1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development and Utilization of Planetarium Program for Practical Use of Effectiveness of Planetarium as an Educatinal Tool

Research Project

Project/Area Number	06680211
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Educational technology
Research Institution	YAMANASHI UNIVERSTY
Principal Investigator	MATSUMORI Yasuo YAMANASHI UNIVERSITY,FACULTY OF EDUCATION,ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 教育学部, 助教授 (40240866)
Project Period (FY)	1994 – 1996
Keywords	planetarium / Instructional media / Earth science / Science education / Educational technology / Astronomical education / School science / Social education
Research Abstract	The planetarium is emerged in Japan as an educational tool to aid in the instruction of astronomical concepts at elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels. At the present day, the pranetaria are used increasingly in Japanese science instruction, although there is no research-based understanding of their instructional potential. Despite their wide and increasing use, little research has been done to evaluate the effectiveness of planetarium as an educational tool. There are, however, numerous generous statements about the value of planetaria, seemingly based only on empirical judgments. Therefore, this investigator intended to describe the present condition in detail, of the uses of planetaria in Japan, and to state the problems and the cures for them on the uses of the planetaria in Japanese science education today.

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