Development of a History Learning Program Utilizing the Results of Research on the Early Modern Class System

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K02507
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Himeji University
• Principal Investigator: WADA Koji 姫路大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40572607)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山内 敏男 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (70783942)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 人権学習 / 社会科学習 / 近世身分 / 属性 / 歴史学習 / 部落差別

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed an elementary school learning program to foster understanding of the mechanisms of the early modern class system, cultivate historical awareness to recognize the injustices of discrimination, and develop anti-discrimination judgments and sentiments and the will and attitude to practice anti-discrimination.
We analyzed the 2020 edition of elementary school social studies textbooks and teachers’ manuals, and observed the following: (1) The lessons about the early modern class system tended to be limited to an understanding of “ruler-ruled” relationships. (2) Further improvement was required for a unified understanding of the establishment of the early modern class system and how it reinforced discrimination. To solve these issues, in this study, we developed a class program about the establishment and development of a group of performing artists named “Yakusha-mura” and their historical significance.

Free Research Field

近世被差別民史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的意義として、第１に、近世史研究で蓄積された近世身分の構成要件（社会集団・職分・役）を基盤とした学習プログラム開発を行った。歴史研究と歴史教育の往還を行うことができた。
第２に、小学校人権教育の課題を把握した学習プログラムの開発を行うことができた。特に、部落差別解消の態度や姿勢を培い、教室と社会をつなぐ学びのレリバンスが可能となった。
社会的意義としては、新型コロナウイルス感染症に関連し、病気や職業の「属性」による特定の人を排除する現代的な差別にも気づき、差別のメカニズム理解とその不当性の看破に基づく歴史認識を培う授業の具体を示すことができた。