教育課程における「地域社会」

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In this paper, the author tries to find out how the concept of community is learned in the contemporary elementary and junior high schools in Japan and what problems exist in its learning. For this purpose, the Curriculum Guidelines prescribed by the Ministry of Education and several textbooks of social studies inspected by the Ministry according to the guidelines were analyzed. The followings are the main findings. In elementary schools; (1) The pupils' own communities are mainly studied. Therefore, generalizations on various communities are almost impossible. (2) The rural-urban differences in the way of living are neglected. (3) The significance of community in our lives and the desirable model of community are not taken into account. (4) The concept of community is not taught as an autonomous social system. In junior high schools; (1) The desirable model of community is not taken into account. (2) The analyses of the problems specified in cities or villages are rather super-ficial. (3) The historical process through which the community has been transformed into the autonomous social system is not studied. In conclusion, it is pointed out that, in the present curricula, it has been neglected to consider the community as a social system which has been historically ,transformed and to set it up as the desirable model of community.
日本教育社会学会の論文
1974-11-01