幼児教育史研究
Online ISSN : 2432-1877
Print ISSN : 1881-5049
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20世紀初頭中国におけるキリスト教保育者養成
―福建省と江蘇省の養成教育内容を中心に―
聶 晶晶
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ジャーナル フリー

2022 年 17 巻 p. 17-30

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 This paper focuses on the educational content and its characteristics in the training of kindergarten teachers in Fujian and Jiangsu Provinces of China, which were advanced regions for Christian missionary work in the early 20th century.
 First, the paper considers the educational background of Christian women missionaries prior to their arrival in China, and clarifies the specialization of skills of them. Second, the paper clarifies the specific training education that took place in each of the Christian kindergarten teacher training institutions in China at the beginning of the 20th century. In particular, this paper examines the characteristics of educational content and their relation to the professional knowledge of women missionaries.
 Each missionary organization established their own kindergartens in various regions during the early days of kindergarten education in China. With the spread of kindergarten education in China, the demand for kindergarten teachers increased, and each region began to train their own kindergarten teachers. Many of these missionaries were women, trained to become teachers in their home countries. For example, Bertha H. Allen, the first principal of Fuzhou Union Kindergarten Training School, completed her kindergarten coursework at Los Angeles State Normal School. There, she studied subjects related to early childhood education, including science, art, theory, play, handicrafts, storytelling, piano, psychology, music, observation, education, teaching, programs, and hygiene. Among these subjects, especially in the subject called theory, Froebelʼs educational thought and the teaching methods of Gift were taught.
 Second, this paper focuses on the subjects of Suzhou Kindergarten Training School and Fuzhou Union Kindergarten Training School. The following four subjects are common to both schools :
(1) Subjects related to the essence and purpose of early childhood education: kindergarten principles, Froebelʼs life, play and theory.
(2) Subjects related to the content and methods of early childhood education: play, drawing, music, and stories.
(3) Religious subjects : Bible and Old Testament characters, Gospel of John.
(4) General education subjects.
 The characteristics are as follows. First, Froebelʼs educational thought was taught. Graduates of the kindergarten teachers training institutions had learned and understood the importance of education for mothers, the idea of play, and childrenʼs spontaneous play with Gift, as advocated by Froebel. Second, the establishment of academic subjects at these training institutions related to the women missionariesʼ educational background prior to their arrival in China. For example, the educational content at Fuzhou Union Kindergarten Normal School, including handicrafts, music, play and theory, drawing, as well as the life of Froebel were believed to be based on the expertise that Principal Allen held prior to arriving in China.

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