地理に篤学な西亀正夫の地理教授論

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Mr. Masao Nishiki was born in a small village facing the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1883. He was a studious geographer locally resided. He became an assistant teacher in primary school in 1898 and then obtained teaching certificate of geography for middle school in 1909. Working as a teacher at a middle school, he devoted his time to research work on geography, improvement and enrichment of geography teaching. He became one of leaders in the field of geography and its teaching in Japan before he died in the Atomic Bomb attack in Hiroshima in 1945. His main cotributions in geography teaching are 'Human Geography (Jinbunchirigaku Kogi (1) (2))', 'Method and teaching material for primary geography education (Gutaika-seru Shogakuchirikyozai-to Kyojuho)' and 'Some aspects on geography education (Chirikyoiku-no Shomondai)'. Changes in aspect and method of his geography teaching through his books and articles are summarized as the table below, from which we restore a part of transition of geography teaching in Japan before the World War II. [table]
地理科学学会の論文
1988-10-28