Development of Science Education Programs for Future Creative Engineers

本研究的目的是开发一种新的科学教育方案，培养学生成为未来的创造性工程师，为解决全球性问题（包括能源问题和环境问题）做出贡献。在该计划中，学生可以采取各种体验式学习，并从各种观点讨论全球问题，形成自己的观点。本研究取得以下成果：（1）开发了一个新的科学教育项目，在该项目中，学生可以进行各种体验式学习;（2）将该项目应用于我们的学生，并成功地发展了学生的能力;（3）找到了评估该项目教育效果的方法;（4）证明了该项目的巨大教育效果;（5）在教育学会学术会议和教育研究期刊上发表论文。

The purpose of the study is to develop a new program of science education to train students for future creative engineers who can contribute for solving global problems(including energy problems and environment problems). In the program, students can take a variety of experiential learning and discuss the global problems from various viewpoints to form their own opinions. We obtained the following results ;(1) we developed a new program of science education, in which students can take a variety of experiential learning ;(2) we applied the program to our students and succeeded to develop students' ability ;(3) we found methods to evaluate educational effects of the program ;(4) we demonstrated a large educational effect of the program ;(5) we published papers on this study in academic meetings of educational societies and in educational research journals.