Trends and Characteristics of “Spatial Citizenship Education”: Geography Education and Social Studies Education in Western Countries

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  • Sakaue Hiroaki
    Center for Research in Advanced Teacher Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education
  • Watanabe Takumi
    Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
  • Osaka Yu
    Faculty of Economics, Tokuyama University
  • Okada Ryosuke
    Center for Institutional Research, Educational Development, and Learning Support, Ochanomizu University

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  • 「空間的な市民性教育」の研究動向とその特質―欧米の地理教育・社会科教育を中心に―
  • 「 クウカンテキ ナ シミン セイキョウイク 」 ノ ケンキュウ ドウコウ ト ソノ トクシツ : オウベイ ノ チリ キョウイク ・ シャカイカ キョウイク オ チュウシン ニ

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<p>In recent years, Spatial Citizenship Education (SCE)—proposed as a counter draft of the classical geographic information system (GIS) education—has received much attention in geography and social studies education in Western countries. This research aimed to clarify the research trends and characteristics of SCE within Western geography and social studies education, by employing a literature review. SCE focuses on the key concepts of geography, i.e., space, place, scale, power, and human–environmental relationships, and aims to develop citizens who can participate in the social decision-making process. In doing so, the geo-media, i.e., geographical spatial information and GIS, are important. As concrete efforts to promote SCE, learning is not only comprised of using geo-media in primary and secondary education but also teacher education programs, such as competence and training curriculum for geography teachers. Based on this analysis, the contributions to Japanese geography and social studies education are as follows: 1) there is a need for geographers, geography educators, and social studies educators to tackle with SCE studies based on each researcher’s expertise and 2) it is necessary to promote research on teacher education.</p>

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