跨学科课程发展与交换学生项目：日本和美国两所高中教育可持续发展项目研究

Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development and Student Exchange Project: A Study of the Education for Sustainable Development Project between Two High Schools in Japan and the U.S.

从2010 年开始至今，日本北海道札幌市大通高中和美国路易斯安娜州立大学实验学校的学生，以及两校12 个学科34 位教师，联合开展了一项跨学科课程发展与交换学生研究项目。日、美两国师生通过视频、网络、电子邮件、ＤＶＤ光盘和书信等各种媒体交换观点。尽管日本的学校面临着应试压力，但是该项目的实施表明了跨文化理解教育对于两国学生来说十分必要。通过对国内、国际和平以及民族、文化多样性特征的理解，项目提升了两国学生的跨文化理解力，也有助于培养他们的批判性思维能力、审视自己和社会的能力。

Since 2010,students from Sapporo Odori High School in Japan and Louisiana State University Laboratory School(LSU)in the United States as well as 34teachers of 12subjects from the two schools have participated in an interdisciplinary curriculum development and student exchange project. The students and teachers from Japan and the U. S. exchange ideas through a variety of media such as video, Internet, e-mail, DVD and letters. Although Japanese students have stress from examination, the project shows that education for intercultural understanding is necessary for students of both countries. The project has increased students' intercultural understanding through raising students' awareness of domestic/world peace and ethnic/cultural diversity. It is also conducive to the development of students' critical thinking skills and their ability to examine self and the society.