Rozwój szkolnictwa w kolonialnej Korei. Między asymilacją a modernizacją
The Development of Schooling in Colonial Korea: Between Assimilation and Modernization

Author(s): Anna Diniejko-Wąs
Subject(s): Social history, History of Education, State/Government and Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Colonial Korea; Japan; education; assimilation; modernization; Japanization; educational fever; Korean elites; segregation; discrimination
Summary/Abstract: During the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910–1945), the colonial education system was designed as a tool of assimilation and control. Its aim was to shape loyal subjects of the Japanese emperor rather than to educate independent elites. Paradoxically, however, these oppressive and discriminatory policies contributed to the emergence of modern Korean political, economic, and cultural elites. Some Koreans, by adapting to the imposed system, were able to use it as a means of social advancement, intellectual development, and strengthening of national identity, which later shaped the postwar Republic of Korea.

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