Citizenship education in Japan

"A fascinating volume that introduces an international audience to citizenship education in Japan."--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ikeno, Norio
Other Authors: Crick, Bernard, Cogan, John J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2018, 2011
Series:Continuum studies in educational research
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Collection: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Index
  • 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
  • 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
  • Includes bibliographical references