A study of total principles education done between ten years since 1945, from a viewpoint of Japanese language education.

本研究试图从制度、课程和教学实践等方面揭示日本作为国语的教育现状。战后的教育，即所谓的“新教育”，采用了经验主义的综合教学方法。作为本研究的基础，本文考察了美国经验主义对战后日本教育发展的影响。此外，还调查了美国当局的建议对日本学校学习课程设置的影响。考察了新教育主义对日本语言教育的影响过程，并对几所新教育实践学校的课程设置和教学实践进行了调查，以揭示教育的实际状况。研究者们走访了福泽小学、樱田小学和北条小学，对“福泽计划”、“樱田计划”和“北条计划”的成果进行了细致的研究。上述调查广泛地揭示了以经验主义为基础的一体化教学原则是如何融入日本现代教育实践的。今后，如何将实证方法与学科方法结合起来，还有待进一步研究。此外，本研究将探讨如何利用本研究所得之史实，并对未来教育提出新的建议。

This study attempts to reveal the actual state of education of Japanese as the national language from the viewpoint of systems, curriculum and teaching practices.Postwar education, what is so called "New Education", adopted the empirical method of integrated teaching. As the basis for this study, how American Empiricism affected the educational improvement in the postwar Japan was researched. It was also investigated that the way in which advice from American authority influenced the establishment of study course for Japanese schools. The process in which the new empiricism influenced the Japanese language education was considered.In order to reveal the actual state of education, more research was conducted on the curriculum and the teaching practices at several schools of new education practice. Fukuzawa elementary school, Sakurada elementary school and Hojo elementary school were visited by the researchers and the outcomes of "Fukuzawa plan", "Sakurada plan" and "Hojo plan" were studied meticulously.Above mentioned investigations revealed extensively how the principle of integrated teaching based on Empiricism was incorporated into modern educational practices in Japan.In the future, more study will be conducted to reveal the way of relating empirical method to subject method. In addition, how to take advantage of the findings from this study on historical facts will be studied and new suggestions will be provided for the future education.