教育史における伝統の問題

教育思想史の一視点

抄録

The final aim of every study in the field of education is to contribute to the advancement of education at present and in future. This is also the case with the studies in the history of education. The viewpoint of thought history, therefore, must be introduced into the studies in the history of education in order that education in the past may be something more than dead facts and turn out to be useful in future.
To attain the aim we should pay our attention to the tradition running through the history of education and throw light on its development. The present article puts a great emphasis on the importance of the history of education by discussing the following four points : (1) what is tradition? (2) the problem of the view of tradition (3) tradition and education (4) the problem of tradition in the history of education.
One remark should be added here : this article doesn't handle with historical facts but is intended to show a vision for further study.