学校への期待
親の政治的立場を中心として
1972 年 27 巻 p. 65-78,en234
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1972 年 27 巻 p. 65-78,en234
The purpose of this paper is to report the distributions of expectations and demands of parents to the education in public schools in to- day's Japan.
According to a theory of some scholars of educational history and law, children are primarily protected and educated on the basis of the parental prerogatives, and parents trust the school- teachers with them. This is called “the theory of the educational right of people”, which is against “the theory of the educational right of state”. In this theory, it seems that educational freedom is important but educational control is neglected. In social life, however, most parents may have different expectations and demands to the education in public schools. They may have different expectations and demands to the education in public schools. They may have the same opinions about some problems, but hold opposite ones about other problems, which should be arranged in the public schools as the social institution on the basis of the social order or social norms.
We made 26 questions in the questionnaire entitled “Research on Opinions about Education- in Public Schools”, which were responsed by 532 subjects sampled from six groups from March to April, 1971.
Upon this investigation I have ascertained the following.(1) Many opinions are classified into 5 groups ; NC (neutral consensus), R C (right-consensus), L C (left-consensus), R O (right-opposition) and L O (left-opposition). For example, in R C group there is consensus supported more.by the progressive parents than the conservative. Opinions in L O group are supported by the progressive parents but opposed by the conservative.(2) There are some agreements about taking up liberalism, democracy and pacifism as the subject-matters.(3) In R O and L O groups, there are some opposite opinions about taking up the following as the subject-matters; the union of workers and the demonstration of people in general (in L O), and the respect to the Emperor and the importance of Independence Day of Japan (in RO).
As a result of the analysis, we have arrived at the conclusion that we cannot approve the theory of the educational right of people. It might be said that educational freedom of parents must not be controlled by political power but that children in public schools should be educated while educational expectations and demands of parents being controlled to some extent.
