Development and practical validation of the learning programs for the advancement of science classes based on the construction of a "network of inquiry"

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02708
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Takeshita Shunji 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 教授 (90236456)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 古賀 信吉 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 教授 (30240873) ; 山崎 博史 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 名誉教授 (70294494)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 探究 / 学習プログラム / 教材開発 / 理科 / 学習文脈

Outline of Final Research Achievements

So far, it has been pointed out that the inquiry-based learning has become a mere formality and that there is a disconnect between what students learning contents in science and their daily lives. In the present study, we attempted to develop a system to examine and explore various questions and issues derived from one inquiry-based activity as new subjects, and to develop a learning program to enhance science learning based on such a system. We have explored materials for inquiry in biology, chemistry, and earth science, and also sought to diversify inquiry by reconsidering conventional inquiry-based learning. In addition, we organically and systematically linked them to create a “network of inquiry". By this network, multiple new learning contexts were found, enabling the development of diverse learning programs.

Free Research Field

生物教育内容学，分類・生態学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従前の探究的な活動の多くが単発的な活動であったのに対し，本研究では，理科の学習における探究の連続性や深化の重要性を再確認し，探究の過程や結果の随所に生じる新たな課題に着目することで他の分野と連携させたネットワークを構築できることを明らかにした。また，個々の探究をモジュールとして捉え，ネットワークを基盤にそれらを組み合わせて学習プログラムを構成する手法は，より汎用的で，学校現場での活用に留まらず，現職教員や教員養成系大学における新たなプレ・サービス・トレーニングでとしても活用可能である。