparative Study of Upper Secondary Education: Bibliography I: Publications in Japanese, 139p., May 1991(2) Comparative Study of Upper Secondary Education: Bibliography II; Publications in Foreign Languages, 204p., March 1992(3) Comparative Study of Upper Secondary Education: Major Laws and Ordinances and Other Documents of the World, 278p., March 1992Our final report, A Comparative Study on Historical Development and Policies of Upper Secondary Education (410p.), consisting of thirty articles and materials, was published in March 1993.