Research on STEM education programs in technology education for fostering creativity

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02910
• 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: Shiga University
• Principal Investigator: TAKENO KIMIHITO 滋賀大学, 教育学系, 教授 (70313632)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: STEM教育 / 創造性 / 教員研修 / エンジニアリング / デザインプロセス / 技術教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop a STEM education program in technology education for fostering creativity in the design process and to propose a training and development program for teachers who will be responsible for this program. Regarding the STEM education curriculum for fostering creativity in the design process, I clarified the criteria for the acquisition of creativity and the perspective as STEM education assumed through data collection and observation, and obtained suggestions for the development of a STEM education program in technology education. As a result, this study developed a workshop related to teacher training aimed at fostering mini-c, the initial stage of creativity.
The results of the teacher training suggested that having teachers generate ideas in stages would increase the number of ideas.

Free Research Field

教科教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

米国では，STEM教育への関心は2000年頃から始まり、近年、その関心はますます高まっている。また諸外国でもSTEM教育の推進が図られているが、日本ではまだ何をどのように実施すれば良いか明確にされていない。本研究の推進の結果、STEM教育に関する教員研修プログラムの開発（誰が）、技術教育におけるエンジニアリングデザインプロセスでの実施可能性（どこで）、創造性育成の検証（何を）にについて実現可能性を示すことができた。今後、日本の学校教育にSTEM教育が実装される過程において本研究は一定の学術的意義を示すことができる。