明治後期〜大正中期の中学校における外国人教師の役割 : 山口県における外国人教師制度を事例として(<特集>教育における臨床の知)
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In the Meiji Period several thousands of foreigners visited Japan to assist her modernization programs in various field.They were called "foreign employees".During 17 years, from 1901 to 1917, Yamaguchi prefecture hired foreign teachers totaling 46 for the improvement of English education at five prefectural middle schools.it is reported that in other prefectures a school or a prefectural government hired foreign teachers as an independent program of its own.But never in prefectures other than Yamaguchi can we find the case in which prefectural government employed foreign teachers to be institutionalized as a system just like the JETT Program of modern times.This paper intends to (1)clarify the unique nature of the foreign teacher system institutionalized by Yamaguchi Prefecture, (2)list the names, tenures and activities of the employed foreign teachers and (3) examine what legacy this system left behind for the present Japanese society at large.The paper also indicates that the foreign teachers sstem in Yamaguchi started with the intention to standardize the level education at five prefectural middle scools, based on the idea that authentic pronunciation is not only vital to learning English, but also must be acquired through native speakers.It should be noted that those foreign teachers were not mere assistants to Japanese counterparts but that they were positively involved in the education of young Japanese in and out of the classroom.Some of the foreign teachers were such talented educatiors that they held great influence concerning academics and character building of Japanese counterparts, to say nothing of the students.In spite of the unique role those foreign teachers played, the foreign teacher system of Yamaguchi Prefecture came to an end 1917 simply because it was not effective for entrance examinations which, by then, only focused on the reading ability of the ezaminees.Finally, the examination of the foreign teasher system of Yamaguchi Prefecture raises a fundamental and familiar issue : What is the ideal English education in Japan?
- 日本教育学会の論文
- 2002-12-30
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