Disaster Preparedness Education Required for the Compulsory High School Subject “Geography” : Based on the Discussion on the Disaster Preparedness Education in the Revision of Courses of Study
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2014/04 -2017/03
Author : Nii Masahiro
The purpose of this study is to find the way for reformation of World History education at high school in Japan. In this study, we focused on "the Big History Project" which is proposed by Dr.David Christian. The project actively respond to today's issues such as globalization and sustainability. This study of "the Big History Project" reveals that human centered history is transforming into the one recognizing human as a part of the earth and nature. This would be exactly supernational and sustainable education.