Japan And Meiji Reforms

  • Japan isolated itself under the Tokugawa regime (1600–1867)

    In 1600 very few common people were literate. By the period's end, learning had become widespread
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    Education through out japan and Meiji reforms

  • A modern concept of childhood emerged in Japan as part of its engagement with the West

    A modern concept of childhood emerged in Japan after 1850 as part of its engagement with the West
  • 40-50% of Japanese boys, and 15% of the girls, had some schooling

    By the 1860s, 40-50% of Japanese boys, and 15% of the girls, had some schooling outside the home.
  • schools were no longer religious institutions nor were they predominantly located in temples

    These schools were no longer religious institutions, nor were they, by 1867, predominantly located in temples.
  • reformers set Japan on a rapid course of modernization, with a public education system like that of Western Europe

    After 1868 reformers set Japan on a rapid course of modernization, with a public education system like that of Western Europe
  • school textbooks based on Confucianism were replaced by westernized texts.

    After 1870 school textbooks based on Confucianism were replaced by westernized texts.
  • Elementary school enrollments climbed from about 40 or 50 percent of the school-age population

    Elementary school enrollments climbed from about 40 or 50 percent of the school-age population in the 1870s to more than 90 percent by 1900, despite strong public protest, especially against school fees.
  • schools were generating new sensibilities regarding childhood.

    After 1890 Japan had numerous reformers, child experts, magazine editors, and well-educated mothers who bought into the new sensibility.
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