米国カリフォルニア州教科書行政の歴史的変容 : 州教育課程委員会の成立とその意義(V 研究報告)
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In our country, studies of American textbook administration have mainly laid stress on the level-comparison of specified matters in each state, or on clearing up fundamental legal issues in the educational cases concerned. However, we have not made an earnest histrical study on the expansion process of textbook administration in each state of America. Therefore, this paper, part of the above-mentioned historical study, attempts to clarify circumstances of the organization and roles of the California State Curriculum Commission, to consider the significance of the establishment of the Commission, with particular reference to the expansion process of the California state textbook administration. This paper consists of the following sections: Introduction I The background of the establishment of the State Curriculum Commission: 1 Problems of the California textbook administration prior to the establishment of the Commission 2 The development of curriculum studies in California State II The roles and the significance of the State Curriculum Commission: 1 The job specifications and the personnel organization of the Commission 2 The significance of the lawsuit on the adoptioon of music textbooks Conclusion Immediate factors facilitating the establishment of the State Curriculum Commission were "Investigation concerning the curriculum of California primary schools" led by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and his positive influence on the legislation based on the findings of this investigation. The establishment and activities of the Commission led to the resolution of a few problems, that is, recognizing the various viewpoints of educationalists who are not a part of the state educational administration staff and achieving an improvement in the quality of textbook content by the California textbook administration. The State Supreme Court established the State Educational Board's legal right to purchase completed books from publishers in the lawsuit on the adoption of music textbooks. This decision meant that the State Educational Board could adopt a standard policy attaching great significance to the quality of textbook content rather than to the cost of a given textbook. It also meant that the State Curriculum Commission could continue to recommend quality textbooks and take into consideration the opinions of educationalists. The State Curriculum Commission was a highly motivated body which attempted to maintain the merits of state centralized textbook administration and at the same time to reflect the views, as far as possible, of both local educational authorities and school teachers. The establishment of the Commission was significant in the development of state centralized textbook administration in California.
- 日本教育行政学会の論文
- 1988-10-11