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Interdisciplinary Science Education and “Origin of Life”: An Exemplification with Teaching Aids

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The new Japanese Government Curriculum Guidelines include new core ideas (energy, particle, life, and earth) for the curriculum in elementary and secondary science education. Although there is some integration of these core ideas when teaching different subjects, the learning items in different subjects (physics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences) are separated strictly at the secondary school level. However, teaching the integrated items across some subjects is important for students to understand natural phenomena from various viewpoints. This article surveys the new Japanese Government Curriculum Guidelines, whose core idea includes a learning item “Origin of Life”, and presents clear examples of segmentation of the core ideas. The directional properties of expansive learning can integrate into teaching based on the commonalities of core science ideas found in the curricula inthe USA, and Japan. This article also demonstrates an example of teaching aids for Origin of Life.

Published in Science Journal of Education (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.sjedu.20130102.11
Page(s) 20-27
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Keywords

Segmentation, Disciplinary Core Ideas, Origin of Life, Chirality, Origami Molecular Model

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  • Department of Science Education, Naruto University of Education, Naruto, Tokushima 772-8502, Japan

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