Positive Research on Extension Courses of High School

Research Project

Project/Area Number	10610291
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	National Institute for Educational Research of Japan
Principal Investigator	YAMAMOTO Yoshihiro National Institute for Educational Research of Japan, Department of Lifelong Learning, Head of program development and evaluation of Lifelong Learning., 生涯学習研究部・生涯学習開発・評価研究室, 室長 (50135646)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KITO Naoko National Institute for Educational Research of Japan, Department of Lifelong Learning, Researcher, 生涯学習研究部・社会教育研究室, 研究員 (00290859) SAWANO Yukiko National Institute for Educational Research of Japan, Department of Lifelong Learning, Senior Researcher, 生涯学習研究部・生涯学習体系研究室, 主任研究官 (40280515) SASAI Hiromi National Institute for Educational Research of Japan, Department of Lifelong learning, Head of Lifelong Learning System, 生涯学習研究部・生涯学習体系研究室, 室長 (10271701) IWATSUKI Tomoya University of Osaka, Research Assistant, 人間学部, 助手 (60263191) KIKUCHI Eiji National Institute for Educational Research of Japan, Department of Educational Management, Senior Researcher, 生涯学習研究部・選抜方法研究室, 主任研究官 (10211872)
Project Period (FY)	1998 – 1999
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000) Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000) Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Keywords	high school / lifelong learning / extension course
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to prove the new role of high school in the lifelong learning society. In recent years, many high school proposed learning opportunity to their communities. So we had a research to every prefecture on the situation of extension courses proposed by high schools. We analyzed the statistics of the situation in each prefecture. Furthermore, we had many interviews of those high schools in a variety of courses, information technology, marine sports, agricultural environment, welfare, local culture, etc. By those interviews and statistics, we made a report on such studies and published in 2000 lastly.