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Japan: GIS-Enabled Field Research and a Cellular Phone GIS Application in Secondary Schools

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In this chapter, we describe the status of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the secondary schools of Japan. We describe the Japanese education system and provide some examples of using GIS in secondary school classes. Also, we discuss how to introduce GIS into secondary school education through the introduction of GIS into the national curriculum standards.

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  1. University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

    Yoshiyasu Ida

  2. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Minori Yuda

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Correspondence to Yoshiyasu Ida .

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  1. , Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Arlington, Yates Street 502, Arlington, 76019, Texas, USA

    Andrew J. Milson

  2. , Department of Geography, Fatih University, Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, 34500, Turkey

    Ali Demirci

  3. Environmental Systems Research Institute, International Court 1, Broomfield, 80021-3200, Colorado, USA

    Joseph J. Kerski

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Ida, Y., Yuda, M. (2012). Japan: GIS-Enabled Field Research and a Cellular Phone GIS Application in Secondary Schools. In: Milson, A., Demirci, A., Kerski, J. (eds) International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2120-3_16

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