明治前期の数学教育

東京大学予備門と文部省直轄大阪中学校の事例

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This paper deals with mathematics teaching in Japan in the early Meiji era, before the enactment of ordinances concerning elementary schools and secondary schools in 1886. In this paper we consider teaching of mathematics at two schools, Tokyo Daigaku Yobimon (Preparatory School of the University of Tokyo) and Osaka Chuggako (Osaka Middle School), in the Meiji 10s, that is, from 1877 to 1886. The latter one, Osaka Chugakko, was a school under the direct control of Monbusho (Department of Education of the Imperial Government) and was the model school of the secondary education ay that time. At both schools, elementary mathematics (algebra, geometry and trigonometry) was taught firmly. At Tokyo Daigaku Yobimon, mathematics was taught by using British books as textbooks. On the other hand, at Osaka Chugakko, mathematics was taught by using Japanese translation of Western books as textbooks, most of these were American books. Mathematics teaching at both schools was of high quality in Japan at that time.