Development of the agricultural economic education curriculum for sustainable Japanese agriculture
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2011 -2013
Author : KURIHARA Hisashi; YAMANE Eiji; INOSE Takenori

The purpose of this research is to reconstruct lesson plans on agriculture in social studies curriculum from the viewpoint of economic education. In this "agricultural economic education curriculum" , some basic economic concepts , such as incentive,comparative advantage are included. In 2013, the research assignment person of this research performed the report entitled "development of teaching-materials on the agriculture in Japan from an economic viewpoints " in the symposium of Japanese Association for the Social Studies . In this report, He claimed " in the social studies lessons which focused on a device and efforts of farmers, students cannot learn basic economic concepts, such as productivity". And he reported lesson plans about japanese agriculture on the basis of the framework of micro-economics. In this plan, students learn some basic economic concepts, such as market failure to analyze problems on agriculture and form plans to enable japanese agriculture to sustain.

Fundamental research on the economic education curriculum in a secondary education
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))
Date (from‐to) : 2004 -2006
Author : Hisashi KURIHARA; 魚住忠久; Eiji YAMANE; Takenori INOSE; Satoru MIYAHARA; Shintaro ABE; Hiroyuki KUNO

The purpose of this research is to examine the economic education curriculum in secondary education.The following researches were done in order to attain this purpose.a. The present condition of the economic education in foreign countries (US. UK. Germany. Australia) was investigated.b. The tendency of the economic education in those countries was examined.c. The economical educational curriculum in Japan was discussed on the basis of research findings on economic education in those countries.The results of our research are as follows.1. The difference on economics contents in the text books between "Civics" in junior high school, and "Contemporary Society" "Politics and Economics" in senior high school is not clear in Japan.2. Personal Financial education is thought as important in the United States. "Business Management" is becoming popular subject among students in England and Scotland. In Germany, Economic Education Center in Hamburg offers Career Education Program for young people. In Australia (Victoria State), economic contents are taught in SOSE (Studies of Society and Environment) at Primary School and Secondary College (year7-10).3. Infusion Economics Curriculum must be considered in order to foster junior and senior high school students' economic literacy in Japan.

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