2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Evaluation of education method for an incentive to creation with electrical cart kit in introduction to electrical engineer class.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23501040
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Science education
Research Institution	SALESIAN POLYTECHNIC
Principal Investigator	SAITOH JUN サレジオ工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 准教授 (40450118)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	PBL / 体験教育 / ものづくり教育 / エネルギー教育 / エンジニアリングデザイン / 導入教育
Research Abstract	The experiential education is effective to understand electrical energy for lower grade students. We launched new experiment themes for the education program:"Making electrical cart" in Introduction to electrical engineer class for the first grade. This education program is Project Based Learning that based on manufacturing education and energy education. Students design, manufacture, and drive an electrical cart in this class. By driving feeling and power consumption value, it facilitates quantitative and qualitative understanding of the electrical energy. From the results of the questionnaire for the upper grade students who had taken this class, more than 60 percent of these students continuously recognize the educational effects. It is shown that the education program is effective as manufacturing education and energy education.