Research Achievements and Issues of the Submitted Theses at the Graduate School of Teacher Education

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02783
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Teacher Education
• Principal Investigator: MATSUMOTO SHINJI 兵庫教育大学, その他部局等, 名誉教授 (70165893)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 教職大学院 / 学修の成果としての報告書 / 理科教育学研究 / テキストマイニング / 質的研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempted to clarify the actual status and future issues of practical research on science education at graduate schools of teacher education that have been undergoing reorganization. For this purpose, we surveyed the actual conditions at graduate schools of teacher education nationwide and collected recently submitted theses on science-related practices. The total of 351 theses from 38 graduate schools of science education were collected.
The results of the analysis showed that the research at the graduate schools is based on classroom practice. In addition to the science education research that has been conducted so far, research on the development of teaching materials, including experiments, has become another core of research. In addition, research at upper secondary schools is relatively increasing. On the other hand, few examples of theoretical research on science education and international research could be found.

Free Research Field

理科教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

教職大学院のカリキュラムは、新設当初、教科色が薄められ実践的指導力の育成に特化した授業科目が設定されていた。しかし、ここ数年、新たに設置され、或いは、改組が進む専攻では、教科内容を含むコースが増えてきている。本研究では、これらの変革によって、本大学院で行われる実践研究の内容が，どのような変化が起きているのかを明らかにした。
社会的な意義としては、同大学院の研究では教育実践をベースにした理科教育的研究が行われている一方で、教材開発研究がもう一つの柱にもなってきていることが明らかになった。この結果から同大学院が高等学校関係者の理科研究の受け皿にもなってきていることが確認された。