2000 Volume 41 Issue 1 Pages 13-24
Reproduction of the basic conception of the nature underlying modern science in science education is important for understanding the uniqueness of science education and for the learning of science in Japan. But the theme has never been studied until now. Three viewpoints on the theme are proposed: the history of science education, the aim of science education, and the comprehensive study on the theory and practice of science education, including the comparative study of education. The way of teaching the ''Mathematisierbarkeit" of nature in M. Wagenschein' s exemplarisches Lernen und Lehren and its significance are made clear through an analysis of his process of teaching the law of fall. The results show theory and practice of reproduction of the basic conception of nature underlying modern science in science education in western, where modern science was born.
