Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology Education in High School Textbooks

Matsumura Akiyoshi

doi:10.1537/asj.115.53

This study reviews descriptions related to physical anthropology found in high school textbooks. These descriptions are sporadically found in the textbooks of General Science B, Biology II, Japanese History, and World History. In the case of Biology II textbooks, references are made to the core idea of physical anthropology in the chapter for `classification of organisms and evolution'. When these sporadic references of physical anthropology are linked with some additional explanations and effectively used in the class teaching, the composite science filed of anthropology will be accurately recognized, and the interest in-and understanding of-this subject could be amplified. The current Course of Study stipulates the selection either of `classification of organisms and evolution' or `population biology' in Biology II. This elective system deprives many high school students of the opportunity to study the biological evolution including humans. The high school textbooks call for some improvement in future for the teaching of biology including physical anthropology.<br>

Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology Education in High School Textbooks

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