The Curriculum Development of Science and Math Education in Early Childhood

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04325
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Osaka Ohtani University
• Principal Investigator: KOTANI Takuya 大阪大谷大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50411484)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 竹歳 賢一 大阪大谷大学, 教育学部, 講師 (20712334) ; 長瀬 美子 大阪大谷大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50247889)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: かがく / 思考のスキル / 幼小一体型数理教育カリキュラム / 探索特性 / 観察 / コミュニケーション / 発達指標

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of our study is (1) to develop the scientific and mathematical activity for young children aged from 2- to 8-year old and (2) to analyze the features of scientific exploration in these activities. The main results of our study are as follows; [1] The total number of the scientific and mathematical activities we had developed for three years are 31.[2] The main results of the analysis of preschoolers’ and early elementary grades’explorations are as follows; (1) Most of the young children’s exploration occurred in three periods of developmental change. (2) Most of young children have the tendency to repeat the same experiment many times after they found the result. (3) The communication during their exploration has three patterns which means (i) they have no communication each other and no change of their expression, (ii) they think aloud while being written all over their faces, (iii) they have talked with friends while being written all over their faces.

Free Research Field

幼児期から低学年児童期の科学教育・理科教育・幼児教育