BUTSURI-TANSA(Geophysical Exploration)
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Print ISSN : 0912-7984
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Relationship between geophysical exploration and school education ─for the understanding of the present circumstances─
Nobuyuki Yamada
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2010 Volume 63 Issue 2 Pages 153-161

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 The term of the “Geophysical Exploration” is a booklet name of this journal and it is known as a science and technology field, although the term doesn't appear in the school curriculum. Therefore, the activities to popularize this technology are important. The contents of “Geophysical Exploration” would help to resolve some social and technological educational problems, because of having a lot of applied science elements and familiar science.
 In this paper, I tried to survey of the educational potentiality from the content and the present circumstances on the viewpoint of the science education. This showed it had a disadvantageous situation, and it was recognized to connect with a social problem “Losing interest in science”. In the relations between this field and the school education, it was an effective means to advance a coordinated activity of the universities and companies. Considering the quality of academic and social contribution of it, the “Geophysical Exploration” was a suitable field to resolve for some problems. And the educational possibility was able to be shown, although a lot of problems in existence.
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