A Study in Aiding the Learning Process Using Hypermedia and Field Trips : A unit of traditional technical arts in elementary school social studies

本研究では、ハイパーメディアによる情報検索活動と直接体験を組み合わせたオープン性の高い単元を構成し、児童の学習の支援を目指した。単元の学習を分析した結果、学習は情報検索の活動から情報発見と新たな活動へ、そして見学を含む他のメディアによる情報活動に発展していき、その結果①伝統工業に携わる人々の苦労に関する知識の構成と、②知識の実感とそれに基づく知識の再構成という、クローズドな学習ではできなかった学習の支援が可能になったことが明らかになった。Instruction through the use of hypermedia has recentry increased in Japanese elementary schools. In this study, the author has developed a hypermedia unit for a social studies class as a tool for students´ information processing. The two main purposes for this study are 1) to develop a work unit using hypermedia incooperat-ing a feld trip, and 2) to identify how hypermedia and field trips affect the development of students´ knowl- edge base. After developing the hypermedia material on "Tsuishu*", the author tested it on a social studies class at ele-mentary school. Data was collected on the learning process, on image mapping test, and reports from thefield trip. These were analyzed to identify the development of the students´ knowledge base on Tsuishu. The results of this study are as follows. The hypermedia material aided students´ information processing and aroused studnets´ interest on Tsuishu. Through the field trip, the students were shown to have developed a deep respect for the craftsmen, as well as accessing greater detailed and first-hand information about the technical skill of craftsmen