Development of Lab Suite: An educational program on light, sound and vibration

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K00964
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: University of Fukui
• Principal Investigator: Uchida Satoko 福井大学, 学術研究院医学系部門, 助教 (60334843)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 田村 圭介 福井大学, 学術研究院医学系部門, 教授 (30212046)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 科学教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We created educational material and aimed to build an educational program -- Lab Suite -- that comprises a series of practical activities. Light and sound are familiar physical phenomena to learners because they can be perceived visually and aurally. In addition, the cross-disciplinary learning of light, sound, and waves in the physics field, and sensory organs in the biology field, with a focus on "light and sound," leads to the acquisition of new perspectives, interest, and motivation for learning. Learning through practical experiences is expected to cultivate functional knowledge and thinking skills.
This educational program can be made applicable to diverse learners by employing appropriate expositions.

Free Research Field

科学教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で開発される教育プログラムは一連の体験学習により構成されるので、その展開方法により、様々な学習者を対象に実施することができる。特に、医学系学生（医学・看護学・歯学・薬学等）の物理教育、理工系学部の初年次教育における専門課程学習への動機付け、文科系学生の科学リテラシー教育、初等・中等教育機関での課外授業、幅広い年齢層を対象とした公開講座などにおいて、効果的に活用できる。