Explore Science Teaching Materials and Methods for Encouraging Generation of Scientific Questions about Volcanic and Meteorological Phenomena.

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K00980
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: TSUCHIDA Satoshi 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域教育学系, 教授 (10217325)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 科学教育 / 問いの生成 / 火山 / 気象

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to explore science teaching materials and methods that encourage the generation of scientific questions about volcanic and meteorological phenomena.
The results are as follows:(1) Question generation keyword extraction and analysis about weather and volcanic activity using science textbooks, (2) Conducting and analyzing trial lessons class for investigating the relationship between scientific questions and critical thinking, (3) Analysis of cognition and changes about awareness of children's natural phenomena, (4) Recommendations on science teaching materials and methods for encouraging the generation of scientific questions regarding volcanic and meteorological phenomena.

Free Research Field

科学教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

得られた成果から，現在予報がある程度可能となっている気象現象と予測が困難である火山・地震などを，地殻内外で生じている自然現象として統一的に考えるためには，論証における論拠に科学的な問いの生成が関係していること，児童に把握する機会を授業の中で，学年段階に応じて提供することが重要であることが提言され，今後の小学校理科教材研究への方向性を示したことに社会的意義がある。