Quantitative literacy is one of the essential abilities for well-educated citizens to apply to daily context in order to determine her/his attitude toward scientific and technological issues. In the first part of this course, the instructor informs students the concept of quantitative literacy or quantitative reasoning (QR) and how they are used in the leading edge educational practices in Japan and abroad. In the latter part, students are allocated to a group with primary school teachers in Ota-ku and propose a teaching plan to cultivate quantitative literacy of pupils in the primary schools.
By the end of this course, students will:
1. Have acquired fundamental knowledge about concept of quantitative literacy or QR in daily context and risk situation.
2.Be able to make a prototype or mock to materialize the concept of quantitative literacy.
3.Have gained experience in project management among people with different backgrounds.
4. Have developed communication and presentation skills.
数量的リテラシー、日常生活の文脈、リスク状況、小学校理科教育
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
In the first part of this course, the instructor informs students the concept of quantitative literacy or quantitative reasoning (QR) and how they are used in the leading edge educational practices in Japan and abroad. In the latter part, students are allocated to a group with primary school teachers in Ota-ku and propose a teaching plan to cultivate quantitative literacy of pupils in the primary schools.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | What is quantitative literacy in daily context? What kind of literacy needs to be acquired for educated citizens. | The instructor indicates assignment. |
Class 2 | Science communication and life-long learning - A case study in a risk situation | |
Class 3 | Introduction of a quantitative literacy to science education in the elementary and secondary education | |
Class 4 | Workshop 1:What ideas to be created so that a pupil experiences quantitative analysis in an imminent example ? | |
Class 5 | Workshop 2: What ideas to be created so that a pupil experiences quantitative analysis in an imminent example ? | |
Class 6 | Workshop 3: PBL for education of quantitative literacy: To bridge the science education of the elementary and junior high school | |
Class 7 | Workshop 4: PBL for education of quantitative literacy: To bridge the science education of the elementary and junior high school | |
Class 8 | Workshop 5: PBL for education of quantitative literacy: To bridge the science education of the elementary and junior high school |
Unspecified.
Materials are provided during class.
Group work and presentation during class and home-work: 50%
Final report: 50%
None.
This is a one-week summer intensive course with 2 classes per day. Students are required to confirm the detail by OCWI.