2010 Volume 58 Issue 5 Pages 5_3-5_6
In resent Japanese elemental and lower secondary education, opportunity of experimental work for students has been limited, and it has made difficult to obtain fundamental knowledge in natural sciences. This recent situation causes needs to provide special and general science courses through laboratory work in the liberal arts education in science and engineering faculties of universities and colleges. In this paper, the author tries to edit new attempts of development of “Laboratory Study Course for Natural Science Fundamentals” . The concept of natural science fundamentals, and the reason for the need, the contents and the aims of the laboratory study course are discussed in this article.