Construction of a platform for collaborative learning integrating psychological experiments and elementary school "Seikatsuka" lessons centered on toy making.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K03200
• 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: Akita University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshiki Nakano 秋田大学, 教育文化学部, 教授 (50310991)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 洞察 / 問題解決 / タングラム / 小学校生活科 / 意識下過程

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this project was to clarify the process by which collaborative and creative problem solving emerges from both cognitive experiments and educational practice, and to investigate a means of facilitating this process. The first result of the research was an examination of the problem-solving process of tangram, and clarification of the process of reaching a solution in a latent and progressive manner. The results were reported at the 18th European Congress of Psychology (Brighton, UK).
In terms of educational practice, we worked on the creation of classes centering on toys in the research class of life science at the affiliated elementary school. Nine research lessons were conducted during the grant period, and the results were published in the Bulletin of Akita University Elementary School.

Free Research Field

認知心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

グローバル社会に向けてこれからの学校教育で育むべき能力は，他者と協働して解決策を創造する力や対話を重視し未知の状況に対応する思考力，すなわち協働的で創造的な問題解決力とされる。こうした資質・能力を育むために，本計画で得れれた成果は実証研究に裏づけされ，教育現場で実践可能な提案となりうる。「おもちゃ」を核にして認知心理学実験と小学校での授業実践を統合したことで，問題解決時の行動分析から，協働性を促す授業づくりまで一貫して検討する方法論を開拓した。これらの成果をもとに，学び合いを促す協働の形態や環境設定，アイディアを創発する対話のあり方などを検証する土台となる。