2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
R&D on Experiential Learning Activities with a '4-days Astronomer' Method
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20500796
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |
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Principal Investigator |
MUROI Kyoko National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 天文情報センター, 広報普及員 (20465925)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AGATA Hidehiko 国立天文台, 天文情報センター, 准教授 (30321582)
UKITA Nobuharu 国立天文台, 光赤外研究部, 准教授 (20184989)
HUKUSHIMA Hideo 国立天文台, 天文情報センター, 研究技師 (80280569)
FURUSYO Reiko 国立天文台, 天文データセンター, 研究員 (70373040)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 天文教育カリキュラム / 観測実習 |
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| Research Abstract |
Experiential learning activities with a' 4-days astronomer' method developed at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo) strengthen high-school participants motivation for learning. In order to roll the activities out to all over the country, we have practiced the method at three institutions (a science museum, a public astronomical observatory, a university) that have different sizes of telescope (from 15 cm to 1.5 m in diameter) and personnel. As a result, it could carry out when we make arrangements for mentors (about ten persons), personal computers and image-analysis software for data analysis, and a small collection of astronomy-related books. Our enquete analyses suggest that the same education effect could be acquired, even if characteristics of the four facilites are different.
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