For several years, I organized social investigations at a high school as an extracurricular activity. Because I value direct connections with society, I encouraged the students to go out into the field. Once the investigations began, some of them expressed a “We can do it” attitude, while others expressed doubts about the investigations. Regarding these difficulties, students who kept working became more matter-of-fact over time. However, after a few years, I found a languid and somewhat arrogant attitude among the students. At this point, I suggested they advance “towards the inside from the outside” and investigate themselves. I also introduced social investigation into my classes that focused on an inter-cultural experience without any teacher direction or guidance.
One of the important things was that I also experienced all the same processes: directly connecting with the society, going out into the field, looking “towards the inside from the outside,” and inter-cultural experiences as well as difficulties and confusion. Another important point is that the processes led to interactions between students and teachers, and through this, the students had a great influence on me.
Based on my experience, I would like to emphasize that active learning should not just be an activity directed by teachers, but should be a means of coming face-to-face with society.
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