The Thoughts on the Asian Education in Modern Japan : Their Formation and Development

二战前，随着国家政策的推进，日本教育工作者进军亚洲，犯下了强迫人们“同化日本”的严重错误，并因此支持殖民控制和/或军事占领。最近，我们鼓励通过教育和文化交流项目增进与亚洲国家的相互了解。在这个阶段，我们认为有必要阐明日本教育工作者是如何参与亚洲的，并调查导致他们轻视亚洲的心态。我们相信我们的研究结果可能有助于反思我们过去的活动。基于上述关注，我们打算从三个角度来考察这一问题，特别是在中国、韩国和台湾：(1)近代日本教育期刊中观察到的亚洲教育思想；(2)日本教育家对亚洲教育的思想及其实践；(3)中国、韩国和台湾教育家的反应。这个为期两年的项目的主要活动如下：(1)我们每年召开一次全体会议，讨论研究方法和报告进展，从而对这个问题有了共同的认识。(2)在大会之前，我们召开了分组会议，进行编辑工作，编制文件。我们选取并分析了明治时期教育期刊上有关亚洲教育的文章。研究结果于1995年7月以《近代日本亚洲教育的思考：明治后期教育期刊中、韩、台论文集》（索引）发表。(3)本课题组成员在学术团体年会上作报告。在1995年日本教育史学会年会上，我们几个人带头举办了“教育史上观察到的亚洲思想”的讨论会。我们提出了日本教育工作者对亚洲的轻视观的形成问题。(4)结案报告《近代日本的亚洲思想：形成与发展》共16篇。少

Before World War II,marching along with the national policy, Japanese educators advanced to Asia and made a serious mistake of forcing people to "assimilate to Japan", and as a result, supported colonial control and/or military occupation. Recently, enhancing mutual understanding with Asian countries through educational and cultural exchange programs has been encouraged. At this stage, we consider that it is necessary to elucidate how Japanese educators were involved in Asia, and to investigate the mentality which led them to despise Asia. We believe the result of our study may contribute to reflect on our past activities.Based on the above-mentioned concern, we intended to investigate the issue, particularly in China, Korea and Taiwan, from three viewpoints : (1) the thoughts on Asian education observed in educational journals in modern Japan, (2) Japanese educators' thoughts on Asian education and their practice, and (3) reaction of educators in China, Korea and Taiwan.Major activiti … More es of this two-year-project were as follows :(1) We held a general meeting every year to discuss the research methodology and to report progress, and thus we developed a common understanding of the issue.(2) Prior to the general meeting, we held section meetings for editorial work to compile documents. We selected and analyzed articles on Asian education included in educational journals of the Meiji Period. The results were made public in July 1995 as The Thoughts on the Asian Education in Modern Japan : Articles on China, Korea and Taiwan, Included in Educational Journals in the Later Meiji Period (Index).(3) Members of this research group made presentations at annual conferences of academic societies. A few of us took a leading role in having a colloquium "The Thoughts on Asia Observed in Educational History" at the 1995 annual conference of the Japan Educational History Society. We proposed the issue of formation of the contemptuous view on Asia among Japanese educators.(4) Our final report, The Thoughts on Asia in Modern Japan : Their Formation and Development consists of 16 articles. Less