The high school textbook test that will be used from April next year was held, and the new elective courses such as "Japanese History Exploration", "World History Exploration", and "Logical Japanese Language" passed for the first time.

Many textbooks include a learning method called "inquiry activity" that deepens learning from problem awareness.

This year's test will be mainly for elective textbooks used by second-year high school students from April next year, and 239 points will be given except for the two points that were withdrawn at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's council held on the 29th. passed.



In the new course of study introduced in April, the current elective courses are "World History B", "Japanese History B" and "Geography B", but "World History Inquiry", "Japanese History Inquiry" and "Geography Inquiry". , Modern sentences and classics are reorganized into "logical national language" and "classical inquiry", and it is important to deepen learning based on problem awareness.



In response to this, the textbooks that passed this time include many learning methods called "inquiry activities", which not only acquire knowledge, but also interview local people, exchange opinions with students and teachers, and use photographs and statistical materials. It is a content that requires utilization.



Some publishers have increased the number of materials to be published 1.8 times from the present, and many of them have increased the number of pages or increased the size of the textbook itself, although it is not possible to simply compare. increase.



In the passed textbooks, the description of the new corona was included in a wide range of subjects such as geography history and civilians, as well as mathematics, science, and information, and there were many descriptions that the adult age will be reduced to 18 years old from next month.



Also, in April of last year, the government made a cabinet decision on terms over the comfort women issue and recruitment during the Pacific War for the first time, and all 14 cases were revised to be based on the government's view. ..



New textbooks will be released in various places after May 24th, and the Board of Education will decide which textbook to use by the end of August.

Textbooks describing "YOASOBI," "Kimetsu no Yaiba," and "Shin Godzilla."

In "Literary Kokugo", which aims to develop expressiveness and rich imagination, there are also textbooks featuring the popular manga "Kimetsu no Yaiba" and the online music unit YOASOBI.



In this, "Words are the life of not only novels, but also manga, anime, live-action movies, and lyrics. By accepting the words of the expressors sent from the works and refining their sensibilities as beneficiaries. , Our language life will be even richer. "



Also, in the textbook of "Exploring World History", the movie "Shin Godzilla" is given as an example on the theme of thinking about nuclear energy.



It is different from the first Godzilla that appeared due to the influence of the bikini hydrogen bomb experiment, "In" Shin Godzilla "after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, it adapted to radioactive waste and came to have a nuclear energy conversion organ in the body. Godzilla has appeared, and it has become a work that throws a stone in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. "

Two companies have published novels in the new subject "Logical Language", and some people are confused.

In the textbooks of Japanese language whose subject structure changes drastically, the textbooks of two companies that posted novels that are not supposed to be teaching materials in the new elective subject "Logical Japanese" passed the test this time, and other textbook companies are confused. The voice is rising.



In the new course of study, the required teaching materials are shown in detail in the manual, and in "logical national language", "logical sentences" such as editorial sentences and criticisms, and "practical sentences" such as proposals and legal sentences. "Sentences" are used as teaching materials, and literary sentences such as novels and stories are excluded.



However, in this test, the textbooks of two companies that published novels such as Natsume Soseki's "Kokoro" and Miyazawa Kenji's "Nametokoyama no Kuma" also passed.



In these textbooks, novels were not "teaching materials" but "references" and "materials" related to criticism.



In the "modern national language" that new first graders will learn about new subjects of national language, the textbook containing the novel passed the test last year, and the occupancy rate in high schools nationwide was 16.9%. It is supposed to be used most often.



This time, the editor in charge of the textbook company who did not publish the novel in the textbook of "logical national language" said, "In the explanation of the person in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at the beginning, the novel will be published in both" logical national language "and" modern national language ". I'm confused because it wasn't a thing. The composition changes greatly depending on the teaching materials that can be handled, so if the way of thinking about publishing the novel is not organized, editing will not proceed for the next textbook certification, so explain it. I want it. "

Ukraine related to "world history exploration" and "geography exploration"

Regarding Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia, all textbooks on "World History Exploration", "Geography Exploration", and "Politics and Economy" stated that Russia unilaterally annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. I am.



In addition, another textbook on "Exploring World History" shows on a map the major regional conflicts since the latter half of the 20th century, including the merger of the Crimean Peninsula by Russia. Let's think about what it should be. "



The textbook "Politics and Economy" also states that "when the Ukrainian conflict broke out in 2014 and the Russian Federation incorporated the Crimean Peninsula, post-Cold War agreements such as peaceful changes in territory were shaken."



The content can be added or modified upon application, and there may be a textbook that adds to Russia's military invasion last month.

"Comfort women issue" and "recruitment" are described based on the government's view

For the first time, history and civilian textbooks were given opinions following a Cabinet decision on terms related to the comfort women issue and recruitment during the Pacific War, and all 14 were revised to be based on the views of the government.



In April last year, the government called "comfort women" instead of "comfort women" over the comfort women issue, and "recruitment" instead of "forced recruitment" or "recruitment" during the Pacific War. The Cabinet has decided on an answer that it is appropriate to use.



The textbook description was revised in 2014, and if there is a unified view of the government in history or the public, it is stipulated that the description should be based on it. There were 14 opinions in line with the descriptions such as "comfort women" and "forced entrainment," which were revised based on the government's views.



Of these, in the "Politics and Economy" textbook, "I experienced a lot of pain as a so-called comfort woman, and healed both physically and mentally," which is an excerpt of the "Kono Statement," which is still the official view of the government. In the statement "I would like to express my sincere apologies and remorse to all those who have been seriously injured," the term "so-called comfort women" has been described based on the unified view of the government. I haven't. "



For this reason, it was amended in the form of an additional note that "in 2021, a cabinet decision was made that it was appropriate to use the term" comfort women "instead of" comfort women. "



In addition, in the "Exploration of Japanese History", there was an opinion on the description that "about 800,000 Koreans were taken to factories and coal mines to work", and the expression was revised to "mobilize and work".



The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is requesting a statement based on the unified view of the government, but does not uniformly exclude different views.



Regarding the situation in which the expressed government views are reflected in textbooks in a short period of time, Professor Tomochika Okamoto of Waseda University, an educational sociologist, said, "The process of creating textbooks takes a little longer to convey. I am concerned that if these processes are repeated in the future, history and education will be neglected. "

"New coronavirus"

The new coronavirus, which was first mentioned in the textbooks tested last time, is widely mentioned in 53 textbooks in 7 subjects such as geography history and science.



Since the influence of the virus has spread more in the one year since the last time, the contents are viewed from various angles.



Of these, the "Exploration of World History" is different from the infectious diseases that have been common in low-income countries, and in addition to the rapid spread mainly in regions where economic development is progressing, competition and fairness over vaccine development It is taken up that the search for the creation of a framework for various distributions continues.



In "Politics and Economy", he mentioned that in February last year, the Special Measures Law and the Infectious Diseases Law, which include penalties for businesses that do not respond to leave requests and for infected people who refuse to be hospitalized, were revised. "It is beneficial to reduce the frequency of contact between people as a measure against infectious diseases," he said. "It is necessary to apply it carefully so as not to violate the basic human rights such as freedom of movement and freedom of business. Is. "



Also, in "ethics," he mentioned that there was a series of unspoken discrimination against infected people, key workers, and their families. "I want to cultivate the ability to imagine and sympathize with the difficulties and pains that everyone has. , Because a society that is easy for people in a socially vulnerable position to live in is a society that is easy for everyone to live in. "



In addition, as "chemistry to fight infectious diseases", it is introduced that chemistry is active in various situations such as virus detection, therapeutic drug development, and vaccine development.

There is also a description related to the reduction of the adult age of 18 years

Next month, there will be relevant statements in national and English textbooks as well as civic textbooks about the reduction of the adult age from 20 to 18.



Of these, textbooks with "politics and economics" show tables and illustrations that ▼ many OECD member countries have an adult age of 18 and ▼ what will change in terms of marriage and contracts due to the reduction.



In another "Political Economy" textbook, along with a poster of the local government "Are new adults targeted?", "Minor cancellation right" that can cancel the contract without the consent of the guardian, 18 years old and 19 years old After explaining that it will not be usable, he says that he needs the ability to make correct decisions.



In yet another textbook, a special feature called "Social Participation from the Age of 18" was set up five times, and in the time when "Life Plan and Finance" was taken up, the lowering of the adult age will raise the responsibility for financial product transactions and contracts. It details investment risks and financial literacy.



In addition, newspaper articles were used when the revised Civil Code was enacted to reduce the adult age to 18 years old in the national language "logical national language", and related contents are introduced in English textbooks.