1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Development of Constructivist's Teaching Model for the Conceptual Change of Student's Misconceptions of Scientific Concepts.
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05680158
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Saitama University (1995)
National Institute of Multimedia Education (1993-1994) |
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Principal Investigator |
KATAHIRA Katsuhiro Saitama Univ.Department of Education Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (70214327)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1995
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| Keywords | Constructivism / Teaching / Learning / Preconception / Misconception / Science Education / Chemical Education / Particulate Theory of Matter |
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| Research Abstract |
Scince 1970', there has been a development of interest in children's ideas in scince. This field of work is based on the notion that children construct their knowledge of the natural world through their personal interactions with phenomena and through social experience.
In science education, now, there is an extensive literature which documents the ideas children develop about the natural world and the way in which these progress through childhood.
Works in this field has drawn attention to the fact that when they come to the science lesson, pupils already have knowledge schemes which can be drawn on in a learning situation. Learning involves an interaction between the schemes in pupils head and new experience provided.
In the constructivist's view, learning is recognized as a process in which learners make their own perceptions of input. Learning always involves the interaction between the learner's present understanding of the world and the knowledge input. Genuine conceptual learning occurs when the learners make their own perceptions of such knowledge.
A conceptual understanding is making one's own perception of knowledge. It involves the learner in constructing his/her own understanding. A conceptual change involves abandoning one's commitment to one set of conceptual understandings by adopting another irreconcible set. The process of this conceptual change is the important feature distinguishing science learning from other types of learning.
In this research, I examined some perspectives of the constructivist's view in science education and explores how these perspectives can help interpreting research on teaching and teacher education about science.
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