Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

Presentation information

[J] Oral

O (Public ) » Public

[O-04] New earth and planetary science education created by hybrid community between society and JpGU

Sun. May 26, 2019 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 106 (1F)

convener:Yasushi Fujiwara(Evening Classes; Integrated Course, Kanagawa Prefectual Mukainooka Technical High School), Hiroaki Akimoto(Faculty of Economics,Dokkyo University), Chairperson:Yasushi Fujiwara(Evening Classes; Integrated Course, Kanagawa Prefectual Mukainooka Technical High School), Hiroaki AKIMOTO(Dokkyo University)

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

[O04-06] The planning of “Integrated Geography” and its aimed competency

★Invited Papers

*Yasutaka Kogawa1 (1.Okayama Prefectural Tsuyama High School)

Keywords:integrated geography, Education for Sustainable Development, International Geography Olympiad

The next curriculum guidelines were announced in March 2018, and “Integrated Geography” of required subject is provided as the new subject of geography for “sustainable society”. On International Charter on Geographic Education, five main concepts are “Location and Distribution”, “Place”, ”People-Environment Relationships”, ”Spatial Interaction”, ”Region”. These concepts are one of the guideline on constitution of geographical curriculum, and through International Geography Olympiad, International standard such as thought and skill which is cultivated in geographical education is indicated to high school students in all over the world.
To the implementation of “Integrated Geography”, what we are going to consider when we plan the class. As the point of view, based on the test of International Geography Olympiad and the present condition of the geographical perspective and thinking skill of student in Japan, this presentation introduce The planning of “Integrated Geography” and its aimed competency.