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1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study on the Development and Innovation of Genetics Education in Japan.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02680238
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 科学教育(含教育工学)
Research InstitutionHiroshima University

Principal Investigator

IKEDA HIdeo  Hiroshima University Science Education, Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (50112165)

Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1991
KeywordsBiology Education / Genetics Education / History of Education / Soybean / Corn
Research Abstract

This study was carried out aiming to reveal the historical details in introducing genetics into the subject matters and to improve experiments in genetics of biology in Japanese secondary schools.
The historical data regarding secondary school genetics education were collected from research journals, biology textbooks, syllabi, and license examination paper for secondary school biology teachers enforced by the Ministry of Education of Japan. As a result of this survey, the researcher was able to find out that the Japanese history of genetics education can be summarized as follows. 1) In 1913 Mendels law was set for the first time in botany license examination. 2) In 1914 there appeared the first genetic subject matters in a textbook entitled "Hakubutsu-Tsuuron (An introduction to natural history) ", and then a few years later many other textbooks had been adopted for this subject. 3) In the definition of Mendels law, there existed some confusion between Mendels law and his experimental … More data. This confusion has been inherited even in some of the updated textbooks. 4) It is concluded presently that Mendels experiments does not only show the value of his conclusions but also of the methods of inquiry which are suggestive in school education. These methods are considered rather more important than Mendels law itself in school biology.
Some plant materials such as the hybrid sweet corn, which segregates yellow and white seeds, and soybean strain T219, which segregates green and yellow offspring, were tested for confirming the Mendelian segregation rate. In each plant, the experimental data was found out to fit quite well in understanding the concept of theoretical ratio. However, the genotype of sweet corn could be considered to be rather difficult to maintain when compared to soybean. Soybean was found to be useful to confirm not only the segregation rate concept but also the incomplete dominance and the lethal gene concepts. Therefore soybean T219 is thought of as a very good plant material for student experiment. Less

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All Publications (7 results)

  • [Publications] 池田 秀雄: "大正における教育内容としての遺伝分野の導入について" 日本科学教育学会研究会研究報告. 5巻6号. 25-27 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 池田 秀雄,山口 章子: "植物材料を用いた遺伝の実験" 生物教育. 31巻1号. 40-41 (1991)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 大鹿 聖公,池田 秀雄: "タンパク質の消化に関する実験" 生物教育. 31巻1号. 66-67 (1991)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 池田 秀雄他5名: "核分裂中性子線またはX線の照射をうけたイエギクChrysanthemum morifolium Ram.における花色変異体の出現様相" 近畿大学原子力研究所年報. 28号. 9-18 (1991)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 池田 秀雄: "日本の遺伝教育の変遷 (1)遺伝教育導入時における文部省検定試験の役割" 広島大学教育学部紀要. (1992)

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  • [Publications] Ikeda, Hideo: "A Study on the Introduction of Genetics Subject Matters into the Japanese Biology in 1912 -1926." Nihon Kagaku Kyouiku Gakkai Kennkyuukai Kenkyuuhoukoku. 5 No. 6. 25-27 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Ikeda, Hideo: "Studeut's Experiments of Genetics Using Plant Materials." Japn. J. Biological Education. 31 No. 1. 40-41 (1991)

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Published: 1993-03-16  

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