Citizenship Education in Japan (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ikeno, Norio

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating volume introduces an international audience to citizenship in Japan. It traces the development of citizenship education from before the Second World War to the present day, demonstrating the role of both the school system and the wider society. The book provides a detailed account anchored in critical analysis of the curriculum, educational resources, pedagogy and assessment. Citizenship Education in Japan explores controversial issues through tracing four themes: global/intercultural education environmental education geographical education historical education. It also examines current curricular innovations. Overall, this insightful volume demonstrates that contemporary citizenship education entails not only knowledge about social, historical and geographical affairs, but also participation in society - locally, nationally, and globally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441181015
• Artikelnr.: 38305524

Autorenporträt

Norio Ikeno is Professor at Hiroshima University and Vice President of the Japan Social Studies Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors \ Preface \ Acknowledgement \ Foreword by Sir Bernard
Crick \ Foreword by John J. Hogan \ Part One: The Administration of
Citizenship Education in Japan \ 1. The History of the Idea of Citizenship
and its Teaching in Japan before World War II - Kazuya Taniguchi \ 2.
Postwar Citizenship Education Policy and its Development - Norio Ikeno \
The Birth of the Dominant Teaching Paradigm for Social Studies in Japanese
Elementary Schools: Dominant Teaching Strategies for Citizenship Education
in Social Studies after the 1877 Course of Study in Japan - Masao Yoshida \
Part Two: The Citizenship Education Curriculum in Japan \ 4. The History of
Citizenship Education in the Postwar Course of Study: Moral Education and
Other Topics - Hirokazu Kimura \ 5. The Evolution of Postwar Guidelines for
Teaching Social Studies and Citizenship Education in Japan - Tomoyuki
Kobara \ 6. Citizenship Education in Social Studies Textbooks and
Supplementary Readers in Postwar Japan - Kazuhiko Iwata \ 7. The
Characteristics of Citizenship Education Practices in Japan: Two Projects
that Teach Controversial Issues - Kotaro Yoshimura \ 8. Issues in
Citizenship Education: 8.1 International Global and Multicultural Education
as an Issue in Citizenship Education - Takaaki Fujiwara \ 8.2 The
Environment as an Issue in Citizenship Education - Mitsuhari Mizuyama \ 8.3
Geographical Education as an Issue in Citizenship Education - Kazuhiro
Kusahara \ 8.4 Historical Education as an Issue in Citizenship Education:
Four Issues of Citizenship Education in Japan after World War II With
Reference to History Teaching - Kazuhiro Mizoguchi \ Part Three:
Researching Citizenship Education in Japanese Schools \ 9. The Curriculum
of Ochanomizu Elementary School and the Role of the New Field of Study
Called 'Citizenship' - Soji Katakami \ 10. Citizenship in Shinagawa Ward,
Tokyo - Yoshiharu Toda \ Part Four: The Pros and Cons of Social Studies and
Citizenship Education \ 11. The Assessment of Students in Citizenship
Education in Japan - Kenji Tanahashi \ Index