「小さなEarth Scientistのつどい」の取り組みと今後の課題 : 学会の普及活動としての生徒発表会(<特集>21世紀の地学教育の深化に向けて)  [in Japanese] Activities of the "Youth Earth Scientist Forum" for high and junior high school students : Junior poster sessions and displays as the outreach of scientific communities(<Special Issue> Advancement in the Education Earth Sciences)  [in Japanese]

近年,研究者による社会貢献として,科学の普及と教育に対する役割を果たすことが期待されている.研究者の学術団体である学会でも,普及活動がより重視されるようになった.本論では,日本地質学会の生徒発表会について,2003年からの取り組みを紹介し,その効果や普及活動としての意義について論じた.その結果,生徒発表会に参加した児童・生徒に対して高い教育効果があったこと,研究者側にも児童・生徒の教育へ関与する重要性への意識が生まれてきたことが明らかになった.また,専門分野に関する学会が児童・生徒に直接関与する取り組みとして,生徒発表会は地質学の普及及び後進の育成などに有効であること,実施に当たって参加者の拡大や内容の制限について検討課題があることも指摘した.

As a form of contributing to society in general, the undertaking of outreach activities and providing of education for children by scientists has now attracted attention. In this society, which is a scientific organization of researchers, there has been a gradual increase in the number of outreach programs by scientists. In this paper, the activities of the "Youth Earth Scientist Forum," in a junior poster session of the Geological Society of Japan, are introduced. In addition, the effect and significance of these activities are discussed. As a result, it became clear that these activities were of high educational value for students. Moreover, researchers of the society began to increase their activities. Therefore, these activities are effective for the spread of knowledge of geology and education of the younger generation. On the other hand, they are problematic from the view point of the increase in the number of participants and limit of contents.