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This study discusses the integration of a collaborative learning method called the “Knowledge Constructive Jigsaw”(KCJ) into a space education program at Chukyo University using a satellite communication lab experiment intended tointroduce undergraduates to space engineering. The program was designed so that it would resemble a familiar spacecommunication experiment, thus allowing beginners in space engineering to perform it without possessing highly technicalknowledge. The KCJ method was adapted to the experiment’s procedures in order to improve the program’s educationaleffectiveness. A small group dubbed the “jigsaw group” devised these procedures by integrating what each group memberlearned in the “expert group.” Each of them was called an “expert, ” and was trained to obtain the technical skills necessaryto conduct the experiment in the expert group. Obtaining these aforementioned skills increased participants’ motivationduring the experiments. Moreover, communication among members in each group grew sufficiently to facilitate theexchange of technical knowledge between them. These results demonstrate that the jigsaw method not only enabledbeginners to obtain technical skills but also promoted an interest in space. In the future, jigsaw groups should be formedaccording to each member’s level of expertise, and educational support should be provided for group activities in order toassess the scalability of the KCJ method to engineering domains.

平成10・11 年に改訂された学習指導要領で初めて登場した「生きる力」という理念は，平成20・21年の改訂でも継承されて現在に至るが，その育成の中核を担う「総合的な学習の時間」は，効果の検証が曖昧なまま時間数が削減された。総合的な学習の時間は，教科の枠を越えた横断的･総合的な課題等を体験的にまた問題解決的に学習するための時間であるが，横断的であるが故に教育活動を難しくしている。本研究は，教科で学ぶ知識や技能を教科横断的に活用する事を促す手段・ツールとして宇宙を活用する事よって「生きる力」の育成を具体化するPedagogy としての｢宇宙教育｣を追究し，実践を通して有効性を検証する。

学校教育では特に｢道徳教育｣を中心に人間としての心構えや守るべき規律などの価値観が醸成される.こうした価値観醸成にあたり,例えば地球以外の場所に生命が発見されるなど,我々人間の意識変化が生ずる可能性が高い新たな宇宙時代において,現行の道徳教育で提唱している価値観がどこまで通用し得るであろうか., 本論文では,こうした問題に対し,現行の『学習指導要領』をベースに新たな宇宙時代に向けた道徳教育における課題を検討することとした., 検討の結果,新たな宇宙時代に向けて求められる価値観形成として,現行の『学習指導要領』がめざす道徳教育に次の2点が付加される必要があることが明らかになった., まず1点目は,文化や人種などが｢多様である｣ことを認めたうえで,そうした多様さ故に生ずる矛盾や衝突を取り除く｢帰一的な(色々な考えがあるもののめざすべき結論は同じ,帰一するという)考え方｣を醸成する教育が必要であるという点である., 次に,こうした価値観醸成には,多様性への｢適応能力｣や,多国の文化や価値観を他人事ではなく自分事として｢建設的かつ批判的に検討する力｣など,具体的な能力やスキルを身に付けさせる工夫が必要となるという点である., こうした課題を踏まえ,教育のあり方として,単に宇宙に関する興味関心の喚起や知識提供で留めるのではなく,上記のような価値観形成につながる宇宙教育をめざす必要がある.今後,具体的にどのように展開すべきかを検討･実践し,検証結果を学校教育へ還元する必, 要があると考えている., The mental attitudes of human beings as human beings and values such as discipline, etc. that should be complied with are fostered in school education, particularly centred on "moral education." When fostering these kinds of values, how far can the values advocated in current moral education be applied in the new space era in which there is a high likelihood of a change in the perceptions of we human beings occurring, for example the discovery of extraterrestrial life, etc.?, In this paper, we addressed these problems by examining issues in moral education for the new space era based on the current "Curriculum guidelines"., The results of this examination revealed that it is necessary to add the following two points to the moral education aimed for by the current "Curriculum guidelines", in order to form the values required for the new space era., The first point is that it is necessary to have education that first recognizes that culture, the human race, etc. "are diverse" and then fosters the "unitary thinking (which says that although there are a variety of ideas the conclusion we should all be working toward is the same, or comes down to the same thing in the end)" that liminates the contradictions and conflicts that arise from that diversity., The second point is that in order to foster these kinds of values it is necessary to devise strategies for mastering specific abilities and skills such as the "ability to adapt" to diversity and "the ability to constructively and critically examine" the cultures and values of many countries as matters that concern oneself rather than as matters that are only the concern of other people, etc., Taking into account these kinds of issues, it is necessary for education to go beyond merely stimulating interest in and providing information about space, to aim for space education which leads to the formation of values like the above. We believe that going forward it will be necessary to examine how space education should be specifically developed, practice it, and return the results of the verification to school education., 資料番号: AA0065205004, レポート番号: JAXA-RR-11-006