Prospects of Future Society and Changes in Science Education

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  • KIMURA Suteo
    Sinfonica (Statistical Information Institute for Consulting and Analysis)

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  • 未来社会の展望と科学教育の変革
  • ミライ シャカイ ノ テンボウ ト カガク キョウイク ノ ヘンカク

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To study the curricula of science education, we first investigated the trends of outlooks on education in Japan and other nations, and identified the problems by surveying and analyzing the competitive potential and the number of Nobel prize winners in Japan, the abilities and volition of students, and the views of fathers on education. We then analyzed the characteristics of society in which science education is possible in terms of 1 ) globalization and differentiation, which are global trends, and 2 ) society of intensive knowledge and diversified society, which Japan is likely to experience. The paper also discusses the essence of science and changes in scientific studies, describes the relationship between science technology and society, and outlines the theory of science. Methods are discussed for organizing the curricula of science education to respond to science technologies, which are advancing with increasing speed, by analyzing the development and learning abilities of students, understanding the limits of restricting the curricula to school education, considering science as socialized culture, and analyzing science in terms the culture-based learning theory as a new concept. Finally, methods are proposed for organizing the curricula of science education based on "the system of inquiry".

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