The present state of economic education in Japan

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-460

  Yamaoka, Michio ^a   Asano, Tadayoshi ^b   Abe, Shintaro ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamamura Gakuen College   (Japan)

^c JOSAI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

economics majors; Japan; secondary school curriculum; social studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957341750     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2010.510405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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