Studies on Utilization of Geographic Information Systenas in School and Sccial Edudition

这项研究项目旨在研究地理信息系统在教育领域的应用，并开发其在该系统中的实际应用，在过去的四年中进行了如下实践。该项目建立了在教育领域使用地理信息系统的理论，并开发了在整个项目期间使用地理信息系统的系统和教材。在项目的后半部分，主要任务是开发这些系统在实际班级中的使用。因此，该项目制定了在课堂上使用地理信息系统的各种方式及其支持。这些成果在2005年和2007年日本地理信息系统协会年会上由该项目组织的会议上作了汇报。此外，为了与公众分享这些成就，日本地理学家协会分别于2004年9月和2006.2年3月举行了公开研讨会。在最后一年，该项目的所有成果都编入了报告。这份长达200多页的报告重点介绍了在教育中使用地理信息系统的理论、该系统的各种实践以及介绍该系统及其解决方案(如对教师或公民的支持)所预期的问题。此外，报告还介绍了通过该项目开发的具有一定实践意义的教材和系统的成果和效果，通过上述努力，可以实现项目的目标，研究地理信息系统在教育领域的应用，并开发该系统的实际应用。

This research project aimed at studying utilization of GIS in education fields and developing its practical use of the system, has been practiced as follows for the past four years.1. The project established theories on utilization of GIS in education fields and developed systems and educational materials to use GIS throughout the entire period of the project. During the second half of the project main tasks were development of use of these systems in actual classes. Therefore the project formulated various ways of utilizing GIS in classes and its supports. These achievements were reported at sessions organized by this project in annual meetings of GIS Association of Japan in 2005 and 2007. In addition, to share these achievements with the public, open symposiums convened at meetings of the Association of Japanese Geographers in September in 2004 and in March in 2006.2. In the final year all achievements in the project were compiled into the report. The over 200-pages report focuses on theories of utilizing GIS in education, many kinds of practices with the system and anticipated problems to introduce the system and its solutions such as supports for teachers or citizens. Additionally the report features achievements of education materials and systems which were developed through the project with some practices and its effects.Through these efforts as above, the aim of the project, research on utilization of GIS in education fields and development of practical use of the system could be accomplished.