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Yōji Takikawa
Yōji Takikawa (, 1949–) is a Japanese Pedagogy, pedagogist and professor at the Center for Educational Research and Development, Tokai University, specializing in science education curriculum, curricula. In 1986, he organized a circle for practice in science education, which has ultimately developed into a nonprofit organization named ''Garireo-Kōbō'' (literally, ''Galileo Studio'') with Takikawa being the chairperson of trustees. Biography Yōji Takikawa was born in Okayama prefecture and studied at . He graduated from the Department of Physics at the School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University in 1972. After completing his master's degree at Tokyo Gakugei University in 1975, he became a teacher at International Christian University High School in 1979. Takikawa completed his Doctorate, doctor's degree with his doctoral thesis titled "The Process of Understanding Natural Science as Seen in Class Activities: A Case Study in Mechanics". Takikawa visited the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Education
Science education is the teaching and learning of science to school children, college students, or adults within the general public. The field of science education includes work in science content, science process (the scientific method), some social science, and some teaching pedagogy. The standards for science education provide expectations for the development of understanding for students through the entire course of their K-12 education and beyond. The traditional subjects included in the standards are physical, life, earth, space, and human sciences. Historical background The first person credited with being employed as a science teacher in a British public school was William Sharp, who left the job at Rugby School in 1850 after establishing science to the curriculum. Sharp is said to have established a model for science to be taught throughout the British public school system.Bernard Leary, 'Sharp, William (1805–1896)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
