To Understand Where Humankind Stands in Nature

Abstract

Presently, the Ministry of Education and Technology is considering a reform of the Course of Study. In order to achieve an improvement, it is important to take into account the problems raised by the existing Course of Study. In the existing Course of Study, the time allocated to science is insufficient, and DNA is not studied. Students of “Biology I B” cannot study evolution, metabolism, and ecology. These can be studied only in “Biology II”. Once, the course called “Biology I A”, provided a wide curriculum on human biology, but only a few students opted for this course. The reasons of the failure are the fact that the content was unsatisfactory, and was not given enough importance on entrance examinations. However, students are interested in understanding humans as themselves, and the first important step is understanding the meaning of diversity and universality of life. It is also important to understand where humankind stands in nature. For the next Course of Study, human biology will remain important. For that, it is necessary to make use of the anthropological research as teaching materials.