Development of support tools for teachers to promote museum utilization in school education

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350283
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Mie University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAGA Nobuo 三重大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90345934)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 北村 淳一 三重大学, 生物資源学研究科, リサーチフェロー (00432360) ; 芦谷 美奈子 滋賀県立琵琶湖博物館, 研究部, 主任学芸員 (50359270)
• Research Collaborator: TAMURA Kaori ; NAKAMURA Chie ; HIGASHITARUMIZU Takuya ; SAKIYAMA Takuto
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 理科教育 / 学校・博物館連携 / 貸し出し標本 / 骨格標本 / 教材パッケージ / 貸し出しシステム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To promote collaboration between schools and museums, we developed a loan kit with museum specimen to support school teachers. We devised methods to facilitate teachers to utilize the loan kit, and examined how this loan kit was actually used in classrooms. We also analyzed how interest in museums on the part of both teachers and students changed after using the loan kit in classroom. The achievements and knowledge obtained include; 1) completion of a loan kit containing a chicken skeleton specimen, together with worksheets and a teacher’s guide, including practical lesson examples, 2) preparation of two alternative methods and contents; one method was teacher-centered and the other was students-centered; the contents were designed to be adaptable depending on the numbers of students and classes, 3) development of a loaning system, including teacher training, 4) an increase in interest in museums observed in both students and teachers after using the loan kit in classroom.

Free Research Field

理科教育