教育病理の概念化について

その視角と条件

抄録

Education is a social conduct to realize values and to attain objectives. The concept of pathology in the strict sense is hardly applied to the educational phenomena, excepting itsanalogical and figurative usage. However, we can actually observe dysfunction or impediment in education. The conceptualization of “pathology of education” leads to the diagnosis of problematic and dysfunctioning aspectsofeducation and the contribution to the development of theories for educational practice. In this sense, it may be significant in the sociology of education.
Dysfunctioning phases of education are to be examined on the three dimensions: process of education, system of education, and social structure. The theoretical frames of functional analysis, cultural lag, social disorganization, and the like in the discipline of social pathology are to some extent applicable to the diagnosis. However, it should be reminded that it requires a major proposition of value judgement, based on an ideological view of social structure with its orientation and forecast towards future social reconstruction.