Research on students' idea about past focused on personal experience and school curriculum

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24683033
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Taguchi Hiroko 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域教育学系, 准教授 (10551707)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 歴史理解 / インタビュー / 授業参観 / 小学校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study is to offer a explanation of students' understanding about past by focusing school history and students’ personal experience. Sampling of students was taken from third, forth, and sixth grade students in Kagoshima Prefecture. Classroom observations and student interviews indicated that students see the past objectively and fail to make extensive connections between past and themselves. The results of this study showed that it is important for students to understand connections between past and present. Integrating students’ personal experience into school history curriculum will contribute to construct meaning of studying history.

Free Research Field

社会科教育学