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

1.儿童科学实验和手工技能大篷车服务（CSSE）我们组织CSSE，这是一项由大学生和教职员工组成的志愿团体活动，应当地学校、教育委员会或儿童家长团体的要求，将学生派往当地学校或社区中心，向儿童展示科学实验并教授科学相关的手工技能。这是一项非信贷活动。在2005年和2006年，它举办了51项活动，约有352名学生、87名工作人员和1 846名儿童参加。它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解释材料。活动的图片在我们的网站上展示（http：//www.center.wakayama-u.ac.jp/jummiyanaga/caravan/index.html）。大约95%的孩子对问卷回答“感兴趣”，这表明CSSE提供了很好的机会， ...更多信息 享受科学。这也使教师教育计划更加有效。许多参与的学生回答说，他们在指导和管理儿童方面取得了显着的进步。科学实验和手工技能的教学实践通过派遣学生到当地学校（TPSE）为了将CSSE纳入教师教育课程，我们在2005年设立了TPSE。TPSE作为选修课程列入教师教育课程。在第一学期，学生参加了这个计划的经验CSSE活动多次。在第二学期，他们去合作的当地学校，并在科学课上进行实验。在2005年和2006年，有9名工作人员参加，27名学生注册。学生们积极评价他们教学技能的进步。活动结束后，学校工作人员和合作教师进行了全面的会议，共同评价TPSE对培养学生的实践教学能力是有效的。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