History and Present of Evening Junior High Schools (Yakan Chugaku) in Postwar Japan: Focusing on Learning to Liberate Marginalized People in Osaka

Autor/inn/en	Eguchi, Satoshi; Lee, Sunji
Titel	History and Present of Evening Junior High Schools (Yakan Chugaku) in Postwar Japan: Focusing on Learning to Liberate Marginalized People in Osaka
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, (2023) 17, S.31-44 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1881-4832
Schlagwörter	Educational History; Evening Programs; Junior High Schools; Educational Opportunities; Educational Legislation; Foreign Countries; Educational Practices; Junior High School Students; Junior High School Teachers; Foreign Nationals; Disadvantaged; Females; Immigrants; Photography; Womens Education; Self Concept; Asians; Educational Philosophy; Japan; South Korea; North Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Evening studies; Evening class; Abendstudium; Sekundarstufe I; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Ausland; Bildungspraxis; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Fotografie; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Selbstkonzept; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Korea; Republik; Demokratische Volksrepublik
Abstract	This paper examines the significance and potential of educational practices of evening junior high schools (yakan chugaku). After World War II, evening junior high schools were established for children who could not attend daytime junior high schools, and later those who had not completed compulsory education beyond school age began to study there. After the Act on Securing Educational Opportunities Equivalent to Ordinary Education at the Stage of Compulsory Education was enacted in 2016, new evening junior high schools have gradually begun to be established. This paper provides an overview of the history and present of evening junior high schools and then discusses the case of Osaka Prefecture, where the most advanced emancipatory educational practices, so-called "liberation education (kaiho kyoiku)," have taken place since the 1970s. It focuses on the practice of Kim Hyangdoja, a second generation Zainichi Korean who teaches at an evening junior high school in Higashi-Osaka City. She and her colleagues have sought a way for marginalized people, especially first-generation Zainichi Korean women, to become aware of their historical and social position. We considered the significance of her practice, "Writing my history with photos," similar to Paulo Freire's literacy education. We clarified that this practice is not only for making personal history, but is also an arena for expressing the identities of different social groups. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01