教授学習組織改革の課題(1) : 「総合」の視点から(<特集>新しい教育課程と学校経営の改革課題)

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In 1998, the Curriculum Council decided to add a new class period, which is called "Period of Integrated Study," in elementary, junior high, and senior high schools beginning with the next renewed curriculum. At present, the educational curriculum consists of subjects, moral education and special activities. The new class will be a period of study that integrates the traditional areas of the curriculum in an interdisciplinary and comprehensive manner. The class will be held approximately three hours a week in the third grade and up in elementary school and for one hour in high school. The class focuses on present-day issues such as international understanding, information, the environment, health and welfare, other related topics that may inspire or interest students, and topics relevant to the local community. The class will emphasize learning through experience with a problem-solving approach. National curriculum standards will not stipulate content and no textbooks are designated for this class, but each school will be free to demonstrate creativity in determining the class content. This addition to the school curriculum in Japan is a groundbreaking change that is expected to contribute to more flexible teaching and learning.
1999-05-30