1990 Volume 30 Issue 3 Pages 7-16
The research is based on the reference books and documents collected from the Japan side and from CIE side, and on the evidence of some science education authorities concerned in the Japanese Ministry of Education and in the local districts in those days. The fact is as follows: (1) "Teaching aims and objectives" were decided to take over the science teaching policy of the "Science-Mathematic Subject-Science (Risuuka Rika)" under the National Elementary School System (1941-1945). (2) The "Teaching Contents" of the Grades IV-VI in the "Course of Study-Science (tentative)" in 1947 came from the Unit names of the textbook "Science Book (Rika no Hon) Grades IV-VI published in 1947. (3) The "Teaching Contents" of the Grades IV-VI in the "Course of Study-Science (tentative)" in 1952 was a partial revision of the Unit names in the textbook "Science for the Elementary School Students (Shogakusei no Kagaku)," published from the Ministry of Education in 1948. (4) The "Science Ability Development Chart" in the "Course of Study-Science (tentative)" in 1947 was modified by Mr. Genjiro OKA and some science teachers with the "The Abilities Chart" in the "Course of Study for Virginia Elementary Schools" as a sample.
