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学科	教育文化学科	ゼミ教員名	WILLIAM ROBERT STEVENSON III	年度	2016年度
タイトル	The influence of nation to nation power balance in textbook

内容	This study aims to reveal correlation between the sense of value of “the generation that completed education curriculum before the end of the war” and the descriptions of the textbooks which the generation used during the WWⅡ. Concretely speaking, I searched the source of the orientalism image in descriptions about Asia which the textbooks contain after finding the possibility that the generation have orientalism images about Asia analyzing public opinion polls about the diplomacy. The textbooks that I surveyed are the fifth edition Government-Designed Textbook(henceforth GDT) of Japanese, the fifth edition GDT of ethics and the sixth edition GDT of geography. In the result, there are orientalism expressions in all of those textbooks. In Japanese textbook, local children in Asian countries which Japan ruled are described to willingly agree with building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. And westerner countries appear as bad guys who bully Japan and Asia in ethics textbooks. This is a reverse orientalism. The quantities of writing about each countries in geography textbooks are correlative with concerns of the generation about Asia.

内容

This study aims to reveal correlation between the sense of value of “the generation that completed education curriculum before the end of the war” and the descriptions of the textbooks which the generation used during the WWⅡ. Concretely speaking, I searched the source of the orientalism image in descriptions about Asia which the textbooks contain after finding the possibility that the generation have orientalism images about Asia analyzing public opinion polls about the diplomacy. The textbooks that I surveyed are the fifth edition Government-Designed Textbook(henceforth GDT) of Japanese, the fifth edition GDT of ethics and the sixth edition GDT of geography. In the result, there are orientalism expressions in all of those textbooks. In Japanese textbook, local children in Asian countries which Japan ruled are described to willingly agree with building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. And westerner countries appear as bad guys who bully Japan and Asia in ethics textbooks. This is a reverse orientalism. The quantities of writing about each countries in geography textbooks are correlative with concerns of the generation about Asia.

講評	Befitting a seminar dedicated to examining educational developments on a global scale, this year’s graduation theses span a world of topics. Several examine how cultures change (or remain the same) as they cross traditional borders. Some focus on educational practices specific to Japan, looking to place them in a global context. Others look at global trends that, for one reason or another, have yet to be fully integrated into Japan. Two papers are comparative studies, contrasting policies across national borders. The most popular theme this year was ESD, with a total of four related papers. Several papers rely heavily on newspaper archives, while others are based primarily on interviews. All of the papers contain sections that are thoroughly original, evidencing the effort of seminar members to either work with new topics or take new approaches to more familiar themes. Naturally, in addition to the normal challenges of researching and writing, all of the students wrote their final papers in English using at least some English-language materials. I am proud of the students’ work and convinced that the process of researching and writing has enrichened their intellectual growth. Well done!

講評

Befitting a seminar dedicated to examining educational developments on a global scale, this year’s graduation theses span a world of topics. Several examine how cultures change (or remain the same) as they cross traditional borders. Some focus on educational practices specific to Japan, looking to place them in a global context. Others look at global trends that, for one reason or another, have yet to be fully integrated into Japan. Two papers are comparative studies, contrasting policies across national borders. The most popular theme this year was ESD, with a total of four related papers. Several papers rely heavily on newspaper archives, while others are based primarily on interviews. All of the papers contain sections that are thoroughly original, evidencing the effort of seminar members to either work with new topics or take new approaches to more familiar themes. Naturally, in addition to the normal challenges of researching and writing, all of the students wrote their final papers in English using at least some English-language materials. I am proud of the students’ work and convinced that the process of researching and writing has enrichened their intellectual growth. Well done!

キーワード1	textbook
キーワード2	orientalism
キーワード3	Japanese images about Asia
キーワード4	the World WarⅡ
キーワード5	a public-opinion poll