A Historical Survey of Speech and Education at Mission Schools in Modern Japan

Author(s):
Kanke, Tomohiro; Morooka, Junya
Editor(s):
Boogaart, Ronny; Garssen, Bart; Jansen, Henrike; Van Leeuwen, Maarten; Pilgram, Roosmaryn; Reuneker, Alex
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

This paper conducts archival research to shed light on speech and debate education in mission schools in modern Japan. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, many Protestant missionaries arrived in Japan. They opened Western-style schools based on the liberal arts tradition and provided students with opportunities to practice speech and debate both inside and outside of class. This paper presents the result of a preliminary investigation into argument practice in mission schools in modern Japan.

debateliterary societymission schoolsmodern Japanvisual argument
Date issued
2024
Language
English
Is part of
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (2024), p. 479-489
hdl
1887/4107827

Conference

Meeting name
10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA 2023)
Meeting location
Leiden, The Netherlands
Meeting date
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-07