일본인의 한반도 이주와 여성중등교육의 형성 — 식민 초기, 경성고등여학교를 중심으로 —

Abstract

This study is about the contents of Women’s education for Japanese settlers in Chosun in the early Colonial Period(1910’s). In particular, the purpose of this study was to understand the direction and intention of education imposed on Japanese women in the special circumstances of the Colony through Gyeongseong Women’s High School. After the establishment of the General Colonial Management, the number of Japanese immigrants increased, and educational facilities for Japanese were established. On the Korean Peninsula, Japanese girls’ high schools were built ‘before’ and ‘more’ than boy’s middle schools, and they were scattered all over the country. The girls’ high school for Japanese in Chosun reflects the interest of female education in Japan at that time. Gyeongseong Girl’s High School is the first Japanese secondary education institution established in Gyeongseong of Chosun in 1908. This school educated Japanese women to become a facilitator for Japan's extension of their power abroad. At that time, the reformed educational policy was used as an ideology for the stabilization and expansion of Japanese society in the colony, when women were in charge and run the family. In addition, Gyeongseong Women’s High School gave the students the role of enlightenment to guide Koreans. These female students were educated to contribute as women for the development of Chosun, which served as an opportunity to internalize a sense of superiority toward Koreans.