Enhancing Prospective Elementary Teachers' Competency in Observation and Experiment in the New Japanese Course of Study : Development and Practice of Pre-service Teacher Training Program for Elementary Science Teaching

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  • 観察・実験が指導できる小学校教員養成の試み : 理科観察実験体験プログラムの開発と実践
  • カンサツ ・ ジッケン ガ シドウ デキル ショウガッコウ キョウイン ヨウセイ ノ ココロミ : リカ カンサツ ジッケン タイケン プログラム ノ カイハツ ト ジッセン

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A new Japanese course of study was implemented in 2011. One important change to the course of study was the increase in the contact hours for elementary science from 350 hours to 405 hours. New observation activities and experiments were also introduced into the new elementary science course. The purpose of this research was to develop a special pre-service teacher training program for elementary science teaching guided by the new course of study and to investigate the effectiveness of the program for elementary teachers in training. The training program consisted of 26 university hours which included observation activities and experiments covering most of the content in the new course of study. A total of 800 teachers in training from various departments and colleges at Ehime University participated through the academic year 2011-2012. The results showed that the participants acquired basic scientific knowledge and competency in observation activities and experiments through the program. Although the program was a non-credit subject the teachers who actively participated in at least 70% of the list of activities were given certificates of completion. The successful outcome of the program shows the importance of improving and maintaining a high quality of pre-service teacher training program for elementary science teaching.

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