Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. H (Engineering Education and Practice)
Online ISSN : 1884-7781
ISSN-L : 1884-7781
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ANALYSIS OF DESCRIPTION ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS ON SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Kosuke TANAKA, Yusuke KANDA, Satoshi FUJII
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2015 Volume 71 Issue 1 Pages 39-57

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Abstract
 Fundamentally, public policies including public works, infrastructure development aims to build better and more sustainable country. Citizen's adequate understanding on public works is essential in order to proceed desired public works and achieve above the purpose appropriately. It is said that citizen's understandings have strongly influenced on government's decision on public works policy. It seems that school education makes certain influence on common understandings. In such circumstance, analysis of the educational situation over public works is strongly required in order to make adequate common understandings and achieve faster provision of infrastructure. The purpose of this study is to analyze the description contents of textbooks about Social Studies in Junior High school that aim to develop recognition and views on the world. As a result, some textbooks descript public works negatively, and emphasize financial situation worse than current situation.
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