Geography Education - Chirikyoiku

Japanese: 地理教育 - ちりきょういく

The goal of geography is to develop the ability to adapt to the natural and social environment and to grow as a person within it. The focus is on understanding the relationship between natural conditions such as topography and climate and the human life that unfolds there, as well as learning about one's hometown, country, and other countries.
[history]
In the early Meiji period, with the rapid changes occurring both at home and abroad, there was a thirst for knowledge about the world. Enlightenment books such as Fukuzawa Yukichi's "Conditions in the West" and "World Countries" were widely read and played a part in geography education, but geography classes in schools also played a major role.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

地理の学習をとおして自然的･社会的環境に適応し，そのなかで自己を成長させていく能力を育てることを目標とする。地形，気候などの自然条件と，そこに展開されている人間生活との関係を理解すること，さらに郷土や国土および諸外国についての学習が中心となる。
［歴史］
　明治初期の内外情勢の急激な変化に伴い，世界についての知識が渇望されるなかで，福沢諭吉の《西洋事情》《世界国尽》をはじめとする啓蒙書が広く読まれ，地理教育の一翼をになったが，学校における地理の授業も大きな役割を果たした。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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