Around a decade has passed since the 2008 revision to the Course of Study (national curriculum of Japan) for Japanese school education, and the time for updating the Course of Study is approaching again. This article aims to describe basic structures and characteristics of the new national curriculum of Japan, which is summed up in 2017, from perspective of promoting more interdisciplinary learning. The “Summary of Issues (Ronten Seiri)” in 2015 argued a crucial theme of the curriculum reform is “visualization of the overall structure and structuring” of the curriculum and each subject functions as part of an organic structure. In this article points out two methods for linking individual subjects and integrated learning. One is “linking by content” in that content is selected where overlapped between integrated learning and the individual subject, and the other one is “perspective approach” that is unique to each subject and is developed in accordance with the characteristics of each subject is used to make the link. In the conclusion the author summarize that the new national curriculum in Japan targets competency-oriented learning model to reframe school education at all stages from early childhood to secondary education.
Introduction
1. “Structuring” of the curriculum and interdisciplinary learning
2. Two methods for linking individual subjects and integrated learning
3. A Curriculum for the Transition from Nursery to Primary School with a Focus
on Living Environmental Studies (Start Curriculum)
4. Conclusion
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