A study on the selection and standardization of educational terms on biology.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K00918
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Teacher Education
• Principal Investigator: Atsumi Shigeaki 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 名誉教授 (70144623)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 福井 智紀 麻布大学, 生命・環境科学部, 講師 (00367244) ; 笠原 恵 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 准教授 (20243347) ; 向 平和 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (20583800) ; 西野 秀昭 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40198487) ; 真山 茂樹 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40199914) ; 武村 政春 東京理科大学, 理学部第一部教養学科, 教授 (50303623) ; 片山 豪 高崎健康福祉大学, 人間発達学部, 教授 (60635754) ; 渡邉 守 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 教授 (80167171)
• Research Collaborator: ICHIISHI Hiroshi ; ITO Masao ; KIMURA Susumu ; SHIGET Katsuhiko ; SHOJIMA Keisuke ; SHIROISHI Naoki ; WATANABE Mamoru
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 生物教育 / 用語 / 生物 / 高等学校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is said that a great number of the terms in the high school biology textbooks makes students choose the subject physics or chemistry rather than biology. In one among five textbooks of the basic biology (standard, 1st ed.) 827 terms were found, while only 572 in the other. Recently revised textbooks contained from 700 to 799 terms. The latest textbooks both the standard and the large format, used a few unique terms, and became rather moderate. Five textbooks of the biology (1st ed.) contained roughly twice as many terms as in the basic biology. And the Jitukyo's one contained only 35 unique terms. The collected terms were evaluated and classified into the most essential, the essential terms and the rest. There is considerable variation in the spelling with kanji, and each of the textbooks uses different spellings. Such synonyms of many terms were also evaluated and suitable terms were selected. It is advisable to use the most and the essential terms in the textbooks.

Free Research Field

生物教育