The process of creation of the teaching material “Hashire Merosu”

Abstract

This study aims to clarify the process of creation of the teaching material “Hashire Merosu”.

Its structural composition and the respective opinions of educators on this textbook were analysed.

I concluded that“Hashire Merosu”was created during the transformative period between empirical education and education in literature. “Hashire Merosu”,which was rewritten version of Furui Densestu,is an appropriate textbook to understand the intention of the author and literature characteristics,and was expected to be a unit in the teaching material with the aim to learn the appreciation of these characteristics. Furthermore,it was simultaneously expected to serve as a literature teaching material for education in aesthetic sensibility.

“Hashire Merosu”has continued to be used as an appropriate teaching material in response to changing times due to the value found in its point of departure. Whether this textbook will continue to be used in the course of time will depend on the extent to which the learning of rich language is implemented in each classroom.