This study aims at the systematization of changes in primary and secondary school curriculum during the Japanese occupation (1910-1929). References has been made to the Daily Bulletin of the Japanese Government General of Korea, to the law of the Educ...
This study aims at the systematization of changes in primary and secondary school curriculum during the Japanese occupation (1910-1929). References has been made to the Daily Bulletin of the Japanese Government General of Korea, to the law of the Education Bureau, and to other related material for the study's analytical data. The study has especially been concentrated on the school regulations and articles of primary and secondary schools.
The results of the study are :
1. The education period of Korean primary and secondary schools was shorter than that of Japan. General education was made light of while vocational education was stressed during the period of 1910-1919. By 1919, the education period was brought up to the level of Japan and general education was strengthened a little, but the educational policy was reconcentrated on the vocational education after 1929.
2. The number of hours for the Korean language was gradually decreased in favor of the Japanese language.
3. Korean history was not taught in the primary school and in the secondary schools only Japanese and foreign history was taught.
4. Foreign language courses (including English) were ignored or was offered minimally for form's sake in the period of 1910-1919.
5. The censorship policies of control and restriction on private schools from 1910 were stronger than the Japanese Resident period (1908).
6. The censorship regulations on textbooks were more rigorous than they were at the end of the Japanese resident period.
An exhaustive study of the change of the curriculum of each subject remains to be elaborated on and the study of the change of curriculum in primary and secondary schools during the period of 1930-1945 needs further study.