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In Japan, many senior high schools require students to take a course in either Japanese History or Geography; most students select Japanese History. Consequently, many students fail to master the minimum level of basic geographic knowledge. To resolve this knowledge gap, the Science Council of Japan introduced in 2011 a plan to make Basic Geography and Basic History compulsory subjects. Basic Geography is designed as a compulsory two-credit class with the content structured from two perspectives, global-scale and local-scale. The course is developed around knowledge and skills that could help students become interested in current international issues, and the course is expected to create solutions from their independent ways of understanding and thinking about the world.
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Ida, Y., Takizawa, Y. (2015). Basic Geography and the Future of Geography Education in Japan. In: Ida, Y., Yuda, M., Shimura, T., Ike, S., Ohnishi, K., Oshima, H. (eds) Geography Education in Japan. International Perspectives in Geography, vol 3. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54953-6_21
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