2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Research on GIS Use in Geofraphy Education
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12480014
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
MURAYAMA Yuji University of Tsukuba, Institute of Geoscience, Professor, 地球科学系, 教授 (30182140)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AKIMOTO Hiroaki Dokkyo University, Economics, Assistant Professor, 経済学部, 講師 (90327015)
YAMAMOTO Mitsuru Saitama University, Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養学部, 助教授 (60230588)
KHOSAKA Hiroyuki Nihon University, Humanities & Science, Professor, 文理学部, 教授 (60092516)
NAKAMURA Yasuko Tokyo Gakugei University, Education, Assistant Professor, 教育学部, 講師 (20293003)
SEKINE Tomoko Nihon University, Humanities & Science, Research Associate, 文理学部, 助手 (90297763)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2003
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| Keywords | GIS / Internet / geography education / Teaching materials / subject contents / school education / spatial analysis function / guideline |
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| Research Abstract |
In March 1999, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan reported on the need for new types of instructional methods in high schools. Based on this report. new textbooks were published and used in new education programs
In the field of geography education, this new system placed special emphasis on geographical perspectives and concepts, and there is strong incentive to learn about geographical methods and techniques. In particular, students learn to more effectively utili2e maps far regional analyses, etc., and be required to obtain and use geographic information. With educational goals shifting from "acquisition of knowledge" to "learning how to learn", every effort should be made to use GIS as a tool for supporting practical and topical learning skills. Given this background, this study attempted to develop the educational GIS that could be of use in new school education programs and examine the usefulness of GIS in school education. Concretely, we constructed the Internet GIS for school education, developed the core-curriculum for GIS teaching, examined the GIS learning method for school teachers and so forth
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