Model Development of study motivation for physics at an engineering college

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24650536
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Chiba Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: ICHIKAWA YOKO 千葉工業大学, 工学部, 助教 (70406651)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TODOROKI Norikazu 千葉工業大学, 工学部教育センター, 准教授 (40409925)
• Research Collaborator: OIE Mayumi 東京女子大学, 文理学部, 准教授 (00385379)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 物理 / 興味 / 授業 / リフレクション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to investigate the changing levels of interest in learning physics at an engineering college, and a reflective process on lessons by the physics college teacher. We interviewed engineering college students about the level of their interest and competence in physics before and after entering college. We found that, although most students were neither particularly interested in nor good at understanding physics, they were forced to study it due to their majors. After entering college, their competence tended to rise, and so too did their interest. Moreover, when they came to understand the usefulness and novelty of physics, and they enjoyed experiments, their interest grew.

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教師教育