Elements of War and Peace in History Education in the US and Japan: A Case Study Comparison

Autor/in	Langager, Mark
Titel	Elements of War and Peace in History Education in the US and Japan: A Case Study Comparison
Quelle	In: Journal of Peace Education, 6 (2009) 1, S.119-136 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-0201
Schlagwörter	Peace; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Teachers; History Instruction; War; Case Studies; Comparative Education; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; National Curriculum; Historical Interpretation; Foreign Policy; Political Socialization; Political Attitudes; Japan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frieden; Ausland; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Krieg; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Historische Interpretation; Außenpolitik; Politische Sozialisation; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; USA
Abstract	History praxis can transform perceptions of the "other" by reshaping ideas about events transpiring between groups. Nevertheless, peace education research has rarely examined history teaching. This article addresses the potential for teaching peace through history teaching. After laying out a conceptual framework for understanding the importance of teaching peaceful values in history, as well as providing a background of history teaching in the US and Japan, an analysis is given of qualitative interviews with junior high school teachers regarding history teaching in Japan and the US. Findings revealed teachers in both countries feel expected to teach mostly historical facts, find it difficult to give satisfactory coverage to events in which their country engaged in immoral acts, and are expected to teach a curriculum generally favourable to the national state. The countries differed in that American students are presented with extensive coverage of their country's activity around the world whereas Japanese students are not, and Japanese students are taught that war is an immoral act of which their country is historically guilty whereas American students are not necessarily taught this. (Contains 3 tables and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10