Images of the Japanese education system as a possible model for reforming British education, 1868-1914

• Mari Hiraoka ^[1]
  1. [1] University of London

     University of London

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: History of education researcher, ISSN 1740-2433, Nº. 85, 2010, págs. 1-10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article investiga tes British attitudes towards the Japanese education system as a possible model for reformmg Brltish education between 1868 and 1914.

    In contrast to Britain, one of the most industrialized nations with modern and 'civilized' institutions, Japan was not only a late developer which had only commenced the process of modernization in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was also a non-Christian and non-white nation. However, British observers sometimes made surprisingly positive comments on Japan's newly introduced education system.