Between the different countries and across class levels within each country, distinct patterns emerged from field observation and from surveys about which kinds of destinations are appropriate to each of the age groups and for each country. Surveys in Japan and Korea suggested real differences across the age groups. The largest groups of younger students went […]
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Rituals
April 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Rituals · 2006-2010 Comparative Research "History Becomes Heritage", Rituals at the Memorials
Students in Japan take part in overtly spiritual rituals at all the memorial sites related to World War II. Considerable international ire arises when Japanese politicians make official visits to Yasukuni Shrine, which memorializes every single Japanese soldier killed in war since the 1850s including those adjudged to be war criminals. In November 2008, the […]
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Dialogues with the dead
April 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Rituals at the Memorials
Teenagers engage in formal group rituals at the memorials associated with key sites –delivering cranes to a memorial in Hiroshima, for example, or wreath laying at the Mall memorial sites in Washington DC. In addition, these days the sites provide opportunities to enter more deeply into the lives of specific people whose death is memorialized […]
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Student Travel Experiences
April 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Student Travel Experiences · 2006-2010 Comparative Research "History Becomes Heritage", Student Travel Experiences
Traveling together and organizing the details of the travel are two key elements which leave salient memories for students on field trips. Although the modes of transport differ somewhat from country to country, students often commented on the comfort or discomfort of the journey. For other site visitors, the rows of buses reveal how popular the […]
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Souvenirs
April 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Student Travel Experiences
In the surveys of students, shopping was among the most frequently listed activities on the trip. Access to museum souvenir shops was easy in the US. In Korea, there was far less material available, and what there was seemed to be in rather obscure parts of each site. The school trips in Japan far out-performed […]
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