私立高等学校の「建学の精神」に関する研究

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This study is a part of a survey of private high schools in Japan, dealing with the spirit behind the founding of a private school, the integrated secondary education system, and tne dormitory education. This study is linked with the survey of private elementary and junior-high schools, that began in AY1993. The study, first, reconsiders the justification for the existence of Christian schools in Japan. We feel this study is necessary as Christian schools seem to be dying out as a result of thing like a decrease in the number of Christian teachers and a decrease in the number of students interested in attending this type of school. The second motivation for the survey is more general one: to determine the School Identities of private schools, facing a crisis that the number of students is decreasing in Japan, by reconsidering the spirit behind the founding of a private school. The make-up of the spirit behind the founding of a private school are varied; each school lays stress on different points; and the efforts made toward realization of this spirit are also varied in accordance to the type of school. The first step of this study is to extract the make-up of the spirit behind the founding of a private school and categorize the various parts. This categorization helps answer the questions, "What kind of the 'spirit' can survive the changes of time?" "What kind of 'spirit' has been compelled to change with the times or as a result of other factors?" Due to the limited space of this paper, the problems of the persistence of the spirit behind the founding of a private school and the reasons for these problems will be mentioned on another occasion. It is quite difficult to categorize the make-up of the "spirit" of each school, as there is no standardized format. After a pilot study of 379 high schools in 10 prefectures, some keywords have been discovered. In general, the make-up of the spirit behind the founding of a private school can be categorized by the following 5 subject areas: 1. Educational philosophy (specific religion, thought and objectives for establishment) 2. The subject of education 3. Concrete educational objectives 4. The way the school will contribute to society 5. The approach or practice of education utilized to realize the spiri of behind the founding of a private school These categories typically fit into a school charter in the following manner: "Based on 1 (religion/thought ), this school considers 2 to be of primary importance. It aims at educating the person who can be equipped with such characteristics and skills as 3, and expects him/her to contribute the society or community in 4. This school attempts to achieve this purpose through 5." After readjustment of the keywords, the subcategories are as seen in Table 3 (in Japanese ). Questionnaires based on the table were sent to all the private high schools in Japan (1238 high schools), and the answers have been analyzed. A preceding study on the categorization of private schools points out that the schools with religious backgrounds earnestly exert themselves toward achievement of their spirit behind the founding of their individual school. This study analyzes the spirit behind the founding of a private school in terms of religious or non-religious backgrounds, and considers the changes wrought by time.
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