理科教育の“Nature of Science”教授における社会的アプローチの特質

英国のSATIS16-19 を事例として

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The purpose of this paper is to find out the characteristics of social approach to teaching in science education from the viewpoint of teaching “Nature of Science”. In this study, the subject for study was SATIS16-19 in England, including textbooks, teacher's guides, in an analysis. As the result of the analysis, the following three points were found out; 1) The contents of “What is Science” centered on the function of scientific knowledge. 2) The contents of “What is technology” centered on the definition of technology and the sociocultural background of technology. 3) The instructional materials consisted of four elements. For elements were “Activity”,“Discussion”,“Further study”,“Summary”.