Abstract
It has become apparent that educational reforms aiming at fostering students’ competency and skills have been gathering momentum. This study reviews educational activities as well as curricula that are thought be useful for thinking about educational reforms in fostering competency and skills in science class. The study also describes some current situations of proactive and collaborative learning in science classes in Japan. It points out that, in order to promote proactive and collaborative learning, it is necessary to relate content, learning activities, competency and skills well. At the end, which is designed to help teachers to teach science lessons with more proactive and collaborative learning, a model of lesson study in science has been suggested based on the concept of curriculum management.
