Development of sub-Textbooks for Courses, Science IAs, of High School : From the Viewpoint of STS Education

本研究进行了三年，目的是为高中新的理科课程编写教材，特别是次级教科书，这些课程被称为理科IAS。在这些课程中，与通常的以学术为导向的课程不同，强调科学与日常生活的相关性。尽管理科教师意识到这些课程对学生未来生活的重要性，但他们不愿意教授这样的课程，因为他们不太熟悉如何教授这样的课程。对于这类教师，本研究试图开发几种类型的教材或模块，以供他们未来使用。教学内容和教学方法在很大程度上依赖于西方STS教育新教育运动的发展。我们团队面临的问题是，人们对“副教科书”的形象看法不一。建议的材料包括阅读材料、练习表材料和教科书材料。然而，我们的决定是，我们不应将“副教科书”的形象限制在一种刻板印象中，因为各种风格的材料在不同的教师中可能是有价值的。因此，我们团队一直在开发各种类型的教材，用于“子教科书”。部分合成材料已经作为两本专著的章节出版，如REFEFENCES列表所示。

The present study carried out for three years for the purpose of developing teaching materials, espesially sub-textbooks, for new science courses for highschool, that are called science IAs. In these courese, different from usual academic oriented courses, emphases are laid in the relevance of science to daily lives. Science teachers, though they are aware of the significance of these courses for the students'future life, are not willing to teach such courses becarse they are not so familiar with how to teach such courses. For such teachers, the present study tried to develop several types of teaching materials or modules for their prospective use. The teaching contents and methodology are heavily dependent upon those developed in the new educational movement named STS education in western countries. The issue our team faced is the diversity of views on the image of "sub-textbook." Suggested materials are, of readings, of worksheets, and of textbooks. However, our decision is that we should not restrict the image of "sub-textbook" into one kind of stereotype, because various kinds of materials in style can be of merits among various teachers. As the results, our team have been developing various types of teaching materials for "sub-textbooks." Part of the resultant materials have already published as the chapters in two monographs, which is shown in the REFEFENCES list.