学協会シンポジウム「教養教育――その歴史と課題」
「教養教育」とは何か
2015 年 2015 巻 66 号 p. 83-100
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2015 年 2015 巻 66 号 p. 83-100
The concept of “KYOYO Education” (which means liberal and general education in Japanese) is controversial. Colleges and Universities in Japan have experienced large-scale reforms since the 1990s up to now, and the renovation of liberal or general education in undergraduate colleges has been one of the most important issues. After World War II, the idea and system of general education were introduced to Japanese Colleges and Universities, but they did not accommodate themselves to the Japanese higher education system. The system of general education in Japanese undergraduate colleges was formally and legally abolished in 1991 and the “KYOYO Education” instead of general education made a dashing appearance on the higher education scene in its place. KYOYO is a unique Japanese concept - though one which has been influenced by Western educational ideas, for example, paideia (in Greek), humanitas or artes liberales (in Latin), Bildung (in German), or in English culture, liberal arts, liberal education and general education. Recently “KYOYO Education” is sometimes used as an interchangeable term for general education, though it is simultaneously believed that the concept means liberal education. This paper examines the concept of “KYOYO Education” in relation to the historical development of the two concepts of general education and liberal education in the United States.
