奈良女子高等師範学校附属小学校の低学年における理科に関わる学習の特色

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The aim of this study is to analyze the characteristics of Rika (School Science) teaching in lower grades in the elementary school attached to Nara Women’s Higher Normal School (NWHNS). The authors made analyses of the following points: the objective of Rika teaching, the methods of Rika teaching, and the practices of Rika teaching in lower grades at NWHNS.
As a result, we found that the objective of Rika teaching in lower grades at NWHNS was to cultivate curiosity and a spirit of inquiry for natural and artificial things and phenomena, that Rika was taught as a part of ‘Integrated Learning’ for respecting the relationship between science and other subjects, as well as the development stage of children’s thought and cognition, and that the methods of Rika teaching were to provide teaching materials according to children’s interest and concerns regarding natural and artificial things and phenomena around them.
We identified the following characteristics of Rika teaching in lower grades at NWHNS; Rika was taught not as an independent subject but as a part of ‘Integrated Learning’, the objective of Rika teaching can be characterized as being in the affective domain, emphasizing children’s interest and independence in Rika teaching.