On the Historical Process of the Institutionalizing Technical Education: The Case of Weaving Districts in the Meiji Japan
This paper explores the process of the institutionalizing technical education in modern Japan. In particular, this research attempts to elucidate why people in local weaving districts needed such educational institutions and how it is related with the introduction of western technology. This process is found to be much different from the government-led introduction of modern industries through establishment of technical high schools and universities to nurture engineers. In the case of traditional Japanese weaving districts, it was trade associations that voluntarily and actively established institutes for training, which were later supported by prefectural governments and the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and finally institutionalized as public technical schools by the Ministry of Education.
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2010-03
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Authors: | Hashino, Tomoko |
Institutions: | Faculty of Economics, Kobe University |
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