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The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ initial attitudes and perceptions toward the introduction and practice of STEAM education in Japanese junior high schools. This is essential in understanding how best to introduce STEAM education into Japanese public education. Therefore, the authors conducted a semi-structured interview with one junior high school science teacher about implementing STEAM classes for the first time and analyzed the data using SCAT. As a result, it was revealed that the teacher actively embraced the teaching practice after being initially confused by STEAM education when she first encountered it. In addition, the teacher’s understanding of STEAM education deepened by observing students’ behavior during class, and it was shown that the teacher could see the positives of problem-solving in a real-world context, creative activities based on divergent thinking, and inquiry activities. Furthermore, it was shown that the teacher could see the positives of STEAM education firsthand such as how it aligns with her core beliefs, a positive impact on students not experienced before, and a sense of enjoyment and accomplishment in STEAM education.

DOI： 10.14935/jssej.49.172

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This study explores the career-choice processes of college students aspiring to be kindergarten teachers, focusing on stereotypical views of sciences and humanities. The study analyzed the records of semi-structured interviews with a modified grounded theory approach. As a result, we generated 38 concepts and 13 categories. The results showed that choosing sciences or humanities majors in high school and occupation selection are interrelated, leading to career choices. In addition, the “stereotypical view of sciences and humanities” and the process of forming a self-awareness of sciences and humanities impacted this background. Furthermore, these processes can be characterized as making negative choices. Therefore, it was shown that not only subjects in which students perform poorly, but also a negative self-awareness of “I am not one for sciences” formed under the influence of “stereotypical views of sciences and humanities” are behind “negatively choosing humanities courses.” In other words, it may be said to be an acquisition of a “Non-Science Identity.”

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The purpose of this research was to give an overview of Japanese science picture books by focusing on the relationship with the “environment”, as a basis for examining the roles and the potential uses of science picture books in early childhood science education. The subjects of the survey were two kinds of monthly science picture books published in the past 3 years, a total of 72 books. First, based on previous researches, they were analyzed according to the science fields they covered. As a result, it was shown that the proportion of animals and plants was large, as in previous researches. On the other hand, however, more than half of them also dealt with other fields. Then, they were analyzed according to the classification checklist of the science picture books based on the contents of “environment”. The result showed that the following topics were applicable to many science picture books; “5. Interest in their nature and organization”, “8. Interest in things surrounding them, such as nature”, “4. Contact with various things in their lives”, “14. Interest in surrounding things”, “22. Curiosity about the information that play an important role in their lives”, “16. Find a relationship”, and “15. Compare”.

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This paper reports on the results of an analysis of a trial STEM-education-type science class that adopted an engineering process, aimed at enhancing the recognition of the practical value of science. We conducted a questionnaire survey to compare the pre/post results of the STEM-education-type science class. The results showed that the students became aware of the practicality of science. However, it was unclear whether they could have been able to appreciate its value. In order to examine the effects of the STEM-education-type science class more clearly, we conducted further analysis according to three groups of the survey subjects: ascending (noticed practicality)/no change/descending (lost sight of practicality). In consequence, it was shown that the “ascending” group had become able to recognize the practical value of science. Besides, it became clear that their favor of and confidence in science has improved. On the other hand, the “descending” group showed the opposite results, indicating that their recognition of the practical value of science was declining. This suggests the importance of preparing a variety of approaches in order to fit the needs of each individual.

DOI： 10.14935/jssej.45.184

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The current study is one of the hypothesis verification studies of previous work (Kimura, 2017), in which a hypothetical model, explaining why amateur scientists could continue their scientific practices, was generated through a qualitative research method, the Modified Grounded Theory Approach (M-GTA). The present study examined common elements enabling Japanese amateur entomological scientists to continue their scientific practices in the hypothetical model, by using a quantitative research method. A total of 70 amateur entomological scientists voluntarily participated in a questionnaire survey, consisting of 3 attribute questions and 19 main questions, which identified a total of 21 essential elements (‘categories,’ ‘concepts,’ and ‘processes’) of the model. The data obtained was analyzed quantitatively. The findings revealed that the 21 elements could be divided into three groups: Thirteen elements were shared among the Japanese amateur entomological scientists, whereas 5 elements were not, while the remaining 3 elements were in-between.

DOI： 10.14935/jssej.42.324

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DOI： 10.1007/978-981-16-2746-0_5

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