イギリスと日本における小学校地図帳の比較研究

• 吉田 和義

  東京都調布市立大町小学校

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• A comparative study on children's school atlases between U.K. and Japan.

抄録

The main purpose of this paper is to make a comparison of children's school atlases between U. K. and Japan. They play significant roles in geographic education of both countries. If teachers make good use of them, pupils will form mental images of the world through the learning of world regional geography. The auther exhibit their characteristic features by means of a comparative method. The result of this study is summarized as follows:<br>1) «Atlas One» published by Collins Longman in 1980 in U. K. is one of the first atlases for primary schools. «Social Studies Atlas» published by Teikoku Shoin in 1988 in Japan is the most common atlas for the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade pupils in elementary schools. The former has 3 general maps of U. K. They contain 10 symbols: 1 road, 2 railway, 3 built-up area, 4 peak, 5 spot height, 6 river, 7 place name, 8 regional boundary 9 scale, 10 compass<br>The lattear has 5 general maps of Japan. They contain 16 symbols. The symbols from number 1 to 9 are the same as the former atlas. From number 10 to 16 are different: 10 land contour, 11 submarine contour, 12 shipping route, 13 longitude and latitude, 14 settelment, 15 prefecture boundary 16 other symbols (port, airport, mine, etc.). The latter has more kinds of symbols than the former.<br>2) The auther showed 2 general maps, “England, Wales & Southern Scotland” in «Atlas One» and “Southwestern Part of Honshu” in «Social Studies Atlas» to the third grade pupils of the auther's elementary school class. They could find the distribution of towns and the morterway network on British map. The Japanese map had so many symbols and place names, however, that they could not find these elements on it. One of the children said that the symbols and place names of Japanese map were in confusion.<br>3) It is necessary for atlases to be edited based on obvious thought or philosophy. The absence of it throws maps into disorder. The immediate task of geographic education today is to plan new atlases for beginners of geography.

収録刊行物

• 新地理

  新地理 38 (3), 1-10, 1990

  日本地理教育学会

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001204338685952
• NII論文ID: 110000237875
• NII書誌ID: AN0012205X
• DOI: 10.5996/newgeo.38.3_1
• ISSN: 18847072
• ISSN: 05598362
• 本文言語コード: ja
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