The developmnt of the teaching method for distinguishing between universality and particularity

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26282038
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Nakajo Mitsuru 高知大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 講師 (80610956)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OTUJI Hisashi 茨城大学, 准教授 (20272099)
• Research Collaborator: KAWASAKI Ken 高知大学, 名誉教授 ; KUSUNOSE Hiroaki 高知市立鴨田小学校, 指導教諭 ; SAITO Tatsuo いの町立伊野小学校, 教諭
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 問題解決学習 / 結果と結論 / 科学的思考 / 西洋的自然観 / 日本的自然観

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims at developing a method of making primary science teachers realize the distinction between universality and particularity in their speaking terms in science classes. The method will lead students to that distinction. The distinction establishes a basis of the scientific thinking because scientific laws take the form of universal proposition. The present questionnaire survey tells that more than 80% of 42 responding teachers are not strictly in the distinction. In order to improve teachers’ understanding about the distinction, they need to consider its role in the scientific thinking. Their consideration will support students in their attempt to abstract a conclusion from individual experiments or observations made by themselves.

Free Research Field

初等理科教育