高等学校家庭科における「家族」の授業設計 : 映画「家族ゲーム」の食事場面を教材にして

According to the forthcoming course of study in Japan,home economics education class attaches greater importance on matters surrounding relationships within a family. Behind this lies issues related to the family system in the modern Japanese society,such as family breakdown or the isolation of members within a family. However,many teachers feel that such"family"issues are difficult subjects to be taught in classrooms. In this study,I sought for possible lesson plans to teach what a family is through the dining scenes from movies,and employed "The Family Game" as lesson material. I hope these lesson plans will lead to the effective study of"family"and related issues in our modern societ

北海道における「学校職員評価制度」の運用実態と課題 : 家庭科教員へのアンケート調査から

In this paper I report the results of a questionnaire survey on the reception by teachers of the new teacher evaluation system in Hokkaido and the situation regarding learning instruction of goal-setting in response to the specific nature of home economics. The survey was conducted on all junior high school teachers in Hokkaido between June and July, 2009 (the response rate: 15.2%). The survey identified the following four points 1) Many teachers thought the new teacher evaluation system to be not very effective, 2) A majority of teachers set learning goals exactly as described in course of study (Gakushu-Shido-Yo-Ryo), 3) Little concrete guidance or advice was received from the evaluators, and the evaluation interview was seen as just a formality, 4) A majority of teachers expressed some doubt regarding the quality of the evaluators. In general, it appears that teachers regard the evaluation system in a business-like procedure

DDT摂取ラットの代謝変動に及ぼすアミノ酸混合食の影響と食餌フィチン酸

This study was conducted to examine the effect of dietary 1.02% sodium phytate on growth, relative weights of tissues, serum cholesterol, liver triglyceride and hepatic aminopyrine N-demethylase activity in rats fed a casein-or amino acid-based diet with or without 0.07% 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)ethane(DDT) for 13 days. Dietary DDT and the amino acid-based diet generally suppressed growth rate and food intake. These protein-related effects were significantly alleviated by the administration of dietary phytate. Liver weight, which was generally suppressed by phytate intake, was markedly elevated by DDT intake. In the rats fed diets without DDT, the amino acid-based diet reduced liver weight regardless of dietary phytate intake. Dietary DDT and the amino acid-based diet elevated testis weight and lowered adipose tissue weight. However, the present dietary manipulation had no effect on kidney weight. Dietary DDT significantly elevated serum cholesterol and liver triglyceride levels, as well as the hepatic activity of aminopyrine N-demethylase. This enhancement of serum cholesterol level and hepatic activity of aminopyrine N-demethylase by DDT was especially prominent in rats fed the amino acid-based diet. Dietary DDT enhanced, whereas the amino acid-based diet reduced liver triglyceride levels. Dietary phytate depressed the liver triglyceride levels regardless of DDT intake, but only in rats fed the casein-based diet. This study suggests that some effects of DDT intake might be potentiated by the amino acid-based diet and some effects reliant on protein source might be depressed by phytate intake

北海道における新しい教員評価制度の導入と概要

In response to problems associated with the conventional work performance evaluation system, a new teacher evaluation system was implemented in Hokkaido. Here I provide a summary of the implementation process of this system. The new teacher evaluation system aims to understand precisely and evaluate the ability, achievements and motivation of each individual teacher, with the aim of improving teacher quality, activating school systems and ensuring planning for the proper use and placement of personnel. In November 2004,the Hokkaido Board of Education had the examination committee for the evaluation of teachers undertake a classification of issues regarding the practical techniques, provisions and practical use of evaluation results of the new teacher evaluation system, and the system has been implemented since 2008. The important points raised regarding the new teacher evaluation system included 1) the way in which school goals and policies were set, 2) the establishment of communication between teachers and evaluators, and 3) effective action for teacher goal setting and achievement