Study research for construction of practical education system for manufacturing

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12403
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: 一般財団法人総合科学研究機構(総合科学研究センター(総合科学研究室)及び中性子科学センター(研究開発
• Principal Investigator: Ueno Kenji 一般財団法人総合科学研究機構(総合科学研究センター(総合科学研究室)及び中性子科学センター(研究開発, 総合科学研究センター, 特任研究員 (40370069)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 青木 貞雄 一般財団法人総合科学研究機構(総合科学研究センター(総合科学研究室)及び中性子科学センター(研究開発, 総合科学研究センター, 主任研究員 (50016804)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: プレインターンシップ / ものづくり / アフターインターンシップ / 社会人教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are few experiences (for example, plant tours) on manufacturing of science and technology in the period of compulsory education for elementary and junior high school students. As a countermeasure to this issue, we suggested the implementation of a pre-internship for elementary school students, and actually performed thread cutting work mainly on elementary school fourth graders. What we learned from this experience is that "awareness" is an important motivation to learn about manufacturing, at elementary and junior high school age.
Meanwhile, we also suggested implementing after-sales internship for those working in the profession. In the case of social workers, we experienced the result that it was little to learn even if they received guidance from the outside if there is no need (necessity). The keywords of traditional techniques related to manufacturing are "awareness" for elementary and junior high school students, and "needs" for social workers.

Free Research Field

機械工学、超精密加工、CNC工作機械