A Subject Theory in the Age of Integrated Studies : Life Environment Studies as an Integrated Subject

1.我们通过问卷调查来了解爱知县小学生命环境研究中“GOUKATEKI-KANRENTEKI”教学的现状，并在日本生命环境研究与综合研究协会全国会议上发表报告。我们收集了中小学《生命环境研究》和《综合研究》的公告、实践报告、课程设置、评价标准等资料。我们还录制了生命环境研究和综合研究的课程，收集了单元的计划并进行了教学，建立了他们的数据库。我们在爱知教育大学我们系的网站上公布了数据库的列表。利用我们成员的每个专业知识，我们从广泛的角度推进了这个研究项目。因此，研究包括综合课程和杜威实验学校的历史研究、基于生命环境研究的小学课程新概念、生命环境研究学年教学计划、生命环境研究教材、生命环境研究评价、美国的服务学习和德国的“Sachunterricht”等。

1.We carried out a questionnaire survey to grasp the reality of "GOUKATEKI-KANRENTEKI" teaching in Life Environment Studies at elementary schools in Aichi prefecture, making a presentation at the National Conference of the Japanese Association for Life Environment Studies and Integrated Study.2.We have collected the data of the bulletins, practices reports, curricula, evaluation criteria and so on about Life Environment Studies and Integrated Studies at elementary schools and junior high schools. We also videotaped the classes of Life Environment Studies and Integrated Studies, collecting plans of unit and teaching about them, making their database. We post the list of the database on our department's website in Aichi University of Education.3.Using each expertise of our members, we have advanced this research project from a wide-ranging viewpoint. Therefore the researches include the historical study about integrated curriculum and Dewey's Laboratory School, new concept for primary school curriculum based on Life Environment Studies, an instructional plan for the school year of Life Environment Studies, textbooks of Life Environment Studies, evaluation for Life Environment Studies, service learning in the United States and "Sachunterricht" in Germany and others.