Due to the progress of the research project over three years, first, it was possible to establish a database of Korean readings issued by the Joseon Governor-General during the Japanese colonial period, and second, the possibility of studying textbook ...
Due to the progress of the research project over three years, first, it was possible to establish a database of Korean readings issued by the Joseon Governor-General during the Japanese colonial period, and second, the possibility of studying textbooks during the Japanese colonial period, which was a field that had been insignificant in research so far, was able to be divided.
First of all, the database work was completed with all the Korean language textbooks issued by the Joseon Governor-General during the Japanese colonial rule, but the Korean language textbooks issued by the Taiwan Governor-General and the Japanese language textbooks issued by the Japanese Ministry of Education were stopped by collecting textbooks. In the future, I would like to continue a comparative study of textbooks in both countries or three countries with a database completed in a hurry to input textbooks in Taiwan and Japan. For this, as mentioned above, the development of a research program is considered urgent. I hope that a program that can recognize and analyze the notation of the Japanese colonial period as it is developed will enable various quantitative studies.
Also, due to the difficulty of collecting textbooks in Korea, there is not even a proper list of textbooks, which made it impossible to take a temporary review. Through this study, a list of Korean language textbooks issued by the Government-General of the Joseon Dynasty during the Japanese colonial period was completed and published through thesis. In addition, it is expected that it will be good data for related researchers by revealing the location.
Finally, through this study, I realized the possibility of studying textbooks during the Japanese colonial period. The research at the time has great expectations from the perspective of educational, Japanese, and comparative studies.
First, it is an educational perspective. The position occupied by the textbooks examined through this study is the entity that can know in detail what kind of education was conducted during the Japanese colonial period. Through this, it can be seen that the ultimate goal of Japan, the ruler of the time, through education in Joseon was clearly revealed. In addition, it was found that the educational situation at the time did not provide ample opportunities to Koreans in need of education, and to overcome this, systems such as four-year, simplified schools, and vocational schools were created, and textbooks for education were established. It was produced, but it was found that two ideologies were involved: discrimination and specificity. During the period of this study, the situation in Joseon was grasped and the conclusions were drawn. However, the process of analyzing the situation in Japan by comparing them with the situation in Japan is expected to be necessary in future studies.
The second is the Japanese language perspective. During the Japanese colonial period, the Korean language textbook issued by the Government-General of Korea was Korean for the Japanese, but it was a second foreign language textbook for the Koreans. For this reason, it was easier to write than textbooks issued by the Ministry of Education of Education at the time, but as the time of Japanese occupation increased, the contents of textbooks issued by the Ministry of Education of Education were transferred as they were to the second half. However, textbooks for lower grades can be evaluated as textbooks that take into account the uniqueness of Joseon because they were written as easily as possible for Korean children to understand. Textbooks at that time consisted of a phonetic Kana notation that was different from the Japanese notation system, so it is used as a useful material for examining the writing system of the time. Based on this, I think that it is necessary to consider the process of Japanese notation settled in Korea following Joseon, and will be used as a future research project.
The third is the perspective of comparative research. During this study, I became interested in Japanese language education conducted in Taiwan, which is similar to ours. In addition, it is expected that a detailed comparative study of Taiwan textbooks and Joseon textbooks during the Japanese colonial period will be possible based on the input of Taiwan textbooks collected by utilizing the textbook DB in the database. The comparison with secondary education textbooks is also considered a part that needs further research.