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An Empirical Study on the Structure of Thoughts on Adolescence and Thoughts on Sympathy of Itoga Kazuo

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2009, 10(3), pp.213-235
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

HONG, JEONG-SUK 1

1대구대학교

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ABSTRACT

Considering that thoughts on adolescence embodies the origin of thoughts on sympathy of Itoga Kazuo, a harbinger of education and welfare for intellectually disabled children in Japan, this study inquired into Itoga’s thoughts on adolescence in order to clarify the structure of thoughts on adolescence and thoughts on sympathy. Although preceding studies on Itoga found out that thoughts on adolescence constituted the origin of Itoga’s thoughts, they lacked empirical analysis, so it is highly required to investigate into how he formed his thoughts from its early stage, even from the biographical view of his life. It analyzed his thoughts on adolescence from three viewpoints: understanding of Christianity, perception concerning human existence, and perspective on education. This study summed up the contents of his thoughts on sympathy, which had to be presented in advance to clarify the structure of thoughts on adolescence and thoughts on sympathy, based on the study results of Jeongsuk Hong, Katsuhiro Matsuya, and Makio Nakamura (2001), and the conclusion led to the structure analysis of both thoughts. As a result, it was found that there was understanding of human as relation-oriented existence, serious consideration of practicing love, and recognition of self-awareness and responsibility in both thoughts on adolescence and sympathy. At last, this study made suggestions concer ning the meaning of Itoga’s thoughts for special education teachers.

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