A Study on an Analysis of Teacher Education Programs for Development of Practical Teaching Abilities of Integrated Studies in the USA

本研究旨在分析美国正在发展和实施的旨在培养综合性学习实践教学能力的教师教育课程在内容和方法上的基本特点，并将其定位为“综合性学习时代”教师教育课程开发的基础研究的一部分首先，我考察了美国中小学的综合性学习。其次，分析了印第安纳州大学教育研究生院的一堂以综合性学习为重点的课程。然后，阐述了基于网络和语言的远程教育的特点。第三，考察了刘易斯&达克大学教育研究生院的学生教学应注意的综合性学习。第一个特点是这个学生教学是在研究生院进行的。第二个特点是使受训者体验到以“解决真实的世界问题”为目标的综合学习单元的发展。第三个特点是，一个发达的单位实际上正在进行。第四个特点是学生教学持续十四个月。因此，这些项目是质量和数量都非常令人满意的内容。研究结果报告中汇总了三年的研究结果，并向公众介绍。

The purpose of this study is to analysis the fundamental characteristic of the contents and methods of the American teacher education program that is being developed and being practiced to develop of the practical teaching abilities of integrated studies.This research is positiond as a part of the fundamental research to develop the teacher education curriculum for "the time of integrated studies".First I examine integrated studies in the primary and secondary school in the USA. Then, the matter that the integrated studies which made a language based is great characteristics is cleared.Second I analysis one lesson in Indiana university education graduate school which is focused to integrated studies. Then, the characteristic which is the remote education by Internet and language based is explained.Third I examine the student teaching at Lewis ＆ dark university education graduate school which it should pay attention to integrated studies. The first characteristic is that this student teaching is being carried out in the graduate school. The second characteristic is to make a trainee experience development of a unit of the synthetic learning that it aimed at "real world problem solving". The third characteristic is that a developed unit is actually being carried out. The fourth characteristic is that student teaching lasts for fourteen months. Therefore, these programs are the contents which became satisfactory together very much as to both the quality and the quantity.A research result for three years was put together in the research result report, and introduced to the public.