Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Froebel? The Development of Origami in Early Childhood Education in Japan

Autor/in	Nishida, Yukiyo
Titel	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Froebel? The Development of Origami in Early Childhood Education in Japan
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 55 (2019) 4, S.529-547 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2018.1546330
Schlagwörter	Art Activities; Educational Philosophy; Handicrafts; Asian Culture; Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Teaching Methods; Correlation; Educational History; Comparative Education; Germany; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Handwerk; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Korrelation; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Deutschland
Abstract	This study examines how origami has been implemented, practised, and developed in the early childhood education of Japan over the past 140 years. Historically speaking, paper-folding has been part of Japanese symbolic art, craft culture, and religious ceremonial artefacts since paper and paper-folding techniques were first imported from China during the seventh century. By the eighteenth century, paper-folding provided a form of mass entertainment in Japanese society. During the 1870s, paper-folding was dramatically transformed into a pedagogical tool within Japanese kindergartens after Friedrich Froebel's (1782-1852) kindergarten system and its curriculum was transferred to Japan from the West. "Papier-Falten" ("paper-folding") comprised an element of Froebel's Occupations -- which was a series of handiwork activities -- in his kindergarten curriculum, whereby various folding techniques and models were derived from European traditional paper-folding and introduced into a Japanese kindergarten curriculum that was associated with the concept of Froebel's kindergarten. Particularly seen in early childhood education in Japan, what we now call "origami" developed as a new form of paper-folding. This gradually emerged through the marriage of Western (German) and Eastern (Japanese) paper-folding cultures. The study highlights the benefits and uniqueness of cultural transmission and transformation when developing origami in early childhood education in Japan. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01