著者
浪本 勝年
出版者
立正大学
雑誌
立正大学文学部論叢 (ISSN:0485215X)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.83, pp.61-80, 1986-03-20
著者
浪本 勝年
出版者
立正大学心理学部
雑誌
立正大学心理学研究年報 (ISSN:21851069)
巻号頁・発行日
no.3, pp.33-48, 2012-03-31

One of the most crucial education issues in Japan now is which appropriate school textbook should be adopted in Yaeyama district in Okinawa. School textbook used in primary and secondary schools in Japan has played an active part of the class and has given strong affect to students. Entrance examination is usually made according to school textbook. It is the reason why school teachers still teach students mainly by using school textbook which is authorized by the central government. So the important question appears. It is that who should have the authority to adopt school textbook. At the beginning of the modern school system in Japan teachers selected school textbook freely by their ideas. But the contents of school textbook have a significant impact on students in fostering their social and political thoughts. Government was gradually apt to control the contents of school textbook so that they could strengthen their political background.Act on free school textbook system, promulgated in 1963, orders the prefectural board of education to set up areas in which they decide one school textbook to adopt. The areas usually consist of several cities and towns, which have a significant impact on teachers' role to select school textbooks. That means the Act deprives teachers of the right to adopt schooltextbook. Now it is said that the school board of education has the power to adopt school textbook for the local students. Is it right?
著者
浪本 勝年
出版者
立正大学心理学研究所
雑誌
立正大学心理学研究所紀要 The journal of the Institute of Psycology, Rissho University (ISSN:13482777)
巻号頁・発行日
no.12, pp.17-30, 2014

In 2009 The Democratic Party of Japan( DPJ) led by HATOYAMA Yukio, leader of the party, tookoffice after the general election of The Lower House in Japan. This meant a historic change of the centralgovernment in Japan, because over these five decades The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan(LDP) had been in office. In the field of education policy DPJ changed some of the former policy. For example families withchildren under 15 became to get child allowance. The first law provided 13,000 yen a month per childuntil graduation from junior high school. The second law effectively eliminates tuition fees at publichigh schools and provides tuition aid to students attending private high schools. Concerning this policy DPJ Noda administration got cancellation of the reservation of the clause offree education policy of International Covenants on Human Rights( 1966) on 24 September 2012. Thismeant also very significant change in education policy. As a rule of thumb, however, DPJ rapidly lost the support by the people due to the bad handling ofthe government, which lead to the change of government. Thus LDP again got office in 2012. LDP Abeadministration has started to enforce the reactionary policy especially in the fields of local educationadministration and school textbook authorization system. Such policy would undoubtedly have a negativeeffect on Japanese education.