The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development
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A Study of the Integration of Civics and Social Sciences : On the Elementary Social Studies Curriculum for Citizenship Education
Kazuhiro MIZOGUCHI
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1997 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 163-172

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The purpose of this paper is to clarify the principle of the integration of Civics and Social Sciences for strengthening the Counter-socialization. In this paper, the author try to analyze the Curriculum, "The Social Sciences: Concepts and Values" developed by the Center for the Study of Instruction in San Francisco. The results of the analysis are as follows: 1) It is necessary for the students to take a critical thinking on the process of their socialization, in order to strengthening the Counter-socialization. 2) A critical thinking on the process of socialization for the students can be realized by analyzing the pattern of action in the various fields of society and the pattern of action in the ethnic society. 3) An open-ended formation of Values and Attitudes for the students can be realized by objectification of the norms and the pattern of action in their society before internalize them.
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