2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A fundamental general study of the history education that aimed at the Japan-Korea mutual understanding
| Project/Area Number |
18530690
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Education on school subjects and activities
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| Research Institution | Joetsu University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
KAMADA Satoshi Joetsu University of Education, Graduate School of Education, Associate Professor (60345543)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
UMENO Masanobu Kagoshima University, 教育学部, professor (50203584)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Keywords | International understanding education / History education / Mutual understanding between Japan and Korea |
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| Research Abstract |
The summary and the results of this study are the five points below.
(1) Research and survey was conducted on history teachers about awareness in Japan-Korea history in both countries. In result, two-points were evident.
1) Japanese history teachers are more aware and feel the importance in memorizing historical events due to academic abilities for examination purposes.
2) Korean history teachers are more aware of the importance in characteristics and reasoning as to why history is important, and contended with history education practice.
(2) Compare and contrast of history textbook statements that take consideration in history-science findings and Japan-Korea student's consciousness to the reality of history.
(3) Field investigation and resource acquisition in Korea, and basic research for development of teaching materials.
(4) With(1)-(3) research outcome, planned a coursework document for mutual understanding between Japan and Korea, and practiced it in a Japanese middle school. In the result; "1. Students need to acknowledge that history requires a multidirectional point of view through concrete, learning activities. 2. Setting a learning place for signification in linking Japan and Korea's present and the past." Calling out for these results in history education practice felt effective in aiming for mutual understandings between Japan and Korea.
(5) Publication of research results in the fiscal year 2007
We held a symposium on Japan-Korea history education in February 2008. We summed up two-years of research outputs and confirmed prospects considering future research from here on.
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