The Century of Education - The Century of Education

Japanese: 教育の世紀社 - きょういくのせいきしゃ

…A private elementary school established as an experimental school by the group “The Century of Education,” which was formed in 1923 with Noguchi Entaro at the core. The first was the Ikebukuro Children’s Village Elementary School, which was established in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in 1924, with Nomura Yoshibei and later Totsuka Ren among its teachers.

From Entaro Noguchi

...He also had a deep understanding of the new education movement in Europe and the United States, and after becoming executive director of the Teikoku Education Association in 1914, he played an active role as a national leader. In 1923, he founded the Educational Century Society ("Century of Education") with Shimonaka Yasaburo and others, and in 1924, using it as a base, he founded Ikebukuro Children's Village Elementary School ("Children's Village") and became its principal. Furthermore, in 1930, he formed the Japan New Education Association, served as its chairman, and joined the International New Education Association, making great contributions to the new education movement....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Educational Century Publishing" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…野口援太郎らが中心となって1923年に結成した団体〈教育の世紀社〉が実験学校として開設した私立小学校。最初のものは24年に東京池袋に創設された池袋児童の村小学校で，野村芳兵衛やのちには戸塚廉などが教師として参加した。…

【野口援太郎】より

…欧米の新教育運動にも深い理解をもち，19年帝国教育会の専務理事に就任してからは全国的な指導者として活躍した。23年下中弥三郎らと教育の世紀社(《教育の世紀》)を結成，それを母体として24年〈池袋児童の村小学校〉(児童の村)を創設，その校長となった。さらに30年には〈日本新教育協会〉を結成して会長を務め国際新教育協会と結ぶなど，新教育運動に大きな貢献をした。…

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