Six-year Elementary School Curriculum Development in Programming Education that also Fosters Spatial Awareness

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03166
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09080:Science education-related
• Research Institution: Joetsu University of Education
• Principal Investigator: KIRYU TORU 上越教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 教授 (20713259)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: ドローン / スクラッチ / 経路 / プログラミング教育 / 教職員研修

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has two objectives.Can children develop spatial awareness through programming?　 Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop teaching materials for this purpose. We are also to provide training to teachers and staff in the practice of teaching programming education.
We have developed three teaching materials. We have developed educational materials using drones. We have developed a scratch project. We have developed pathway programming that follows a pathway. In addition, training for teachers and staff was conducted on the use of developed teaching materials and ICT.

Free Research Field

科学教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

プログラミング教育の実施を教職員へ提言すると共に，子どもの空間認識力を育む教材開発をし，空間認識力の向上に役立つことを明らかにした。また，教職員のICTに対する苦手意識を克服し，楽しい研修を組織することを提言した。