明治前半期における「科学」教育の転回

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Butsu,i Kaitei, a representative physics textbook first published in 1872, had a great influence on the science education in Japan. The peculiarity of Butsuri Kaitei was as follows: a. The second chapter of "Properties of matter", which was translated from G. P. Quackenbos' b. It was based on mechanistic corpuscular view. It had supplied a model for the following textbooks in Japan. The science education in Japan, however, was remarkably changed from scientific education as represented by Butsuri Kaitel into nationalized science education termed "Rika" in name in 1886 and in contents in 1891. The science education which had laid stress on the laws and principles of natural science has put emphasis on the observation of natural phenomena after 1891. This conversion resulted from the influence of Japanese traditional view of nature in addition to the German Method of science education. It was due to the fact that European view of nature, especially mechanistic corpuscular view which is the basis of modern natural science, was too difficlut for the Japanese to understand. Mechanistic corpuscular view was different from the Japanese traditional view of nature, which is based on practicalism, holism, and positivism instead of inquiring into the principles under various kinds of matter.
日本科学史学会の論文
1980-04-16