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Politics of the Visible and the Invisible: War Images in Japanese and American Textbooks
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Conejo Muñoz, Jessica Fernanda; Veloza-Franco, Daniel; de Icaza Lizaola, Julieta – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2023
In this article, we analyze and compare photographic images from some of the most widely circulated Japanese and American high school history textbooks regarding their treatment of the Pacific War. We focus on the visual component of war technology, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the visibility or invisibility of women,…
Descriptors: War, World History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Vocabulary Frequency and Dispersion in Japanese Junior High School EFL Textbooks
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Ryan Klinger – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
Studies relating to the vocabulary items within EFL textbooks have revealed a divergence from well-researched wordlists such as the New General Service List (NGSL) (Browne et al., 2013), and the BNC/COCA wordlist (Nakayama, 2022; Sun and Dang, 2020). In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) recently…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Word Frequency, Junior High Schools, English (Second Language)
Comparative Analysis on the Nature of Proof to Be Taught in Geometry: The Cases of French and Japanese Lower Secondary Schools
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Miyakawa, Takeshi – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2017
This paper reports the results of an international comparative study on the nature of proof to be taught in geometry. Proofs in French and Japanese lower secondary schools were explored by analyzing curricular documents: mathematics textbooks and national curricula. Analyses on the three aspects of proof--statement, proof, and theory--suggested by…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mathematical Logic, Geometry, Teaching Methods
Anyone for Tennis?--A Case-Study on Gender Bias in a Japanese Junior High School English Language Textbook
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Ian Clark – Journal of English as an International Language, 2015
The manner in which young learners are taught reinforces traditional cultural messages of many kinds, including those concerning gender. English language teaching (ELTs) textbooks have the potential to either reinforce or redress gender bias. Unfortunately the former is typically the case. There is a historical legacy of ELTs, which reinforce…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Gender Bias, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Collective Memories of the Second World War in History Textbooks from China, Japan and South Korea
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Suh, Yonghee; Yurita, Makito; Lin, Lin; Metzger, Scott – Journal of International Social Studies, 2013
Informed by recurring international controversies, this study explores representations of the Second World War as official history in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean secondary-level textbooks and theorizes about how they influence and function as collective memories about this time period. Using grounded theory, it finds that the examined Japanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, History Instruction, Textbook Content
Citizenship Education in Civics Textbooks in the Japanese Junior High School Curriculum
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Mori, Chiho; Davies, Ian – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2015
This article discusses the types of citizenship education that are included in a sample of Japanese junior high school civics textbooks. Seven civics textbooks that have been authorized by the Ministry of Education for use in junior high school from the 2012 academic year were analysed in the context of fundamental issues in citizenship education…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation