Educational Innovation that Promotes Qualitative Transformation in Pedagogy of College Physics to Active Learning through Collaboration of Six Universities in Japan and U.S.A.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H02913
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: Tosa Sachiko 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (40720959)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 興治 文子 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (60409050) ; 小林 昭三 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 名誉教授 (10018822) ; 五十嵐 尤二 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (50151262) ; 伊藤 克美 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (50242392) ; 岸本 功 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (60399433) ; 植松 晴子 (小松晴子) 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (70225572) ; 佐藤 実 東海大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 講師 (10328099) ; 中村 琢 岐阜大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (70377943) ; 安田 淳一郎 山形大学, 学士課程基盤教育機構, 准教授 (00402446) ; 山田 吉英 福井大学, 学術研究院教育・人文社会系部門(教員養成), 准教授 (30588570) ; 谷口 和成 京都教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90319377)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 大学物理講義の改善 / アクティブ・ラーニング型物理教授法 / レッスンスタディ / 力学概念調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, the development and implementation of the active-learning style instructional strategies in college physics was realized in 7 universities. Through the discussions among researchers using a video conference system in the form of lesson study, online forum, and meetings in person at the symposium and school visits, the researchers were able to improve their classes in an active-learning style. There were cases that showed improvement in student understanding of physics concepts through the use of an internationally standardized instrument. The lecture delivered by an expert from the USA in active learning and workshops on active-learning style instructional strategies at the national Physics Education Research Conference in Japan was well received in the physics education community, and contributed to the dissemination of the active-learning instructional strategies in physics.

Free Research Field

理科教育学