Development of ELSI education materials for science teachers

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26750069
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Nara Institute of Science and Technology (2016); Osaka Kyoiku University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Kawakami Masahiro 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学, 教育推進機構, 特任准教授 (30569231)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 教材開発 / 科学教育 / ELSI / 科学コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to reveal consciousness of science teachers who dealing with related contents with Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) in science class and to develop ELSI education materials for science teachers.
From the results of consciousness survey about science teachers, we found that they often set up opportunities to learn about various people's values and opinions about ELSI. And also we realized that the recognition difference of high school teachers who deal with different science subjects. After that, we created education materials for science teachers of ELSI on stem cell research and conducted a trial training program. We found that there was a change in several viewpoints of participants about ELSI of stem cell research before and after in the program.

Free Research Field

科学教育