食べ物をネタとした社会科授業の新たな可能性 : 賢い「消費者」の育成から社会的合意形成を目指す「生活者」の育成へ

New possibilities to utilize food as a theme in a social studies lesson: From educating wise “consumer” to educating “human being” who pursues mutual agreement in a society

Kim Jongsung

Imai Yusuke

学校教育実践学研究

Hiroshima journal of school education

[ISSN] 1341-111X

[NCID] AN10491493

Many Japanese social studies teachers have utilized food as a theme in their lessons because of its student-friendly and abundant-narrative characteristics. However, there was no systemic research on why and how teachers used food as a theme in their lessons, so the value of food in social studies has not yet been clearly revealed. This study aims at reviewing social studies research that dealt with food as a theme and discovering new possibilities of food in social studies. For the aim, we collected the research that dealt with food from the three major Japanese social studies journals. After finding the similarities and differences of the research, we categorized it into four types: "Inquiring concepts and theories," "Understanding people's effort," "Analysing values," and "Regenerating one’s own region." Each type had its own positive educational vision; however, it tended to focus on an individual, instead of a society or community. In other words, food was utilized as a theme to educate an individual, wise "consumer," instead of a "human being" who could pursue a mutual agreement with others. Considering educating democratic citizens in social studies, we need to expand our usage of food from "I-focused" approach to "We-focused" approach.

food

social studies

consumer

human being

mutual agreement

jpn

広島大学大学院教育学研究科附属教育実践総合センター

[ISSN] 1341-111X

[NCID] AN10491493