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How Many Biology Terms are Necessary for High School Biology Education?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 01301097
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 科学教育(含教育工学)
Research InstitutionOsaka University, College of General Education

Principal Investigator

KOSHIDA Yutaka  Osaka Univ., Coll. of Gen. Educ., Prof. of Biology, 教養部, 教授 (10029647)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OKADA Minoru  Science Education Institute of Osaka Preecture, Biology Chief, 室長 (00132944)
NIITSU Tsuneyoshi  Jikei Univ. School of Medicine, Prof. of Biology, 医学部, 教授 (50056529)
宇津木 和夫  東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (30075212)
AI Naohiro  Tokyo Gakugei Univ., Prof. of Biology, 教育学部, 教授 (90015537)
小泉 貞明  秋田大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90003912)
ASAJIMA Makoto  Yokohama City Univ. Fac. of Lib. Arts and Sci., Prof. of Biology (00090564)
UMENO Kunio  National Institute of Education, Biology Chief (00132689)
吉田 治  千葉大学, 教養部, 教授 (50009354)
佐藤 七郎  奈良教育大学, 教授 (80011485)
松香 光夫  玉川大学, 農学部・生物, 教授 (30074339)
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
KeywordsScience Education / High-School Biology Education / Biology Term / Technical Term / 学術用語(生物学)
Research Abstract

It has been pointed out by many high school biology teachers since a good time ago that more than 5000 biology terms are used in a current high school biology text-book, and that high school students are obliged to memorize so many biology terms rather than to understand biology itself. A research project team consisting of 12 members was organized for the purpose of investigating the minimum number of biology terms are really necessary for biology education at the high school level.
We set up 1500 and additional 200 biology terms for the minimum biology terms for it, and 1500 terms were selected from the ones used in the current text-books but the 200 terms were chosen in anticipation of the high school biology curriculum guideline which is under revision by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
We proposed two biology term lists, one included 381 terms that pupils have already learned at the primary and/or junior high school level of biology education, and the other consisted of 1388 biology terms that pupils should learn newly at the high school level. However we found it difficult to list up the additional 200 terms mentioned above. We then agreed to try to write high school biology text chapters, using only biology terms in our term lists and a few special terms being not in these lists but indispensable for our trial writing of the chapters. These special terms were picked up to from our third term list. Finally our biology terms were totaled 1879.
It should be reexamined by teachers and others whether they can really teach biology at high schools with our 1879 biology terms only, but our proposal may be a step forward to improve the present high school biology education.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1990 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1989 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] 越田 豊: "高校生物教育に必要な生物学用語" 日本生物教育学会大会(平成3年1月26日鳴門教育大学).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 岡田 稔: "小・中・高の一貫性を考慮した生物学用語の選定ー生殖・発生分野の用語を中心にー" 日本生物教育学会大会(平成3年1月26日鳴門教育大学).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yutaka Koshida: "How Many Biology Terms are Necessary for High-School Biology Education?" The 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Biology Sciences Education of Japan, held at Naruto University of Education, Naruto, on the 26th of January, 1991.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Minoru Okada: "Selection of Biology Terms from Primary to High-School Biology Education--A Case Study of Reproduction and Development Divisions" The 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Biology Sciences Education of Japan, held at Naruto University of Education, Naruto, on the 26th of January, 1991.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 越田 豊: "高校生物教育に必要な生物学用語" 日本生物教育学会大会(平成3年1月26日鳴門教育大学).

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 岡田 稔: "小・中・高の一貫性を考慮した生物学用語の選定ー生殖・発生分野の用語を中心にー" 日本生物教育学会大会(平成3年1月26日鳴門教育大学).

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 演者 梅埜國夫: "生物教育用語に関する問題点I.「養分」について" 講演 理科教育学会大会(平成元年11月26日 千葉大学).

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 演者 梅埜國夫: "生物教育用語に関する問題点II.「代謝」について" 講演 生物教育学会大会(平成2年1月27日 厚木文化会館).

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 演者 Yutaka Koshida: "The Role of Accrediting and Professional Organizations in the Preparation of Science Teachers" 講演USーJAPAN COOPERATIVE SEMINAR January 15ー17.1990 EASTーWEST CENTER HONOLULU.HAWAII.

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report

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