Citizenship education in Japan / / edited by Norio Ikeno ; forewords by Sir Bernard Crick and John J. Cogan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791890903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2020; London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020
• ISBN: 1-350-09127-8; 1-283-00442-9; 9786613004420; 1-4411-8101-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Collana: Continuum studies in educational research
• Altri autori (Persone): CrickBernard, Sir.; CoganJohn J
• Disciplina: 370.11/50952
• Soggetti: Citizenship - Study and teaching - Japan; Civics - Study and teaching - Japan; Schools inspection (& preparing for inspection)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Foreword by Sir Bernard Crick -- Foreword by John J. Hogan -- Part One: The Administration of Citizenship Education in Japan -- 1. The History of the Idea of Citizenship and its Teaching in Japan before World War II -- Kazuya Taniguchi -- 2. Postwar Citizenship Education Policy and its Development -- Norio Ikeno -- The Birth of the Dominant Teaching Paradigm for Social Studies in Japanese Elementary Schools: Dominant Teaching Strategies for Citizenship Education in Social Studies after the 1877 Course of Study in Japan -- Masao Yoshida -- Part Two: The Citizenship Education Curriculum in Japan -- 4. The History of Citizenship Education in the Postwar Course of Study: Moral Education and Other Topics -- Hirokazu Kimura -- 5. The Evolution of Postwar Guidelines for Teaching Social Studies and Citizenship Education in Japan -- Tomoyuki Kobara -- 6. Citizenship Education in Social Studies Textbooks and Supplementary Readers in Postwar Japan -- Kazuhiko Iwata -- 7. The Characteristics of Citizenship Education Practices in ; Japan: Two Projects that Teach Controversial Issues -- Kotaro Yoshimura -- 8. Issues in Citizenship Education: 8.1 International Global and Multicultural Education as an Issue in Citizenship Education -- Takaaki Fujiwara -- 8.2 The Environment as an Issue in Citizenship Education -- Mitsuhari Mizuyama -- 8.3 Geographical Education as an Issue in Citizenship Education -- Kazuhiro Kusahara -- 8.4 Historical Education as an Issue in Citizenship Education: Four Issues of Citizenship Education in Japan after World War II With Reference to History Teaching -- Kazuhiro Mizoguchi -- Part Three: Researching Citizenship Education in Japanese Schools -- 9. The Curriculum of Ochanomizu Elementary School and the Role of the New Field of Study Called 'Citizenship' -- Soji Katakami -- 10. Citizenship in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo -- Yoshiharu Toda -- Part Four: The Pros and Cons of Social Studies and Citizenship Education -- 11. The Assessment of Students in Citizenship Education in Japan -- Kenji Tanahashi.
• Sommario/riassunto: "A fascinating volume that introduces an international audience to citizenship education in Japan."--