Science Education for Children and Teacher Training in Practical Teaching Skills through a Visiting Science Class Program for Experiment and Manual Skills

1. 儿童科学实验与手工技能大篷车服务（CSSE）我们组织了一项由大学生和教职员工自愿参加的集体活动，根据当地学校、教育委员会或亲子团体的要求，将学生送到当地学校或社区中心，向孩子们展示科学实验和传授科学相关的手工技能。这是一种非信贷活动。在2005及2006学年，共举办51项活动，约有352名学生、87名教职员及1846名儿童参与。它还在科学节和大学节等活动中举办了其他几项活动，约有2000名其他儿童和家长参加。它向儿童分发了与科学有关的手工技能的说明材料。我们的网站（http://www.center.wakayama-u.ac.jp/~miyanaga/caravan/index.html）.That)提供了活动图片，95%的孩子回答“有趣”，这表明CSSE提供了很好的机会……更多享受科学。它还使教师教育项目更加有效。许多参与的学生回答说，他们在指导和管理孩子方面取得了显著的进步。为将CSSE融入到教师教育课程中，我们于2005学年度设立了TPSE。TPSE作为选修课被纳入教师教育课程。在第一学期，参加这个项目的学生经历了多次CSSE活动。第二学期，他们去当地的合作学校，在科学课上做实验。2005及2006学年，共有9名教职员出席，27名学生注册。学生们积极地评价他们教学技巧的进步。活动结束后，学校工作人员和合作教师举行了一次全面会议，一致评价TPSE在培养学生实践教学能力方面是有效的。少

1. Caravan Service of Scientific Experiments and Manual Skills for Children (CSSE)We organize CSSE, a voluntary group activity of university students and staff, which sends students to local schools or community centers upon request from local schools, education boards, or child-parent groups to present scientific experiments and teach science related manual skills to children. It is a non-credit activity. In academic 2005 and 2006, it had 51 activities, with about 352 students, 87 staff, and 1846 children participating. It held several other activities at events such as the Science Festival and University Festival, with about 2000 other children and parents participating. It distributed explanatory materials for science related manual skills to children. Pictures of activities are presented on our website (http://www.center.wakayama-u.ac.jp/~miyanaga/caravan/index.html).That about 95% of children answered "interesting" to a questionnaire shows that CSSE provided good opportunities to … More enjoy science. It also made the teacher education program more effective. Many participating students answered that they had made remarkable progress in instructing and managing children.2. Teaching Practice of Scientific Experiments and Manual Skills by Sending Students to Local Schools (TPSE)In order to incorporate CSSE into the teacher education curriculum, we set up TPSE in academic 2005. TPSE is included in the teacher education curriculum as an elective course. In the first semester, students enrolled in this program experience CSSE activities several times. In the second semester, they go to cooperating local schools and present experiments in science classes. In academic 2005 and 2006, 9 staff attended, and 27 students registered. The students evaluated the progress in their teaching skills positively. University staff and cooperating teachers had a comprehensive meeting after all activities, with the common assessment that TPSE was effective in developing the practical teaching abilities of students. Less