From Transplantation To Autonomy: A Study On The Evolution Of Japanese Early Childhood Life Education Theory After World War ? (1945-2000)

This research adopts the method of historical literature research,taking the changes of Japanese early childhood life education after World War II as the research object,combing the development situation,characteristics and Enlightenment of Japanese early childhood life education theory after World War II from 1945 to 2000,providing experience and opening up ideas for the current education theory construction,and taking the return of early childhood education to life and the integration of life education into early childhood life as the practical appeal.In order to inject new blood into the current reform of kindergarten education,the research ideas and framework of this paper have been formed.There are five chapters in this paper.The first chapter mainly introduces the reasons for selecting the topic,the definition of the core concepts,the significance of the research,and the literature review and research ideas and research methods.Chapter two introduces how Japanese early childhood life education theory transplants American education theory duringtransplantation period(1945-1960).This paper briefly explains the social background of Japanese early childhood life education theory transplanted to the United States in this period,and then combs the theoretical basis of American-style Japanese early childhood life education,chooses Kurahashi and Megan Wu as the representatives of American-style Japanese early childhood life education thought,and also chooses Dongdong as the representative of 1948 "Key Points of Nursing" and 1956 "Key Points of Kindergarten Education".The life education practice of three kindergartens,namely,Beijing Fanding Kindergarten,Sakura Kindergarten and Kindergarten affiliated to Xinli University,makes a concrete study on the theory of Japanese early childhood life education during the transplantation period from these three aspects.The third chapter studies the integration and development of Japanese early childhood life education theory during the blending period(1960-1980).Based on the background of Japan's rapid economic development,this period clarifies the development of Japan's early childhood life education theory in the blending period through the analysis of Kubota's early childhood life education thought and the 1964 "Essentials ofkindergarten education" and the life practice of Heguang kindergarten and Anbu kindergarten.Chapter IV discusses the new changes of Japanese early childhood life education theory based on the trend of life-long education during the autonomous period(1980-2000).It studies the characteristics of Japanese early childhood life education theory under the trend of life-long education and the ideas of early childhood life education represented by Akiko Takashi,the national text and the practice of kindergarten life education Affiliated to Ibaraki University.The fifth chapter summarizes the characteristics of the change of Japanese children's life theory after World War II and draws inspiration for the construction of educational theory.