Knowledge-building Argumentation Theory and Teaching Method for the Cultivation of Scientific Language Skills

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24300270
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: INAGAKI SHIGENORI 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (70176387)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAGUCHI Etsuji 神戸大学, 大学院人間発達環境科学研究, 准教授 (00324898) ; OSHIMA Ritsuko 静岡大学, 大学院情報学研究科, 教授 (70377729) ; NISHIGAKI Junko 大阪市立大学, 大学教育センター, 准教授 (80345769) ; YAMAMOTO Tomokazu 兵庫教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 准教授 (70584572) ; KUSUNOKI Fusako 多摩美術大学, 美術学部, 教授 (40192025)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKAYAMA Hayashi 宮崎大学, 大学院教育学研究科, 教授 (90237470) ; FUNAOI Hideo 創価大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (20344830)
• Research Collaborator: KAMIYAMA Shinnichi 神戸大学附属小学校, 教諭
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 科学教育 / アーギュメンテーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study is to pioneer a theory of argumentation in science　education and to develop a teaching method for it through interdisciplinary joint research by science education experts and learning　sciences researchers. Argumentation is defined as the process of constructing　scientific arguments, including providing reasons and preparing for　counterexamples. In　this study, I was able to (1) establish a theory in which the mechanism and　function of scientific argumentation is systematized, (2) develop a teaching　method and learning-support environment utilizing ICT, and (3) obtain　pioneering results both in terms of argumentation theory and teaching method　based on empirical research conducted at an affiliated experimental school.

Free Research Field

科学教育