Development of Physics Inquiry Program for Active Learning

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350241
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Tamagawa University
• Principal Investigator: ISHII Kyoko 玉川大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50467130)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMADA Yoshihide 福井大学, 教育地域科学部, 准教授 (30588570)
• Research Collaborator: NAMBU Takayuki 福井市森田中学校, 教諭 ; SASAKI Yosuke 福井市美山中学校, 教諭 ; HOSHINO Akinori 板橋区中台中学校, 教諭
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: アクティブラーニング / 物理教育研究 / チュートリアル / Physics by Inquiry / 探究 / 小中高連携 / 協働研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated the principles and teaching methods involved in “Physics by Inquiry,” a type of active learning that has yielded extensive positive results globally, and its potential for application in Japan. The findings imply that, rather than the direct application of curriculums from abroad to the Japanese context, teachers can use these principles to develop their own teaching programs that enable learners to deepen their knowledge through their own inquisitive learning. It was found that this requires teachers from primary school, middle school, senior high school and college or university to respect one another’s ideas and practices and to conduct ongoing mutually beneficial collaborative study, thereby allowing each teacher’s development of materials and “lesson study” activities within a system of mutual learning.

Free Research Field

科学教育