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influence of Heidegger s philosophy on education cannot be ignored either in the West or in Japan. This presentation is to try to compare some previous studies of ontological education or educational theories based on Heidegger s ontology in several countries and to reveal the common theme among them. On the basis of Heidegger s philosophy, ontological education tries to overcome the anthropocentric view of the world and insists that we should be open to the Being by getting rid of self-centered intentions. According to Paul Standish, this is the task of going 'beyond the self'. However, ontological education which regards the concept of 'beyond the self ' as its own goal tends to bring a naive ethical evaluation into the ontological perspective, and to veil the danger of such an evaluation in ontological thought, the danger which has been shown in Heidegger s participation in National Socialism. 31 The influence of Martin Heidegger's philosophy on education cannot be ignored either in the West or in Japan. The main purpose of this presentation is to compare some previous studies of ontological education or educational theories based on Heidegger's ontology in several countries and reveal a common theme among them. Since there has been extensive research that refers to Heidegger's thought, it is impossible here to explain all of them. There are also many studies which interpret Heidegger's philosophy as a kind of anthropology. Some of them merely borrow Heidegger's concepts, and others only cite a few parts of his works. They seldom refer to the ontological aspect of Heidegger's thought. Such studies are not explored in this presentation