2016 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 19-29
The Japanese government has set a goal to foster and secure human resources in the field of science and technology. To achieve this goal, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has launched a system called “Super Science High School (SSH)”. In this paper, we reviewed educational activities at an SSH high school and report on their educational effectiveness to the students. The educational objectives at an SSH high school include promoting diversity in thinking, communication skills, critical thinking, and nurtures motivation for prospective environmental scientists. To evaluate the educational effectiveness at the SSH high school, we carried out a questionnaire survey of the students who had already participated in the educational activities at the SSH high school (n=17) and those who had not (n=26). We implemented a covariance structural analysis to analyze the data obtained. The result suggested that the awareness of the issues mentioned above was notably higher for the group who had benefited from the SSH program.
