Development and practice the lesson method to foster decision-making skills in technology education

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13229
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: YATA Chikahiko 広島大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (20374811)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 技術科 / 意思決定 / ゲーミング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop and practice teaching method to nurture the ability to decision-making at technology education. The results are outlined as follows. (1) Perceptions of 181 technology teachers regarding the “necessity of learning” and “difficulty in teaching” were investigated. (2) Analysis was conducted to clarify the change in the opinions and reasons of students regarding technology assessment at the learning process. (3) The framework of decision-making at technology education lesson were organized “analysis of constraints”, “evaluate solutions”, “comparison of solutions” and “determination of solution”. Technology education lesson were practiced using teaching tools and the educational effect was verified.

Free Research Field

技術教育