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The Japanese schools for the natives of Truk, Caroline Islands
Human organization • 20 (2) • Published In 1961 • Pages: 83-88
By: Fischer, John L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief description of the educational system on the Chuuk Islands during the Japanese Occupation (1914-1945). The Japanese colonial administers established two elementary schools (grades 1 through 5) and one regional trade school for carpentry. The purpose of the educational system was ostensibly 'to civilize the natives and to make them into loyal and economically useful citizens of the Japanese empire (84).' The two major subjects taught were Japanese and arithmetic. Drills and rote memorization were the prinicipal methods of instruction. Corporal punishment was severe and frequent. Some graduates were able to use their knowledge of Japanese languge and culture to manipulate the colonial system in their favor. Knowledge of Japanese carpentry did influence a general change in Chuuk house design and construction.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Administrative agencies
- External relations
- Education system
- Students
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chuuk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1949-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1924-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. L. Fischer
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47033317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trukese (Micronesian people)