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‘Why on earth is something as important as this not in the textbooks?‘ - Teaching Supplements, Student Essays, and History Education in Japan

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: After a short introduction contextualizing revisionist history in Japan and controversies over the representation of imperial and wartime violence in Japanese textbooks, this piece presents translations of a wide variety of student writing projects and classroom resources from progressive educators. Focusing exclusively on textbooks results in a limited view of what actually goes on in Japanese classrooms. This collection highlights some of the ways that critical educators have resisted revisionism and brought vivid discussion of controversial issues to the classroom.

Source: Japan focus

DOI: 10.1017/s155746601401688x

Author: Matthew Penney

Institution: Concordia University

Language: English

Topic: Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,550