Tentative Research on method and content for organizing and developing of the social Studies in the U.S.and Asian Countries

本文通过对新加坡、新西兰、澳大利亚和香港等国的社会科课程和教材的分析，发现它们的社会科课程和教材都是按照扩展视野原则和社会功能原则组织的。当然，我们已经认识到美国也有同样的制度，此外，我们还发现，中国大陆和台湾地区的社会学科组织与日本的社会学科组织体系相对应，两国都是在上述原则的指导下建立社会学科的。从空间和时间的矢量解释的观点出发，运用上述原则，各社会学科都得到了进一步的发展。该项目在日本和美国的社会学科课堂教学中进行了尝试和验证。

We have resolved the fact that both the social studies curricula and the text books in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Hongkong are all organized depending on the expanding horizon principle and the social function principle, by analyzing the curriculum and the social studies text books. Of course, we have already recognized the same system in the U.S., Japan and Korea.In addition, we have found that in China and Taiwan organizing of the social studies corresponds to the system in Japan and the two countries have established the social studies depending on the preceding principles. By operating of the preceding principles from the viewpoint of vector interpretation on space and time, each social studies has been promoting further.The project has tried and proved the framework and the social studies classroom lessons in both Japan and the U.S..