A Study of Strategy for Teaching and Assessment about Scientific Literacy Growth in Science Education

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25750074
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: MIYOSHI MIORI 広島大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80423482)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 科学教育 / 科学的教養 / 指導方略 / 評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, the author investigated contents of scientific literacy in elementary and secondary school sciences that we need to make good life in the modern world, how to make students learn scientific literacy and evaluate it in the class. As a result, it pointed out the followings; 1. Contents of scientific literacy in school science need to connect with contents of school sciences curricula. 2. To foster students’ scientific literacy, it is important to use investigative work with problems in the context of real world which will need to integrate knowledge, competences and attitudes. 3. It will need teacher support system to improve teaching skills.

Free Research Field

科学教育