Keywords: Japan's Women's Education Policy Education Theme National Women's Education Club
For a long time, Japanese society has been influenced by the traditional concept of "men are the masters outside, and women are the masters inside", and schools have implemented the educational concept of "being a good wife and mother", so women's education focuses on the field where the role of wife or mother extends. This restricts the all-round development of Japanese women and hinders the improvement of their social status. However, after World War II, the Japanese government issued a series of legislation and policies on women's education, which guaranteed women's formal education and improved women's social status to some extent.
First, the main trend of Japanese women's education policy after the war
The benchmark trends of Japanese women's education policy after the war are as follows: setting up women's associations and holding meetings in various regions of the country; The Ministry of Education has set up a women's education section; The National Women's Education Center (NWEC) also provides women's lectures.
1. Establish women's associations and hold meetings in all regions of the country.
65438-0945, Japan Education Bureau issued the Notice on Establishing and Strengthening Women's Education Institutions. As a defeated country, Japan wants to build a new democratic society, and women play a very important role in regional democratization, so it is necessary to enrich women's learning opportunities. Therefore, Japan has promulgated a policy on establishing and strengthening women's educational institutions.
195 1 year, after Japan gained independence, the word "women's education" appeared again in the policy of the Japanese Ministry of Education. 1952 the national association for liaison and consultation of regional women's associations was established.
1975, Japan held a national conference on the theme of the International Year of Women. Only non-governmental organizations attended the meeting, and a liaison meeting for the International Women's Year was established, with 60 million members. The establishment of this liaison meeting means that the organization will play an important role in various movements to improve the status of Japanese women in the future.
2. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Sport has established a Women's Education Section.
196 1 year, the Women's Education Office was independent from the Social Education Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture of Japan, and the Women's Education Department was established.
1962, the Social Education Bureau held a seminar on family education, and the Women's Education Department undertook family education affairs. This has caused great controversy. At that time, both men and women in Japan believed that it was natural for women to undertake family education affairs. However, more people think that family education should be shared by both parents. They suggested that family education should be undertaken by the social education department in charge of adult education. Starting from 1964, the Ministry of Education began to subsidize family education classes and actively promoted various measures related to family education.
3. Set up a national women's education center in Japan to hold lectures on women's studies.
197 1 year, Japan's Ministry of Education began to raise funds to build the National Women's Education Center, and the National Women's Education Center (NWEC) was officially completed in 1978. 1980, at the beginning of "10 UN Women's Program", the National Women's Education Center of Japan held the first lecture on women's studies. The characteristics of the lectures on women's studies organized by the National Women's Education Center are as follows: once every three years. Scholars from universities and women's research institutions all over the country gathered together to discuss how to promote the development of women's studies. Starting from 1996, the National Women's Education Center of Japan officially launched the study of women's studies and gender.
In addition to classroom teaching, the National Women's Education Center also actively cooperates with researchers of women's studies, trying to combine the research results of women's studies with practice.
Second, the reform of Japanese women's education content
Looking at the changes in the contents of Japanese women's education, it develops with the progress of the times.