| Project/Area Number |
07680207
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Senshu University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIROSE Masakatu Senshu University, School of Business Administration, Professor, 経営学部, 教授 (20083602)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1997
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Keywords | Science Education / Science Literacy / Disfavor and unwillingness to study natural science / Logical processes of characteristic in natural sciences / Experiments / Mutual discussion / 新学力 / 双方向講義 / 自己教育力 / 教材開発 / 化学教育 / 理科離れ |
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| Research Abstract |
The strong disfavor and unwillingness to study natural sciences prevailed among a large portion of students (so-called Rikabanare in Japanese) has now become a serious difficulty in science education at universities. It is regarded as one of the natural consequences of the same tendency which has been already wide-spread among pupils at elementary, junior high and high schools in these several years.
This research was carried out to cope with the problem by the development of appropriate subject matters and methods for science education in general and for chemistry in particular. The main purpose of the lecture is to educate students to get familiar with the logical processes characteristic in natural sciences.
The author concluded from the research that the subjects of lectures should be selected familiar phenomena for students and should be studied from various points of view. In addition to these points, it is important that several times of experiments can be arranged for each class in an academic years. The endeavor was made to keep vital mutual discussion between teachers and students in the class. This was guaranteed by questioning students frequently what can be guessed from the shown figures or diagrams.
Medical compounds were among the most interesting dubjects in the sense that students could learn how they work in human bodies and how to develop new medical substances. Through these processes they could appreciate several kinds of methods employed in natural sciences.
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