The Current Situation on Teaching about World War II in Japanese Classrooms.

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21

Teachers; Practitioners

Asian History; Course Content; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; European History; Fascism; Foreign Countries; Foreign Policy; History Instruction; Instructional Materials; Modern History; Nuclear Warfare; Nuclear Weapons; Peace; Questionnaires; Teaching Methods; World War II

0889-0293

Presents results of a questionnaire asking Japanese teachers how and what they teach about World War II. Reports that survey included broad and narrow questions on the war in Asia, Europe, and the Pacific. Concludes that Japan's postwar peace education has been a success but that more emphasis needs to be placed on cause and effect in history. (DK)

1993

EJ453678