Community school (English spelling)

Japanese: コミュニティ･スクール（英語表記）community school

This is one of the reform movements in school education, also known as community-centered schools or community-centered schools. It was theorized and actively developed in the United States from the 1920s onwards, especially in the 1930s, but historically it was based on reflection on the fact that child-centered schools, as opposed to traditional subject-centered schools, placed too much emphasis on children's interests and concerns, which led to a tendency for them to become detached from daily life, especially that of the community. In this movement, schools were seen as educational and cultural centers for the local community, and emphasis was placed on the connection between the local community and the school, such as by conducting local educational surveys and planning, and creating school education curricula based on the results of those surveys.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

地域社会学校，社会中心学校とも呼ばれる学校教育改造運動のひとつである。1920年代以降，とくに30年代のアメリカで理論化され積極的に展開されたが，歴史的には，伝統的な教科中心学校に対する児童中心学校が子どもの興味･関心を重視するあまり，生活とくに地域社会の生活から遊離する傾向をもたらしたことに対する反省にもとづいている。そこでは地域社会の教育文化センターとして学校がとらえられ，地域教育調査･計画の立案，その結果にもとづく学校教育カリキュラムの作成など地域社会と学校との結びつきが重視された。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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