Developing ESD Teaching Material with Ainu Understanding and View of Nature

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K18643
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: REIKO SHIMAZU 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 研究員 (00760034)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 七木田 敦 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 教授 (60252821)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-06-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: アイヌ / 先住民 / ESD / SDGs / 共生 / 他者 / 口承文芸 / 社会科副読本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop teaching materials which incorporate the knowledge and views of nature of Japanese indigenous Ainu people in making a sustainable society. We researched Ainu studies and activities in public schools in Hokkaido. We developed a teaching unit which includes Ainu knowledge and views of nature to cultivate upper grade students’ creative thinking in elementary school. Finally, we clarified learning effects and perspectives of this unit.
Regarding Ainu studies, we concluded that 1) expansion of teaching materials, developing curriculum school-wide or grade-wide, and 2) teaching Ainu history from the past leading to the present is needed. It is important to think and develop Ainu studies together with Ainu people to make a sustainable society.

Free Research Field

教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

（１）先住民アイヌの知識、自然観を取り入れた学びは、子どもたちの既存の価値観を揺さぶり、問い直す学習であり、ESDの基盤である論理的思考力、批判的思考力を培うものである。
（２）現在につながるアイヌの歴史や、今を生きるアイヌの人々の姿を知ることは、民族のアイデンティティが尊重される持続可能な社会の構築につながる学習である。