Value orientations found in British Columbian and Japanese schoolbooks : the 1920's-the 1970's
| dc.contributor.author | Minoura, Yasuko | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-14T22:53:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-14T22:53:24Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1975 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 1975 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Sociology | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | It is said that societies incorporating industrial technology will converge in all aspects, at least in the long run. This paper attempts to test the thesis of conĀvergence by finding out empirically which facets of cultural orientations tend to change or to resist change under the contraints of industrialization. Special attention is paid to the ways of interpersonal behavior and of conducting oneself in the formative years. For this purpose, the fourth grade readers of British Columbia and Japan, as two representatives of advanced industrial societies with distinctive cultural origins, are examined at two points in time, the 1920's and the 1970's. The reason for selection of the textbook as material is that education is conceived to be the most powerful factor in making people - adaptable to an industrial society. Our findings indicate: (1) A rise in individualistic orientation need not necessarily accompany successful industrialization; (2) Male-centered orientation, achievement orientation, and an emphasis on family life remain unchanged over time in both societies; (3) A shift from 'great men' to 'ordinary citizen' models is observed in both British Columbian and Japanese texts; (4) A convergent trend is demonstrated in the modes of interpersonal relations and the age pattern of the textbook characters; (5) Within the time span covered by this study a divergent trend is noticed in the handling of institutional contexts, although a possible increase in the recreational orientĀation in both textbooks is foreseen. The findings of this case study of two societies lead us to the general proposition that the form of socialization models can change under the constraints of industrialization, while the guiding principles of interpersonal behaviour (the substance of socialization models) tend to resist changes and retain the indigenous quality. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 174 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/19035 | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | Value orientations found in British Columbian and Japanese schoolbooks : the 1920's-the 1970's | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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