DOWA EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE TOWARD A DISCRIMINATION-FREE JAPAN

BURAKU KAIHO JINKEN KENKYUSHO
(Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute)

DOWA EDUCATION:EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE
TOWARD A DISCRIMINATION-FREE JAPAN

Edited by
Yasumasa HIRASAWA and Yoshiro NABESHIMA

Authors:
Yasumasa HIRASAWA (Osaka University)
Yoshiro NABESHIMA (Osaka City University)
Minoru MORI (Osaka University of Education)
lchiro AKASHI (National Federation of Human Rights Educators' Associations)


Contents

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Preface Kenzo TOMONAGA
Forward Yasumasa HIRASAWA
I. What is Dowa Education?
1 Defmition of Dowa education Yasumasa HIRASAWA
2 Features of the Japanese School System Yoshiro NABESHIMA
3 Zendokyo and Others: Teachers' Commitment to Dowa Education 15 Ichiro AKASHI
II. Practice of Dowa Education Today
4 Dowa Education as Human Rights Yoshiro NABESHIMA
5 Dowa Education about Human Rights Minoru MORI
6 Educational Activities in the Community Minoru Mori
7 Challenges for DOWA Education Yasumasa HIRASAWA
Glossary Yasumasa HIRASAWA
Bibliography Yasumasa HIRASAWA
(A supplementary article to Dowa Education)
Evolution of Dowa Education and HRE in Japan: 1990s Onward
Yasumasa HIRASAWA

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