Development and Effect of 'International Exchange Curriculum' Utilizing Tablet PC at Elementary School

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  • KIMURA Akinori
    Momoyama Elementary School attached to Kyoto University of Education Graduate School of Informatics, Kansai University
  • KUROKAMI Haruo
    Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University
  • TANIGUCHI Kiho
    Graduate School of Informatics, Kansai University

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  • 小学校でのタブレットPCを活用した国際交流による資質・能力の変容
  • ショウガッコウ デ ノ タブレット PC オ カツヨウ シタ コクサイ コウリュウ ニ ヨル シシツ ・ ノウリョク ノ ヘンヨウ

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In this study, an 「international exchange curriculum」 using tablet PCs was developed and implemented in an elementary school in Japan and Australia, and the change of desired competencies were examined. The theme of the curriculum was 「mutual understanding between two countries; Australia and Japan」 and the learning process based on inquiry. The online communication using tablet PCs was carried on three times during the curriculum. Pre-survey, and post-survey after each online communication was conducted in both schools. The questionnaire consists of four categories of competencies: 「communication skills」 and 「information utilization ability」 related to the fundamentals of international exchange, and 「motivation for interaction」 and 「the ability of meta cognition of learning」 related to deep international understanding. The result shows that the online communication through tablet PCs in pairs of small groups, sharing cultural matters repeatedly, raised the self estimations of each competency except for 「the ability of meta cognition of learning」 in Australian students because of the ceiling effect.

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