With unique insights into the potential power of Japan’s STEM education, Isozaki and his team of contributors share multiple perspectives on STEM education theory and practices in Japan.
Examining how Japan has become an economic superpower based on scientific and technological innovations, this book provides a particular focus on the theoretical and practical analysis of STEM education from historical and comparative perspectives. Additionally, it links the theory and practice of STEM education from primary education to teacher education at universities across Japan, and considers both societal and individual needs in advancing STEM literacy. Chapters are written by researchers from a diverse range of fields in education, including science, mathematics, and technology. The book also offers practical teaching tools and materials for teacher education and assessment to promote STEM-literacy in students so that they are able to address local and global socio-scientific issues in a real-world context.
Covering a wide spectrum of STEM education, this book provides valuable insights and practical suggestions, from a Japanese perspective, for academic researchers, policy makers and educators who are interested in STEM education.
Introduction
1. What can we learn from the history of STEM subjects in Japan?
Tetsuo Isozaki
2. Conceptual framework from STEM to STEAM: Through the promotion of STEAM education in Japan
Tadashi Ohtani
3. What are the student competencies that STEM education cultivates? Based on a comparison between Japan and Germany
Yusuke Endo
4. Examination of STEAM teaching strategies in Japanese elementary education through a comparative analysis with STEAM learning activities in England
Susumu Nozoe
5. Assessment for fostering Japanese STEM literacy: from a perspective of performance assessment theory
Terumasa Ishii
6. Tasks that drive students to learning processes towards knowledge integration
Moegi Saito
7. Food and nutrition education (Shokuiku) as a part of STEAM education
Takako Isozaki and Tetsuo Isozaki
8. Pre-service teacher education for STEAM activities that combine data modeling and design processes
Takashi Kawakami and Keiichi Nishimura
9. Scientific inquiry required in STEAM education movement
Ryugo Oshima
10. Investigating inquiry-based activities to acquire learning content and competence in STEM education: A case study in chemistry
Kiichi Amimoto
11. STEM/STEAM approach in biological education in Japan
Ko Tomikawa
Biography
Tetsuo Isozaki is a Professor of Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hiroshima University, Japan.
