The comparative historical study of the development and practices of the kindergarten-primary curriculum between Japan and the United States

本研究探讨了近代日本幼儿园-小学课程的理论背景和实践特征。在美国，以儿童为中心的生命教育理论被实现为基于项目的课程。美国进步教育通过吸收美国幼儿园运动的成果，开始在整个学校系统中流行起来。这些事实在20世纪20年代被告知了日本教育家。一些女子师范学校附中对幼儿园-小学课程进行了研究和尝试。一些学校理解了节目的含义，但许多其他学校由于研究条件的不足而不理解节目的含义。

This research explored the theoretical background and practical features of the kindergarten-primary curriculum in modern Japan. In the United States of America, the theory of child-centered education concerning life was realized as the project based curriculum. American progressive education began to be popular throughout the whole school system by adopting the fruits of American kindergarten movement. Those facts were informed to the Japanese educators in the 1920s. Some attached schools for women's normal school studied and tried the kindergarten-primary curriculum. Some schools understood the meanings of the programs, but many other schools did not understand the meanings due to their insufficiency in research condition.