Cultural Changes in Post-War Japan (Lecturer: Matsuo, Kazuyuki. Professor, Sophia University)
April 15 Introduction to Contemporary American History
April 22 Japanese Constitution and American Ideology
May 6 Ideology of Educational Reforms
May 13 Ideology of the Distribution of Farmland
May 20 Ideology of the Dissolution of the “Zaibatsu”
June 3 Ideology of the Publicity by GHQ
June 10 Ideology of the Censorship
June 17 Wrap-up
Educational Reforms in Post-War Japan (Lecturer: Matsuo, Kazuyuki. Professor, Sophia University)
October 21 Introduction to the New Deal Thoughts
October 28 Expelling Teachers: Elimination of the Ancien Regime
November 4 Textbooks Reforms: A Way to Implant Democracy
November 11 Women Education: The Oppressed Half
November 18 Reform of Universities: Control of Japan’s Intellectuals
November 25 Reform of Alphabets: Trial for Romanizing Japanese
December 2 Adult Education: Reform of the Adults
December 9 English Education: Popularizing English