Practical and Comparative Study on How to Foster Logical Thinking Skills and Equitable Decision Making Skills in Social Studies

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23531218
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Toyo Eiwa University
• Principal Investigator: TSUBOI Ryuta 東洋英和女学院大学, 国際社会学部, 准教授 (30440374)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWASAKI Seiji 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10282782)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 多文化教育 / 社会科教育 / 公民教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, how to implement a social studies education program　was examined in regard to raising students’ recognition and awareness of intolerance. Furthermore, the researchers attempted to increase students’ understanding of what attitudes are needed to combat intolerance in multicultural societies. After a four-year observation in Hawaiian public elementary schools in the U.S.A., it was made clear that not only the concept of "equity " but also that of "comprehensive (ness)" is important for multicultural education. Based on such findings, a hypothesis was generated that learning about the history of the restrictions, institutionalization, and medical discrimination against Hansen's disease patients in Japan is effective in social studies education and moral education to raise awareness of intolerance, and to concretely implement multicultural education in Japan.

Free Research Field

公民教育