New Perspectives in Science Education
Guidance on finding problems systematically based on questions, research questions and hypotheses
Reiko Kamimura, Nippon Sport Science University, Japan (Japan)
Hikaru Toriyabe, Tokyo Metropolitan Fuji High School (Japan)
Kenichi Goto, Toyo University (Japan)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to improve students' ability to identify issues. In order to achieve this goal, we considered a science and mathematics curriculum. In connects junior high school and high school, and questions, research questions and hypotheses are systematically arranged for the inquiry-based research in secondary schools. We also developed a student textbook with which teachers instruct students in setting issues. We practiced it to students from the 1st year of junior high school to the 2nd year of high school for one year in the 2021 academic year. In Japanese high schools, inquiry-based activities have come to be emphasized due to the introduction of a new subject area “Science and Mathematics” and subjects such as “Basic Inquiry-Based Study of Science and Mathematics” and “Inquiry-Based Study of Science and Mathematics” in the new Course of Study [1] from 2022. On the other hand, guidance on setting research questions is left to the experience of each teacher [2]. If the research plan is made while the research questions or hypotheses are vague, the research may not be sufficiently deepened. There is also a previous study that high school students are inadequate to set hypothesis [3]. We will report the results and issues of the science and mathematics curriculum for secondary school and the textbook that specifically shows the teaching method in setting research questions.
Keywords
Ability to identify issues，Science and Mathematics Curriculum，Scientific Inquiry
References
[1] Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, ed. (2019).Explanatory Notes on the Courses of Study for High School Students: "Period for Inquiry-Based Study of Science and Mathematics", 6-44.
[2] Masaru Yamashina. (2020). Survey of Teachers’ Attitude about the Teaching of Science Research in High School. Research report of Japan Society for Science Education, Vol. 34, No. 7, 45-50.
[3] Takaya Inagaki, Tokunori Shinkai. (2015) .SSH Initiatives to Foster Inquisitive Skills at Aichi Prefectural Okazaki High School. National Convention Guidelines of Society of Japan Science Teaching, 119.
