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ERIC Number: EJ389781
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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A View from Japan. Citizenship for the 21st Century: The Role of the Social Studies. Fourth in a Series.
Nakayama, Shuichi
Social Education, v53 n3 p156-58,187 Mar 1989
Points out problems in planning a social studies curriculum that will prepare Japanese society for the 21st Century. Claiming that the current curricula is ethnocentric, looks at objectives and teaching strategies for developing a global approach. Recommends development of a global information network to increase awareness of the interrelatedness of world events. (LS)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, Information Networks, International Educational Exchange, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Japan; Japan in the Year 2000; Twenty First Century