Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ528576
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
EISSN: N/A
The New Era of Geography Education in Japan.
Nakayama, Shuichi
International Journal of Social Education, v10 n2 p22-26 Fall-Win 1995-96
Summarizes the recent changes in the highly centralized national geography curriculum in Japan. Prominent reforms include the implementation of environmental studies in the elementary schools and a broader emphasis, across the curriculum, on world geography. In teacher education, emphasis is now placed on teaching skills rather than subject knowledge. (MJP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Geography Instruction, Global Education, Nationalism, Social Studies, Teacher Alienation, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, World Geography
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Japan
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
