Terakoya in the Edo Period - The Origin of Education for Common People

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江戸時代の寺子屋 - 庶民教育の原点

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江戸時代えどじだい(1603-1868)寺子屋てらこや庶民しょみんどもたちまなための教育機関きょういくきかんでしたおも算盤そろばんおしえていましたが、これらは商売しょうばい日常生活にちじょうせいかつ必要ひつよう実用的じつようてき知識ちしきでした教師きょうし手習てなら師匠ししょう」とばれおおさむらい町人ちょうにんでした授業料じゅぎょうりょうやすまずしい家庭かていどもでもかよことができました

寺子屋てらこや特徴とくちょう年齢ねんれい関係かんけいなく個々ここ能力のうりょくおうじてまなべることでしたまた道徳教育どうとくきょういく重視じゅうしされ、「往来物おうらいものという教科書きょうかしょ使つかって礼儀作法れいぎさほうひととしての心得こころえまなびました

寺子屋てらこやおかげで江戸時代えどじだい末期まっきには庶民しょみん識字率しきじりつ世界的せかいてきてもたか水準すいじゅんたっしました。これは、明治時代めいじじだい以降いこう近代化きんだいか基盤きばんとなり日本にほん教育きょういく発展はってんおおきく貢献こうけんしたのです

 

Terakoya in the Edo Period - The Origin of Education for Common People

Terakoya in the Edo period were educational institutions for children of common people. They mainly taught reading, writing, and abacus, which were practical knowledge necessary for business and daily life. Teachers were called "tenarai-shisho" and were often samurai or townspeople. Tuition was affordable, allowing children from poor families to attend.

A characteristic of terakoya was that children could learn according to their individual abilities, regardless of age. Moral education was also emphasized, and students learned etiquette and human principles using textbooks called "orai-mono."

Thanks to terakoya, by the end of the Edo period, the literacy rate among common people had reached a high level by global standards. This became the foundation for modernization after the Meiji era and greatly contributed to the development of education in Japan.

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