A RESEARCH ON CLASSROOMS' UTILIZATION AND EVALUATION ON SIZE OF CLASSROOMS BY TEACHERS

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  • 普通教室の利用状況と教員による広さの評価に関する研究
  • 普通教室の利用状況と教員による広さの評価に関する研究 : アクティブ・ラーニングに取り組む学校を対象とした調査結果の分析
  • フツウ キョウシツ ノ リヨウ ジョウキョウ ト キョウイン ニ ヨル ヒロサ ノ ヒョウカ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ : アクティブ ・ ラーニング ニ トリクム ガッコウ オ タイショウ ト シタ チョウサ ケッカ ノ ブンセキ
  • Analysis of questionnaire survey on schools promoting active learning
  • －アクティブ・ラーニングに取り組む学校を対象とした調査結果の分析－

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<p> Teachers nowadays are required to improve lessons by promoting active learning methodology, which was prescribed in new guidance on national course of study in Japan announced in the official gazette in 2017. Therefore, teachers are trying to practice the methodology in their classes. Moreover, education authorities are requested to provide teachers with adequate resources, including education materials, to promote the methodology. In the meantime, although there are a number of researches that were conducted to analyze how classrooms are utilized in lessons and how teachers evaluate the size of classrooms, there are only a few past studies that involved factors such as use of ICT instruments/devices, change of seating arrangements during lessons, etc. Using ICT instruments/devices and changing seating arrangements during lessons are promoted, when teachers practice the methodology.</p><p> A questionnaire survey was conducted in summer 2018 to reveal current utilization of classrooms and teachers’ evaluation on size of classrooms at schools promoting active learning. The questionnaires were sent to 68 elementary schools and 68 lower secondary schools nationwide. Subsequently, 56 answers were received from elementary schools and 58 answers from lower secondary schools likewise.</p><p> The collected data showed that the median size of classroom was 64 square meters at elementary schools and 65 square meters at lower secondary schools. The median number of students per classroom was 30 at elementary schools and 32 at lower secondary schools. The ratio of schools where all the belongings of students were stored at individual storage space was 24.4 percent at elementary schools and 44.2 percent at lower secondary schools. Regarding the evaluation on size of classrooms by teachers, four-point evaluation method was used and the data showed that average point of teacher’s satisfaction on size of classroom was 3.45 points at elementary schools and 3.60 points at lower secondary schools. After examining the data further by scatter plot graphs and correlation coefficient tables, where appropriate, several variables were chosen as possible factors that could affect teachers’ evaluation on size of classrooms.</p><p> Multilevel regression analysis was used for multivariable analysis to assess the effect of the chosen factors on the teachers’ evaluation on size of classrooms. The analysis result showed that learning style/seating arrangements and class size/number of students per classroom affected teachers’ evaluation on size of classrooms at elementary schools. At lower secondary schools, similarly, storage conditions affected the teachers’ evaluation. Furthermore, those results suggest that current average-size classrooms, from 64 to 65 square meters, are not large enough at schools where number of students per classroom is significantly large, ICT instruments such as projector are used, or individual storage space is too small.</p><p> Finally, the study results are expected to contribute to the improvement of size of classrooms, since education authorities are requested to provide adequate resources to support teachers to practice active learning methodology.</p>

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