English Language Teaching during Japan's Post-war Occupation

Politics and Pedagogy
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-58939-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

In 1945 Japan had to adjust very rapidly to sudden defeat, to the arrival of the American Occupation and to the encounter with the English language, together with a different outlook on many aspects of society and government. This scholarly book is based on in-depth interviews with people, now aged, who were school students at the time of the Occupation and who experienced first-hand this immense cultural change. The book considers the nature of the changing outlook, including democratization, the new role for the Japanese Emperor and all this represented for the place of tradition in Japanese life and the growing emphasis on individualism away from collectivism. It discusses the changing system of education itself, including new structures and new textbooks, and relates the feelings of the participants as they came to terms with defeat and the language and culture of the former enemy. Overall, the book provides a fascinating insight into a key period of Japanese history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ohara, Mayumi

Buchanan, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

List of Figures

Abbreviations

PART 1: Context

Chapter 1 The Scope of this Book

Chapter 2 Setting the Scene

PART 2: Historical Background

Chapter 3 History of Foreign Language Education in Japan

Chapter 4 Exploring the Historical Literature (1)

Chapter 5 Exploring the Historical Literature (2)

Chapter 6 Data Sources, Collection and Analysis

PART 3: Interviews and Their Implications

Chapter 7 The Interviews: What We Learned

Chapter 8 Concluding Thoughts

Appendix A Examples of Publications

Appendix B School Systems

Appendix C Lists of Japanese Names Translated into English

Appendix D The Locations of the Middle Level Schools Attended by Participants (Except for Yoko) as well as Other Places Referred in the Book.

Appendix E Summary of Warfare Between the Manchurian Incident and the Pacific War

Appendix F Political Occurrences and the Periods of the Participants’ Middle-level Schooling

Appendix G The Numbers of English Majors in Hiroshima Arts and Sciences University and Hiroshima Higher Normal School

Appendix H Employment of Foreign Teachers

Appendix I Information on the Participants (Age Order)

Appendix J Sample Interview Questions

Appendix K The Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mayumi Ohara obtained her doctorate at the University of Technology Sydney.



John Buchanan is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Technology Sydney.