E.W.クラークの静岡学問所付設伝習所における理化学の授業 : W.E.グリフィスあて書簡から

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E. W. Clark (1849-1907) came to Japan, and taught to the young sons of Tokugawa samurai, Japanese students, Chemistry and Physics at the Denshujo-school of Shizuoka-han in 1871-1873. He was a first American science teacher in Shizuoka-han (Tokugawa-han). Katzu Awa of Shizuoka-han samurai wanted an American teacher who could teach western sciences and had studied them in university, and he asked W.E. Griffis at Meishinkan of the Fukui-han Hanko. W.E. Griffis recommended E. W. Clark, who had been his classmate in Rutgers University, to Katzu Awa. The aim of this paper is to explore that E.W. Clark's Classes had contributed to Japanese science education in early Meiji era. He taught western sciences by laboratory studies and experimental demonstrations. His classes were much exciting for the students and the officers. They had showed deep interests in the new classes of western sciences. E. W. Clark had learned the practical methods from Prof. George H. Cook of Rutgers University. He used the methods which he had arranged for Japanese students. His classes were very unique in Japan in those days. And his teaching methods were the equal of Europe and America in the science teaching methods. It was one of the pioneer classes of Chemistry and Physics that E. W. Clark had taught there in early Meiji era of Japan. It was influenced to Japanese science education in early Meiji.
武蔵丘短期大学の論文
1997-12-15