A comparative study of United States and Japanese oral history education

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780522
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Tokai University (2014-2016); University of Tsukuba (2013)
• Principal Investigator: Fujii Daisuke 東海大学, 課程資格教育センター, 講師 (60638807)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: オーラルヒストリー / 聞き書き / アメリカ合衆国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, similarities and characteristics among three oral history projects: (1)the Foxfire Project, well known oral history project continuously conducted from 1966 to the present in rural Georgia, U.S.A., (2)Kikigaki Koushien, inspired by Foxfire and carried out with the support of Kyouzon No Mori, a non-profit organization,(3) Class on Kikigaki at Tsukuba University Senior High School in Sakado, Saitama Prefecture, are compared and analyzed from international perspective.

Free Research Field

社会科教育学