Goto Makita - Goto Makita

A science education leader during the Meiji and Taisho periods. Born in Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture). He entered Keio Gijuku and studied under Yukichi Fukuzawa. In 1876 (Meiji 9), he participated in the establishment of the junior high school normal course at Tokyo Normal School (later Tokyo Higher Normal School), and thereafter became a professor at the school, a position he held until 1914 (Taisho 3), when he became a professor emeritus. He advocated the importance of experiments in physics and chemistry education, and devised and instructed on simple experimental equipment, writing books such as "Simple Apparatus for Physics and Chemistry Testing" and "Physics Book for Elementary School Students," and worked hard to popularize them. He is also known as an enthusiastic advocate of the Romanization Movement.

[Toshihiko Kikuchi]

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明治・大正の理科教育指導者。三河（愛知県）の生まれ。慶応義塾に入り、福沢諭吉の教えを受け、1876年（明治9）東京師範学校（のち東京高等師範学校）の中学師範科の創設に参画、以後、同校の教授となり、1914年（大正3）まで在職、名誉教授となった。理化学教育では実験を重視すべきことを主張し、簡易な実験装置をくふう、指導し『簡易器械理化学試験法』や『小学校生徒用物理書』などを著し、その普及に尽くした。またローマ字運動の熱心な唱導者としても知られている。

［菊池俊彦］

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