The Science Council of Japan has announced a proposal to measure historical thinking ability in the Common Test for University Admissions, which will start in 2020, as the history-related subjects are reviewed in the next course of study for high schools.

 According to the Japan Academic Council, the next course of study is based on the recommendations of the Japan Academic Council, abolishing the compulsory "world history" of history-related subjects, and "comprehensive history" of a new subject that integrates modern and contemporary world history and Japanese history. Will be established as a compulsory subject, and "World History Exploration" and "Japanese History Exploration" will be newly established in place of the conventional elective subjects "World History B" and "Japanese History B".

 Along with this, the Japan Academic Council has set the entrance examination subjects of the geography course of the Common Test for University Admissions as "History Comprehensive / World History Exploration" and "History Comprehensive / Japanese History Exploration", and not only asks basic historical knowledge. He suggested that the problems of measuring historical thinking in various forms should be combined in a well-balanced manner.It is also necessary to ask questions that combine modern and contemporary world history and Japanese history, as well as questions on how to learn history.

 In addition, there were questions that transcended the boundaries of subjects and subjects, asking for diversification of question patterns such as questions to read various historical materials including tables and graphs and questions to show the rationale for judgment according to the context. He said that it was okay.

 Furthermore, when asking questions, it is not necessary to balance the region and the times in a single year, and it is recommended that the balance be made in units of several years.

reference:[Science Council of Japan] Recommendation "About the university entrance examination that fosters historical thinking ability" Point

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