Civil Society, State, and Institutions for Young Children in Modern Japan: The Initial Years

Autor/in	Uno, Kathleen
Titel	Civil Society, State, and Institutions for Young Children in Modern Japan: The Initial Years
Quelle	In: History of Education Quarterly, 49 (2009) 2, S.170-181 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2680
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-5959.2009.00194.x
Schlagwörter	Historiography; Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Child Care; Educational History; Public Sector; Private Sector; Kindergarten; Politics of Education; Social Environment; Educational Environment; Educational Development; Child Care Centers; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschichtsschreibung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Öffentlicher Sektor; Privater Sektor; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Soziales Umfeld; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bildungsentwicklung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum
Abstract	Research on the history of children and childhood in modern Japan (1868-1945) reveals that issues related to civil society, state, and the establishment of institutions for young children can be explored beyond the transatlantic world. In this essay, after briefly surveying historiography, a few basic terms, and earlier patterns of state and private involvement in education, the author considers the role of state and nonstate agents in the genesis of institutions for young children in modern Japan. She then proceeds in chronological order, treating first the founding of kindergartens and then day nurseries, focusing on the initial four decades. Since there are no English monographs tracing the history of Japanese younger children's institutions or the history of children in general, the author begins the investigation through the published Japanese language historical works on education, early childhood education, and social welfare and data extracted from English language materials. Here, the author focuses on the initial years of two leading institutions for young children, the kindergarten and day nursery (or day care center) in order to explore how private and public initiatives established modern educational and welfare institutions for young children in Japan. The findings presented here suggest that while nationalism and state initiatives were quite strong, attempting to view the establishment of early childhood institutions in modern Japan from the bottom up, that is, by examining private initiatives, offers an alternative perspective resulting in a more comprehensive view of not only education and relief projects for young children but the larger social and political landscape as well. (Contains 30 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10