学校教育における地理教育の諸問題 1979年度秋季学術大会シンポジウム
1980 年 53 巻 2 号 p. 114-119
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1980 年 53 巻 2 号 p. 114-119
The purpose of this symposium was to discuss the problems of geographical education, especially in primary and secondary schools. That was pointed out during the symposium of 1977, titled “PROBLEMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION”. The participants in this symposium were made up of seven reporters and two commentators. The papers presented by these reporters are as follows:
ISHITOBI, K.: Geographical education in Kenya.
UMEMURA, M.: Curriculum development for geographical education in the United King dom.
KOJIMA, A.: A reexamination of the teaching of world geography.
IWAMOTO, H.: On the imaginary environment of “community” in a children's mind.
KOMATSU, T. and MOCHIZUKI, H.: The ability of understanding of the world by children returning from abroad.
KUBOTA, T.: A study on the evaluation of geographical education.
YAMAGUCHI, Y.: A study on the curriculum for geographical education in normal colleges. On these papers, the commentators posed challenging questions, made constructive comments, and led the discussions with attendants. The discussions were focused on the following points:
1. The relationship between the new subject of “modern society” and geographical education.
2. Methodological studies for the introduction of cultural geography into geographical education.
3. Methodological problems of social studies and geographical education.
4. Curriculum development and textbooks.
