1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Practical Research on Developing STS Instruction for the Knowledge-Intensive Society
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06680174
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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 | SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
KUMANO Yoshisuke Shizuoka University, College of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (90252155)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAGASU Namio University of Tsukuba, Institute of Education, Professor, 教育学系, 教授 (90018044)
HISADA Ryuki Shizuoka University College of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (40022214)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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| Keywords | STS / Constructivism / Module / teachers'education / Pedagogy / Nature of Science / Analysis of classroom / Science Education Standards |
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| Research Abstract |
There is no question that we need major innovations or changes in science and technology education regarding the Knowledge-Intensive Society which has already started in Japan. There have been some major challenges and efforts in science education in various countries and they have been sending interesting researches or data to our society. The first part focuses on the discussion of aims or goals by comparing two major researchers and other outcomes. In the second part of this paper, as one of the major movements in science education for considering aims or goals, National Science Education Standards in the US is examined. Also, science education in Australia, Canada and UK is examined. The third part of this paper was discussion on the results from around 2000 data concerning to nature of science and its relation to technology and society among Japanese people. With the results from the first through the third part, ' constructivism ' and ' STS ' were identified as the two most important philosophies in science education. The last part is the summary of action research of STS instruction with constructivism. For in-service education sessions were held at Shizuoka University where more than sixteen science teachers had various activities in STS with constructivism. As sample module of STS approach, three modules were tried and examined in the context of Japanese culture for future innovation in Japan.
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