History of Curriculum Development Practice for Technology Education by American Industrial Arts Association

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K17339
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Education
Research Institution	Chiba University
Principal Investigator	KINOSHITA Riew 千葉大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (10586217)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	技術教育 / 産業科 / 専門職団体 / カリキュラム開発 / 教育実践史 / 技術教育史 / 単元構成 / フラタニティ
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research project clarified the formation process and content characteristics of A Curriculum to Reflect Technology (1947), which is regarded as the first arrival point of curriculum development practice for Technology Education by the American Industrial Arts Association. As a result of research, the following points were clarified. 1) W. E. Warner, who led the creation of A Curriculum to Reflect Technology (1947), aims to educate consumers who can intellectually understand Technology in social economy, 2) he proposed a new Technology Education curriculum of five unit consisting of manufacture, construction, power, transportation and communication.