A Study of Current Status and Problems about Science Education at Elementary School, Lower Secondary School and Upper Secondary School, based on Science Learning Experience of Physics Major University Students

Abstract

We investigated what the impressions of science learning physics major university students in the department of science have, which they had taken at the elementary school, the lower secondary school and the upper secondary school, with the like-dislike degree scale and the confident-unconfident degree scale. Upon those surveys, we found that they had liked science learning at the elementary school and the lower secondary school, which means that we could never find their science-disliking phenomenon at those their age. We also found that they, both male and female, had liked learning physics at the upper secondary school. However they had a tendency to like physics learning at upper secondary school, but their confident degree scale had began to decrease, with the learning contents becoming difficult than before. That is, even physics major university students of department of science are not confident of the understanding of physics learning contents which they had learned. Therefore, we should study and develop new teaching methods of physics that is applicable in their difficulty of physics learning.