Historical Investigataios for Science Education in Japan based on Students' notebooks

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25750071
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: OKIHARU Fumiko 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (60409050)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 理科教育史 / 明治期 / 授業筆記 / 日本型科学教育 / 教育内容の変遷 / 教育実態 / 簡易実験

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify science education realities in the middle of the Meiji era based on notebooks written by the students.
The investigataion has revealed the following points. (1) Evidence mounted that famous textbooks “Shogakko Seito-you Butsuri Sho” was widle used in Saitama and Niigata. Moreover, there were descriptions in the students’ notebooks that seemed to be performing simple experiments. (2) The lessons contained in the field of geography that straddled science and geography caught the natural phenomenon of the earth's surface from a scientific point of view, and changed so that many principles were included. (3) At the Normal School, the results of the latest scientific research at the time were reflected in the content of the education.

Free Research Field

科学教育