著者

古田 雄一 Yuichi Furuta

巻号頁・発行日

vol.32, no.1, pp.139-155, 2018-10-31

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibility of a citizenship education program that integrated a study program in disaster-stricken areas.The paper uses a case of a summer program for high-school students in Fujisawa city, conducted by NPO and local government. The program influenced and empowered the participants in various ways.They gained deeper understanding and awareness of what happened on the day of disaster, as well as the current challenges in disaster-stricken areas. Some of them even started to take actual actions. These changes are significant in terms of youth civic development. There were some keys that triggered these changes: i) encounter with the experiences and challenges of people in disaster-stricken areas, ii) interaction with those who have stood up and take actions to make change, iii) environment that accepts and encourages youth’s voice and action.