A study on the development of integrated curriculum among school subjects for nurturing the forming members of gender-equal society

建立一个两性平等的社会被认为是当前日本社会的首要议程之一。在这一社会背景下，《两性平等社会基本法》得以实施，因此，国家和地方政府应负责管理各种计划，人民应该积极参与性别的形成-为了回应这一当前的问题，以及研究学校对这一问题做出贡献的可能性，在教育方面，我探讨如何透过发展学科整合课程来培育两性平等社会的成员，而两性平等社会的建立，只取决于社会的每一个成员能否改变个人的两性平等意识。也就是说，我们作为性别平等社会的一员，不应该从传统的性别角色角度参与社会活动，而应该从平等伙伴的角度参与社会活动，通过展示各自的个性和能力相互支持。为了实现这一目标，必须建立既支持男性谋生，又支持女性经济独立的社会制度。笔者基于“自主”、“共生”、“参与”的理念，提出了社会学/公民学核心学科与其他学科、道德教育、特殊活动、“综合学习期”等领域的综合课程的设想。这是一项根据学生的发展水平来对待两性平等教育的计划，将有助于培养两性平等社会的成员，今后的研究应侧重于这一计划的实际应用和综合课程的创建，其中包括各学科丰富的知识储备。

The creation of a gender-equal society is considered to be one of the top agendas for the current Japanese society. Under this social background, the Basic Law for a Gender-equal Society was put into effect so that the national and local government should be responsible for administering various schemes, and the people should be responsible for the active participation in the formation of the gender-equal society in their communities.In order to respond this current issue as well as to examine the possibility of contribution to the issue from the school education, I explored the way of nurturing the members of gender-equal society through developing integrated curriculum among school subjects.The creation of a gender-equal society rests solely upon whether each member of the society can change his/her individual gender-equal awareness. That is to say, we, as a member of gender- equal society, should participate in the social activities not from the traditional gender role perspectives, but from the viewpoint of being equal partners who support each other by displaying their individual personalities and abilities. For this goal, it will become crucial to establish the social systems that support men's make-living as well as women's financial independence.Based on the notion of 'independence', 'symbiosis' and 'participation', I proposed a tentative plan of integrated curriculum among the core subject of social studies/civics and other area including subjects, moral education, special activities and "the period for integrated studies". This is the plan in which gender-equal education is treated according to the students' developmental levels and will enable to nurture the members of gender-equal society.The future research should be focused on the practical application of this plan and the creation of integrated curriculum in which a rich store of knowledge from each subject is incorporated.