The focus of this study was to analyze the curriculum in primary and secondary schools, which were organized according to the Educational Ordinances and Regulations which appeared in the Daily Bulletins of the Government General in the Korean Peninsul...
The focus of this study was to analyze the curriculum in primary and secondary schools, which were organized according to the Educational Ordinances and Regulations which appeared in the Daily Bulletins of the Government General in the Korean Peninsula during the late period of the Japanese occupation.
The major findings of the study are as follows:
1. Vocational education was emphasized again after 1929.
2. The secondary school curriculum was revised in 1932; "Law and Economics" was eliminated, "Civics" was added and "Chinese language" was included as part of the foreign languages and was an elective course.
3. The non-regular primary schools (two-year community primary schools) were founded after 1934 in secluded mountain areas in order to promote children's agricultural education.
4. "The Korean Educational Ordinance of 1929" was revised in 1938 with the result that the names of schools on the Korean penisula become the same as those of schools in Japan. Moreover, "Korean language" became an elective subject; however, it was prohibited for use as the means of instruction in the classroom.
5. According to the "Revision of Regulation on Schools" in 1938, the teaching hours of "Japanese language", "history," "gymnastics" and "national moral" increased, while the teaching hours of "Korean", "English" and "Arithmetic" decreased.
6. The temporary educational system, which was organized for time of war, was reinforced in the beginning 1941. The objective of this system was to make Korean students imperial subjects, faithful to the Japanese Empire.
7. The primary and secondary school curriculums were reorganized in 1941, 1943 according to the principles of integration. Thus, a few subjects were integrated into one broad subject field.
8. In May, 1945, school teaching was discouraged and all students were mobilized in order to receive military training or to work for industrial production.
This study was limited to the search for the contents of primary and secondary school education and the basic philosophy of curriculum organization. The Japanese Empire had to make her colonial policy in the Korean peninsula a successful one, It is suggested that a more detailed study should be much of each subject taught in schools during the Japanese occupation.