2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Study on the Editing Procedure and the Construction of the Curriculum of the Course of Study of Elementary Social Studies Issued in 1951

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19530817
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Education on school subjects and activities
Research Institution	Hiroshima University
Principal Investigator	KIMURA Hirokazu Hiroshima University, 大学院・教育学研究科, 教授 (10186330)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2010
Keywords	社会科教育 / 小学校教育 / カリキュラム / 学習指導要領 / 戦後教育改革
Research Abstract	This study aims to analyze the editing procedure of the Course of Study of social studies issued in 1951 and clarify the construction of the curriculum shown in the Course of Study by using the conference reports of education division of GHQ/CIE as a clue. This investigation revealed that the methodological principle was not the problem solving method based on the dynamic relativism advocated by Kaoru Ueda, who was one of editorial members but was rather based on the problem solving method which first set the understanding- goal of a unit and then pupils search for the answer.

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