A pilot study on international engineering education through remote sensing survey by Kosen students who major in civil engineering

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25560091
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Tomakomai National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Kuriyama Masaki 苫小牧工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 教授 (60509917)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WATANABE Akio 苫小牧工業高等専門学校, 環境都市工学科, 准教授 (00422650) ; ONO Masatsugu 苫小牧工業高等専門学校, 文系総合学科, 准教授 (10369902)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: リモートセンシング / 衛星画像 / 海外研修 / 英語教材 / 英語語彙調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims at making a proposal concerning the educational program for students of overseas environmental survey by remote sensing. The satellite images were downloaded from the web site of U.S.G.S. (U.S. Geological Survey). The students carried out a survey on environment of their destination using the satellite images beforehand and received explanation on the environmental changes from their host family while their stay. This program improved students’ motivation for learning English.

Free Research Field

工学教育