Analysis of geographical skills and ability to improve the quality of Geography

本研究的目的是分析学生的地理技能和能力，以提高地理课的教学质量。一是完成了日本、英国、美国地理教育中地理技能和能力的安排。分析了日本的政府教学指导方针、美国的《地理标准》、英国的《国家课程标准》、教材、教师手册等。能够掌握地理技能和以下人员的能力，并能够进行比较研究。二是完成了旨在提高日英美三国地理技能和能力的地理课的收集和分析。总共进行了两次，在美国和英国进行了四次海外调查。能够进行观课、参考资料收集和意见交流。收集了日本、英国、美国等国的实际学校是否会开设和实施教师地理技能和学术能力的课程，并对实例进行了比较分析。三是针对地理技能和学术能力提高的课程开发尝试。综合以往的成果，为了提高日本社会期望的广泛的地理技能和学术能力，进行了后续的课程开发和课程开发。

The purpose of this research is to analyze of geographical skills and ability to improve the quality of Geography lessons.The study of our research has shown the importance of three results. The first is that arrangement of the geographical skill and ability taken up in the geography education of Japan, U.K., and U.S., was completed. The government guidelines for teaching of Japan, the U.S. "geography standard", the "National curriculum" of Britain, the textbook, the teacher's manual, etc. were analyzed. Geographical skill and ability of the following taken up in it were able to be taken up, and the comparative study was able to be made. The second is that collection and analysis of the geography lesson which aims at improvement in the geographical skill and ability of Japan, U.K., and U.S., were completed. A total of 2 times each and four overseas investigations was carried out in the U.S. and Britain. Lesson observation, reference collection, and opinion exchange were able to be carried out. It collected as follows whether the lesson for teachers to raise geographical skill and academic ability how would be built and practiced at the actual schools of Japan, U.K., and U.S., and the comparative analysis of the example was made. The third is the trial of the lesson development which pointed to geographical skill and the improvement in academic ability. The old result was synthesized, and in order to raise broad geographical skill and academic ability which Japanese society expects, the following curriculum development and lesson development were performed.