The Construction of a Curriculum for Future Users of Social Sciences

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590101
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Chukyo University
• Principal Investigator: Aizawa Shinichi 中京大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (00456196)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OOKA Yorimitsu 中京大学, 現代社会学部, 教授 (80329656)
• Research Collaborator: KATAYAMA Tomoyuki 洛星中学・高等学校 ; KODAMA Hideyasu 洛星中学・高等学校 ; TAKEUCHI Maki 立命館大学 ; HORI Kentaro 中京大学
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会科学教育 / 中等教育 / 学部教育 / 社会調査 / 教育実践 / 社会科・公民科 / 授業カリキュラム作り / アクティブ・ラーニング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to train users of social sciences through lessons from secondary to higher education. The new goal of this project is to connect social studies in secondary schools to social science education in higher education. This will not prevent social studies education in secondary schools. Instead, it will help social sciences researchers understand and explore social studies in secondary schools. There are lessons to be applied from social research education in higher education to social studies and problem solving training in secondary schools. This project referred to the Japanese national curriculum framework for secondary schools and succeeded in incorporating lessons in which students try social research within their social studies classes. In this study, we found merits and demerits of Japanese social studies lessons in secondary schools. We continue to study these merits and demerits to improve curricula in both secondary schools and higher education institutions.

Free Research Field

社会学、社会調査、教育社会学