Learning plan support system, and learning plan support program

Abstract

To provide a learning plan support system capable of regulating arrangement of learning units under a specific condition in creating and editing a yearly guidance schedule and / or a weekly guidance schedule by displaying to the yearly guidance schedule a term division display part.SOLUTION: A learning plan support system 1 supporting a learning plan includes a terminal 4 for editing. The terminal 4 for editing further includes: schedule editing means 6 having a yearly editing function YE to create and edit a yearly guidance schedule 2; term division means 8 which divides a term into a plurality of terms and sets them as term setting information 7; term division display means 11 which displays a term division display part to a boundary between a previous term and the next term in a cross frame of the yearly guidance schedule 2 on the basis of the term setting information 7; and yearly learning unit arrangement regulating means 13 which regulates an arrangement of a learning unit L in the cross frame from a term division display part 10 to a start timing of the next term when reading the learning unit L from textbook information 12 corresponding to a subject by the yearly editing function YE to the yearly guidance schedule 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a learning plan support system and a learning plan support program. More specifically, the present invention relates to a learning plan support system that supports learning plans in elementary and junior high schools by linking an annual teaching schedule related to a teaching plan for the entire year with a weekly teaching schedule related to a more specific teaching plan, and a learning plan support program for executing the learning plan support system using a terminal such as a computer. [Background technology]

[0002] Traditionally, in elementary and junior high schools, in order to ensure that the number of class hours per year (also called "class hours" or "standard hours") stipulated for each subject based on the curriculum guidelines is met, a learning plan for the entire year is drawn up for each grade and subject before the start of the new school year, and an annual teaching schedule is created by compiling this in tabular form.

[0003] By creating an annual teaching plan, it is possible to grasp the outline of the learning instruction throughout the year from the beginning of the new school term in April to the end of the following school year in March, and to ensure that the number of annual class hours required for each subject is met. Furthermore, based on the created annual teaching plan, a weekly teaching plan is created that lays out detailed learning instruction plans such as the specific implementation schedule of lessons in each class and the contents of learning units. Here, the annual teaching plan is sometimes called, for example, an "annual budget," and the weekly teaching plan is sometimes called a "weekly plan" or a "weekly plan book."

[0004] As described above, by planning and creating two teaching plans, an annual teaching plan and a weekly teaching plan, it is possible to grasp the overall picture of the learning content and plan more detailed learning content.

[0005] Annual teaching plans (annual teaching schedules) are primarily created and decided based on the content (learning units) contained in the textbooks adopted for each subject, and generally, teaching is carried out in elementary schools and other schools in the order in which the learning units are listed in the adopted textbooks.

[0006] For learning units that contain particularly important content, more class hours than usual may be given, or the order in which the units are studied may differ from the order in which they are written in the textbook in order to improve the learning effect, and the timing of the learning units may be changed. Furthermore, in elementary and junior high schools, in addition to regular classes in subjects such as Japanese, various events (school events) such as athletic meets, school trips, and excursions are often held, and in order to prepare for these events and to prepare for school events, classes may be held on an irregular schedule instead of the normal class schedule, and annual lesson plans are created taking these events into consideration. For this reason, annual lesson plans are mainly created by the vice principal, who manages the practical work of the entire school, and the grade teacher, who manages the entire grade.

[0007] On the other hand, the weekly lesson plan is a detailed implementation schedule for the learning units of each subject, and is a table that summarizes, for example, the schedule of events to be held for the week from Monday to Friday, the content of morning time (morning learning), the subjects to be taught from the first to sixth period, and the content of the subject (learning unit), etc. Therefore, the weekly lesson plan is mainly created by the homeroom teacher who actually teaches the classes, and is used to check the content of the subjects and learning units to be taught in the corresponding week, plan the implementation such as preparing the necessary teaching materials, etc., or to check the learning units that have already been taught and have already been taught, and to check the progress, etc.

[0008] As described above, the annual lesson plan is created taking into consideration the schedule of predetermined school events, etc., and there are almost no opportunities to directly change or update the annual lesson plan after it is created at the beginning of the semester. In other words, it is unlikely that the annual lesson plan will be actively updated during the school year. On the other hand, the weekly lesson plan may be changed or updated each time, for example, to respond to sudden events such as natural disasters such as typhoons or class closures due to influenza, or to adjust the progress between subjects.

[0009] Therefore, a teaching plan management device (see Patent Document 1), a lesson plan creation support system, and a lesson plan creation support program (see Patent Document 2) have already been proposed for creating and drafting annual teaching plans that facilitate the planning and creation of annual and weekly teaching plans, reduce the workload of the person in charge of creating them, and ensure that consistency checks such as surpluses and deficiencies in standard hours that accompany updates to weekly teaching plans are performed. By using these devices and systems, the work of creating annual teaching plans, which has been mainly done manually up until now, can be automated to a certain extent, and the effect of particularly shortening the work time required to check consistency such as the number of lesson hours.

[0010] For example, the teaching plan management device of Patent Document 1 is equipped with an "annual teaching plan information storage unit" that stores multiple pieces of information such as "contents to be taught every hour (hourly unit)", "month / term", "content items for each unit to be studied", "page of drills that match the contents to be taught every hour", "total number of hours of teaching plans relative to the number of lesson hours and achievement rate", and "number of hours of work tests to be conducted", and further equipped with a one-week teaching plan proposal information storage unit that stores "one-week teaching plan proposal", "arranging teaching plans for multiple subjects in one lesson", "delay in number of lesson hours", "delay in lesson content (progress)", "delay in the implementation of drills", "type of drills that match the lesson content", etc. In this way, by displaying various information on the display unit, teachers can easily create effective and efficient annual teaching plans that look ahead to one year. Furthermore, based on the contents of the one-week teaching plan proposal information (weekly teaching plan) created at the same time, progress such as delays in the number of lesson hours (number of lesson hours, standard number of hours) relative to the annual teaching plan can be easily grasped, and this can be reflected in daily learning instruction to make up for the delays.

[0011] On the other hand, in the case of the lesson plan support system of Patent Document 2, unified achievement goal data for each subject stored in a database in advance can be read, and weekly plan data and daily plan data can be easily created. In addition, by rewriting either the weekly plan data or the daily plan data in accordance with the progress of the learning instruction, information can be updated in conjunction with other lesson plans and learning instruction plans. As a result, it is possible to easily create and modify each data in accordance with the progress of the learning instruction, and the workload associated with creating these can be reduced. In addition, in daily learning instruction, necessary information such as lesson contents and action contents based on the achievement goals, evaluation criteria, annual learning instruction plans, etc. can be confirmed, allowing teachers to smoothly manage their classes.

[0012] Conventional learning plan support systems, including the above-mentioned "teaching plan management device" or "lesson planning support system," have textbook information in which the textbook to be adopted and the contents of the learning units in the textbook are stored in advance, and have a function of reading learning units for each subject based on the standard number of hours and the allocation of class hours for each month set based on the curriculum guidelines and automatically arranging them in the annual teaching plan by selecting the grade and subject for which the annual teaching plan is to be created.Then, an annual editing function is provided that can create an annual teaching plan by performing editing operations that make appropriate adjustments based on the automatically arranged learning units.Similarly, a weekly editing function is also provided that arranges learning units for each subject in a weekly teaching plan based on the created annual teaching plan.

[0013] Furthermore, in addition to being provided as single-function software having the editing function described above, such study plan support systems are also sometimes provided as one function of a grade management system and grade management program that has the function of managing children's grades and scores and creating report cards, or as a comprehensive education management system and comprehensive education management program that has multiple functions related to learning instruction. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0014] [Patent Document 1] JP 2016-192052 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2016-048519 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0015] However, conventional learning plan support systems including the above-mentioned teaching plan management device and lesson plan support system have the following problems: In general, elementary and junior high schools often adopt a semester system in which a year is divided into multiple semesters.

[0016] For example, the period from April when the new school year begins until late July before the summer vacation is called the "first term," the period from September after the summer vacation until late December before the winter vacation is called the "second term," and the period from January after the New Year until late March before the spring vacation is called the "third term." These term divisions and the duration of each term are adjusted by each school, for example, in cold regions, the summer vacation period is shortened and the second term starts earlier, while the winter vacation period is lengthened by ending the second term earlier or delaying the start of the third term.

[0017] In addition, instead of adopting the trimester system described above, some schools may adopt a first and second semester system, with the period from April to mid-October being the "first semester" and the period from mid-October to March of the following year being the "second semester."

[0018] In conventional learning plan support systems, the above-mentioned semesters and the duration of each semester were set in order to appropriately allocate the number of class hours for each subject to each month. However, in conventional learning plan support systems, each learning unit placed on the annual lesson plan and weekly lesson plan was often placed without considering which semester it belonged to.

[0019] For this reason, for example, in accordance with the setting of the number of monthly lesson hours from April, the placement of study units may be based on the textbook information that has been stored in advance in a simple order starting from April, and as a result, a study unit may be placed across both the first and second semesters, which may make it unclear whether the study unit belongs to the first or second semester.

[0020] In addition, after each learning unit was once placed in the annual lesson plan, editing was sometimes performed to change the semester in which the learning unit was to be taken or to move the time of taking the learning unit. However, these editing tasks required changing the target learning unit and the learning units already placed in the editing destination separately, and there was no function that allowed the implementation time of each learning unit to be edited all at once. As a result, the creator of the annual lesson plan was forced to do complicated work, and it sometimes took a lot of time to create the annual lesson plan.

[0021] As such, with conventional learning plan support systems, the multiple learning units placed on the annual teaching plan were sometimes not associated with the semester divisions on that annual teaching plan, and learning units were sometimes placed without regard for the semesters, making it necessary to post-edit the timing and position of the learning units after they had been placed, if necessary.

[0022] Furthermore, as mentioned above, with regard to weekly lesson plans that are created and edited based on already-created annual lesson plans, the division of terms for learning units is not clearly defined. For example, even if a learning unit is supposed to be completed in the first term, it may end up being loaded into the weekly lesson plan for the second term based on the number of class hours or the order in which it is written in the textbook. As with the annual lesson plan, it was necessary to individually correct and adjust the learning units after they were loaded and placed.

[0023] Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned situation, and has as its objective the provision of a learning plan support system and a learning plan support program that display a semester division display section on an annual teaching plan and that can regulate the arrangement of learning units under specific conditions when creating and editing an annual teaching plan and / or a weekly teaching plan. [Means for solving the problem]

[0024] According to the present invention, there is provided a study plan support system and a study plan support program as described below.

[0025] [1] A learning plan support system that supports learning plans based on an annual teaching plan, comprising an editing terminal equipped with a plan editing means having an annual editing function for creating and editing an annual teaching plan in which a time axis equivalent to one year is arranged on either the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, subjects to be studied are arranged on the other of the horizontal axis or the remaining portion of the vertical axis, and the contents of learning units corresponding to the subjects throughout the year are arranged within the intersecting frames where the horizontal axis and the vertical axis intersect, and the editing terminal is provided with a time axis equivalent to the creation period of the annual teaching plan, and a term division display means for displaying a term division display section at the boundary between the previous term and the next term of the intersection frame of the annual teaching plan based on the term setting information. and an annual learning unit placement restriction means for restricting the placement of the learning unit in the intersection frame from the term division display section to the start of the next term when the learning unit is read into the annual teaching plan from textbook information corresponding to the subject by the annual editing function.

[0026] [2] The editing terminal of the learning plan support system described in [1] further comprises a semester division moving means for moving the displayed semester division display unit to any position along the time axis of the annual teaching plan, and a learning unit rearrangement means for further applying the annual learning unit arrangement control means to the learning units already arranged in the annual teaching plan based on the position of the semester division display unit after the movement, thereby rearranging the learning units.

[0027] [3] The learning plan support system described in [1] or [2], wherein the plan editing means arranges a time axis corresponding to a week on either the horizontal or vertical axis, arranges the number of class hours per day on the remaining other of the horizontal or vertical axes, and further has a weekly editing function that reads the contents of the subjects and the learning units in the subjects scheduled to be implemented in a week into the intersection frame where the horizontal and vertical axes intersect based on the annual teaching plan that has already been created, and creates and edits a weekly teaching plan, and the editing terminal further has a weekly learning unit placement restriction means that, when reading the learning units into the weekly teaching plan based on the annual teaching plan and the textbook information, restricts the placement of the learning units in a semester other than or prior to the week in which the weekly teaching plan was created.

[0028] [4] The learning plan support system described in [3], wherein the editing terminal further comprises a progress information display means capable of displaying progress information relating to the planned implementation plan for the learning unit and progress information relating to the completed implementation in a progress display column of a progress table provided in the weekly teaching plan, and a progress information reflection display means for reflecting and displaying the progress information in each of the subjects in the annual teaching plan.

[0029] [5] The learning plan support system described in [4], wherein the progress information reflection display means judges the progress of the learning unit of the subject based on the progress information and notifies the judgment result by visually displaying it on the annual teaching plan.

[0030] [6] A learning plan support program that causes an editing terminal to function as a plan editing means having an annual editing function for creating and editing an annual teaching plan in which a time axis equivalent to one year is arranged on either the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, subjects to be studied are arranged on the other of the horizontal axis or the remaining portion of the vertical axis, and the contents of learning units corresponding to the subjects throughout the year are arranged within the intersecting frames where the horizontal axis and the vertical axis intersect, and that supports learning plans based on the annual teaching plan, wherein a year corresponding to the creation period of the annual teaching plan is divided into multiple semesters. and setting the semester setting information; semester division display means for displaying a semester division display section at the boundary between the previous semester and the next semester in the intersection frame of the annual teaching plan based on the semester setting information; and annual learning unit placement restriction means for restricting the placement of the learning unit in the intersection frame from the semester division display section to the start of the next semester when the learning unit is read from textbook information corresponding to the subject into the annual teaching plan by the annual editing function.

[0031] [7] The learning plan support program described in [6], further causing the editing terminal to function as a semester division moving means for moving the displayed semester division display unit to any position along the time axis of the annual teaching plan, and a learning unit rearrangement means for further applying the annual learning unit placement restriction means to the learning units already placed on the annual teaching plan based on the position of the semester division display unit after the movement, thereby rearranging the learning units.

[0032] [8] The learning plan support program described in [6] or [7], further comprising: a plan editing means for placing a time axis corresponding to a week on either the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, placing the number of class hours per day on the remaining other of the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, and further comprising a weekly editing function for reading the content of the subjects and the learning units in the subjects scheduled to be implemented in a week into the intersecting frame where the horizontal axis and the vertical axis intersect based on the annual teaching plan that has already been created, and creating and editing a weekly teaching plan; and a weekly learning unit placement restriction means for restricting the placement of the learning units in a semester other than or prior to the week in which the weekly teaching plan was created, when the learning units are read into the weekly teaching plan based on the annual teaching plan and the textbook information.

[0033] [9] The learning plan support program described in [8], further causing the editing terminal to function as a progress information display means capable of displaying progress information relating to the planned and completed implementation plan for the learning unit in a progress display column of a progress table provided in the weekly teaching plan, and a progress information reflection display means for reflecting and displaying the progress information in each of the subjects in the annual teaching plan.

[0034]

[10] The learning plan support program described in [9], further causing the editing terminal to function as the progress information reflection display means, which further has a progress notification means for determining the progress of the learning unit of the subject based on the progress information and notifying the determination result by visually displaying it on the annual teaching plan. Effect of the Invention

[0035] According to the learning plan support system and the learning plan support program of the present invention, it is possible to set the division of the semester and display it on the annual teaching plan, arrange and regulate the arrangement of learning units on the annual teaching plan based on the divided semester, and regulate the reading of learning units on the weekly teaching plan. This makes it possible to eliminate problems such as arranging learning units across semesters, and makes it easy to create the annual teaching plan or the weekly teaching plan.

[0036] Furthermore, progress information regarding planned and completed implementation plans for learning units can be displayed on the weekly teaching plan, and the progress information can be reflected in the annual teaching plan. In particular, by providing an incomplete notification means for notifying about learning units that have not yet been implemented, it is possible to grasp the progress of multiple subjects overall or across subjects, making it easier to plan the implementation of subsequent lessons. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0037] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a learning plan support system according to an embodiment of the present invention and a functional configuration of an editing terminal; [Diagram 2] 1A is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an annual teaching plan created by the support system of this embodiment, (b) an example of an annual teaching plan when the number of class hours within a semester is exceeded, and (c) an example of a conventional annual teaching plan. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a weekly teaching schedule created by the support system of the present embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a conventional weekly teaching schedule. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an annual teaching plan table reflecting progress information. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0038] Hereinafter, a learning plan support system and a learning plan support program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the learning plan support system and the learning plan support program of the present invention are not limited to the following embodiment, and may be appropriately changed, modified, improved, etc. based on the ordinary knowledge of a person skilled in the art within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

[0039] A learning plan support system 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as "support system 1") of one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 5, is installed with a learning plan support program PG (hereinafter simply referred to as "support program PG") of one embodiment of the present invention, and is mainly equipped with an editing terminal 4 that can perform various functions including an annual editing function YE for creating and editing an annual teaching plan 2 and a weekly editing function WE for creating and editing a weekly teaching plan 3 by starting the support program PG, and is intended to support learning plans.

[0040] Here, Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of the support system 1 of this embodiment and the functional configuration of the editing terminal 4, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing (a) an example of an annual teaching plan 2 created by the support system 1 of this embodiment, (b) an example of an annual teaching plan 2 when the number of class hours in a semester is exceeded, and (c) an example of a conventional annual teaching plan 2', Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a weekly teaching plan 3 created by the support system 1 of this embodiment, Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display of a conventional weekly teaching plan 3', and Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an annual teaching plan 2 reflecting progress information 5. Here, in order to simplify the illustration, the annual teaching plans 2, 2' and weekly teaching plans 3, 3' shown in Figs. 2-5 are partially omitted in their entirety, and the specific contents of the learning unit L and the like are also simplified or omitted.

[0041] The functional configuration of the editing terminal 4 in the support system 1 of this embodiment is mainly comprised of a plan editing means 6 having an annual editing function YE and a weekly editing function WE, a semester division means 8 which divides one year corresponding to the creation period of the annual teaching plan 2 into a plurality of semesters and sets them as semester setting information 7, a semester division display means 11 which displays a semester division display section 10 at the boundary between the previous semester (e.g., "first semester") and the next semester (e.g., "second semester") of the intersection box 9 of the annual teaching plan 2 (details will be described later) based on the semester setting information 7, and an annual learning unit arrangement restriction means 13 which restricts the arrangement of the learning unit L from the semester division display section 10 to the intersection box 9' between the start of the next semester when the learning unit L (unit data LD) is read from the textbook information 12 corresponding to the subject SB into the annual teaching plan 2 by the annual editing function YE. The configuration and details of the annual teaching plan 2 and the weekly teaching plan 3 will be described later.

[0042] Other functional configurations of the editing terminal 4 include a semester division moving means 14 which moves the semester division display section 10 to any position along the annual time axis TL1 (corresponding to the time axis in this invention) of the annual teaching plan 2 after it has been created and edited, and a learning unit rearrangement means 15 which further applies the annual learning unit arrangement control means 13 to the learning units L already arranged in the annual teaching plan 2 based on the position of the moved semester division display section 10, thereby rearranging the learning units L.

[0043] The editing terminal 4 further comprises, as another functional configuration, a weekly learning unit placement restriction means 17 for restricting the placement of learning units L of semesters other than or previous to the creation week 16 of the weekly teaching plan 3 in the cross box 31 when the learning unit L is read into the weekly teaching plan 3 based on the annual teaching plan 2 and textbook information 12 in creating and editing the weekly teaching plan 3.

[0044] The editing terminal 4 further comprises, as other functional configurations, a progress information display means 20 capable of displaying progress information 5 relating to the planned implementation plan for the learning unit L and progress information 5 relating to the completed implementation in a progress display column 19 of a progress table 18 provided in the weekly teaching plan 3, and a progress information reflection display means 21 which reflects and displays the progress information 5 for each subject SB in the annual teaching plan 2, and the progress information reflection display means 21 includes a progress notification means 22 which judges the progress of the subject SB based on the progress information 5 and notifies the judgment result by visual display on the annual teaching plan 2.

[0045] The editing terminal 4 in the support system 1 of this embodiment has the basic configuration as an information processing device in addition to the characteristic configuration related to learning guidance as described above. For example, it has a terminal storage means 23 configured with a well-known fixed storage medium such as a hard disk drive or a solid state drive. By having such a configuration, it is possible to store and preserve various information and data including the above-mentioned progress information 5 and textbook information 12.

[0046] 1, the terminal storage means 23 stores a plurality of educational information general management software MPG useful in the field of learning instruction, such as a test score tallying function, a grade management function, a test score tally table creation function, and a timetable creation function distributed by a teaching material publisher, and is installed in the editing terminal 4. This allows the editing terminal 4 to perform various functions. Furthermore, the learning plan support function by the support program PG of the present invention and the function related to the creation and editing of the annual teaching plan table 2, etc. may be installed in the editing terminal 4 as one function of the educational information general management software MPG.

[0047] The support program PG of this embodiment can be started and executed by starting the educational information general management software MPG on the editing terminal 4 and then performing a predetermined operation (click operation, etc.). This allows the editing terminal 4 to function as the support system 1. Note that the educational information general management software MPG, which performs score tallying, grade management, etc., is already well known, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

[0048] As another basic function or configuration, the editing terminal 4 is connected to a known output display device and can display the annual teaching plan table 2 being created and edited and the completed one on the screen. This allows the creator to create and edit while grasping these as visual information. In the support system 1 of this embodiment, for example, various information and data can be output by the semester division display means 11, the progress information input display means 20, and the progress information reflection display means 21, etc. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a known liquid crystal display LCD is adopted as the output display device, and the information, etc. that is signal-controlled is sent to the liquid crystal display LCD via the terminal display control means 24 of the editing terminal 4.

[0049] The editing terminal 4 is further connected to a well-known operation input means (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel) for performing various operations and inputting information, etc. Here, in the support system 1 of this embodiment, it is assumed that the operation input means are collectively referred to as an operation input device ID connected to the editing terminal 4 via a terminal input control means 25 (see FIG. 1).

[0050] The editing terminal 4 is not limited to an information device terminal such as a so-called "standalone type" personal computer without a communication function as shown in FIG. 1, but may be connected to a communication network (not shown) consisting of the Internet or a dedicated communication line, and may be capable of transmitting and receiving various information to and from each other via the communication network. By connecting to such a communication network, the above-mentioned educational information comprehensive management software MPG and the support program PG included therein can be easily updated to the latest state at all times, and further, the weekly teaching plan table 3 created for each class at the elementary school or junior high school level can be collectively managed. Therefore, the progress of the subject SB for each class can be easily grasped. The terminal storage means 23, which is a part of the functional configuration of the editing terminal 4, may be provided, for example, in a cloud server constructed on a communication network.

[0051] The editing terminal 4 used in the support system 1 of this embodiment is mainly assumed to be a desktop or notebook type personal computer that is used daily by teachers in elementary and junior high schools. However, the editing terminal used in the learning plan support system of the present invention is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or other well-known information and communication device. The functions and configurations of these personal computers and other information and communication devices are well-known, so a detailed description will be omitted here.

[0052] Hereinafter, a specific description will be given of the support system 1 of this embodiment and various processes of the editing terminal 4 in the support system 1. As already described, the editing terminal 4 has a planner editing means 6, and the planner editing means 6 mainly has an annual editing function YE for creating and editing an annual teaching plan 2 and a weekly editing function WE for creating and editing a weekly teaching plan 3. By using the annual editing function YE and the weekly editing function WE, the annual teaching plan 2 and the weekly teaching plan 3 can be created and edited.

[0053] The annual lesson plan 2, for example, as shown in Fig. 2(a), is arranged from left to right on the horizontal axis, which is the yearly time axis TL1 (corresponding to the time axis in this invention) corresponding to one year from April, when the new school year begins, to March of the following year, which is the end of the current school year, while the subjects SB to be studied, such as Japanese, handwriting, or arithmetic, are arranged along the vertical axis (the other remaining axis in this invention) perpendicular to the horizontal axis, which is the subject axis C1, in order to be mainly in a table format. It is also possible to create an annual lesson plan in which the annual time axis TL1 is the vertical axis and the subject axis C1 is the horizontal axis.

[0054] In the intersection frame 9 where the annual time axis TL1 and the subject axis C1 intersect, the learning units L corresponding to each subject SB can be arranged based on a predetermined learning order. Here, with the support program PG running, a selection operation is first performed to preselect the grade, class, and textbook (textbook company) adopted for the subject SB for which the annual lesson plan table 2 is to be created. This selection operation is performed using the operation input device ID, such as the mouse or keyboard, described above.

[0055] By the above-mentioned operation on the editing terminal 4, the textbook information 12 stored in the terminal storage means 23 is selected, and based on the unit data LD included in the textbook information 12 and relating to each learning unit L, the learning unit L is automatically read into the intersection frame 9 of the annual teaching plan 2, in principle according to the order in which it is listed in the textbook, and is displayed in a specified position on the weekly teaching plan 2.

[0056] Here, in the support system 1 of this embodiment, the editing terminal 4 has a term division means 8 for dividing one year, which corresponds to the creation period of the annual teaching plan 2, into a plurality of terms. That is, in the annual time axis TL1 of one year in the annual teaching plan 2 to be edited, the term divisions can be set based on the term setting information 7.

[0057] For example, in the case of an elementary school or the like that adopts a trimester system, the start date and end date of each term are specified, such as "first term: April XX to July XX, second term: September XX to December XX, third term: January XX to March XX", and this information is stored in advance in the terminal storage means 23 as term setting information 7. Furthermore, the support program PG has preset the number of class hours for the subject SB for each month, such as "XX hours" in April and "XX hours" in May.

[0058] Here, when a conventional support system is used, an annual lesson plan 2' as shown in Fig. 2(c) is created after reading in learning unit L by reading in textbook information 12, etc. At this time, learning units L arranged based on the order of appearance in the textbook (=order of study) by textbook information 12 are arranged from the left as shown in Fig. 2(c) based on the number of class hours preset for each month from April when the first semester begins.

[0059] That is, although each has information regarding the settings of the semesters and periods, the conventional Annual Lesson Plan 2' simply arranged the learning unit L in order according to the number of class hours specified, without considering the settings and information regarding these semesters. Therefore, for example, even if it was originally intended to conduct the unit "Teach me!" after that in the second semester, if the total number of unit hours up to that unit was less than the total number of monthly hours up to July, the "Teach me!" unit would end up being arranged in July.

[0060] Therefore, if you want to place the "Teach Me!" unit and subsequent units in the second semester, you need to adjust the number of hours for each unit so that the number of hours for the previous units is equal to the total number of hours for each month in the first semester. As a result, this work is required for each subject SB, which takes a lot of time and can place a heavy burden on the creator.

[0061] In contrast, in the case of the support system 1 of this embodiment, a process is performed in which the semester division display section 10 is displayed at the corresponding position of the intersection frame 9, for example, in the latter half of July, which corresponds to the end of the first semester, based on the semester setting information 7 related to the semester division set by the semester division means 8 (see Figure 2(a), semester division display means 11).

[0062] In the support system 1 of this embodiment, a semester boundary line 26 is provided at the boundary of the learning unit L at the position corresponding to the cross frame 9, and a white number portion 27 indicating the end of the semester is provided above the semester boundary line 26, which is displayed as the semester division display section 10. Furthermore, in Fig. 2(a), a semester division display section 10 consisting of the semester boundary line 26 and the white number portion 27 is similarly displayed at the position of the cross frame 9 corresponding to the end of the second semester in the latter half of December.

[0063] In this way, the semester division display unit 10 can clearly visually divide the semesters on the annual teaching plan 2, and the creator can clearly see the position of the end of the semester. Furthermore, the support system 1 of this embodiment has an annual learning unit arrangement restriction means 13 that restricts the arrangement of the learning unit L in the process of reading the learning unit L into the annual teaching plan 2 based on the textbook information 12. That is, since the division of the semester is made clear and displayed on the annual teaching plan 2, for example, it is possible to carry out a process of restricting the arrangement of the learning unit L in the intersection frame 9' (see the hatched portion in FIG. 2(a)) from the period after the semester division display unit 10 (semester boundary line 26) set in the latter half of July, which corresponds to the end of the first semester, (the latter half of July) to September, which is the start of the next semester.

[0064] This prevents problems that occurred in conventional support systems, such as placing the learning unit L in the cross frame 9 after the end of the term, or placing the learning unit L across multiple terms (first and second terms). As a result, the creator does not need to perform cumbersome operations such as adjusting the total number of hours of the learning unit to meet the allocated hours of the term.

[0065] Furthermore, the editing terminal 4 of the support system 1 of this embodiment is equipped with a semester division moving means 14 that moves the semester division display unit 10 to any position along the annual time axis TL1 of the annual teaching plan 2 (see the double arrow portion in Figure 2(b)).

[0066] More specifically, the term division moving means 14 can be implemented on the screen displaying the annual teaching plan 2, for example, by a conventionally known drag-and-drop operation. For example, by moving a mouse pointer (not shown), which is one of the above-mentioned operation input device IDs, onto a part (term boundary line 26 or white number portion 27) of the term division display section 10 of the annual teaching plan 2 displayed on the screen in FIG. 2(b), and then performing an operation of moving the pointer while clicking the left button of the mouse, the term division display section 10 can be moved to any position along the annual time axis TL1. In this way, the term division display section 10 can be moved simply and easily by a conventionally known operation.

[0067] As a result, as shown in Figure 2(b), if the learning unit L loaded and placed within the intersection frame 9 of the annual teaching plan table 2 exceeds the number of class hours allocated within a term, the term division display section 10 can be moved to the left (to the left on the page in Figure 2(b)) along the annual time axis TL1, and moved along the annual time axis TL1 to its original position P in the second half of July when the first term ends.

[0068] As a result, the learning unit L, which is now located to the right of the semester boundary line 26 in the semester division display section 10, is subject to the restriction function of the annual learning unit placement restriction means 13 described above, making it impossible to place the learning unit L in its original position, and a rearrangement process is performed for the learning unit L. In other words, placement in the regulated intersection frame 9' is prohibited, and a rearrangement process is performed (learning unit rearrangement means 15) to a position within the intersection frame 9 that is not subject to the restriction and corresponds to September, when the next semester begins.

[0069] In this way, according to the support system 1 of this embodiment, the semester division (boundary) in the annual teaching plan table 2 can be clearly and visually indicated by the semester division display section 10 (semester boundary line 26 and white number section 27), and the placement processing of the learning unit L can be regulated based on conditions.

[0070] In addition, by processing related to the movement of the semester division display section 10, the learning unit L placed in the wrong position can be processed so as to belong to the correct semester based on the semester division display section 10 and the semester setting information 7, and can be appropriately placed within the intersection frame 9. As a result, the annual teaching plan 2 can be easily created and edited.

[0071] The editing terminal 4 of the support system 1 of this embodiment has a weekly editing function WE for creating and editing the weekly teaching plan 3 in the plan editing means 6. The weekly teaching plan 3 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, configured in a table format by arranging a weekly time axis TL2 (corresponding to the time axis in the present invention) corresponding to one week from Monday to Friday (Saturday and Sunday can be displayed) on the horizontal axis from left to right, and a lesson time axis C2 related to the number of lesson hours per day including events and morning time (morning study) on the vertical axis (corresponding to the other of the remaining in the present invention) perpendicular to the horizontal axis from top to bottom. Also, like the annual teaching plan 2, a weekly teaching plan may be created in which the weekly time axis TL2 is changed to the vertical axis and the lesson time axis C2 is changed to the horizontal axis. Then, the contents of the subject SB to be implemented and the learning unit L corresponding to the subject SB can be displayed in the intersection frame 31 where the weekly time axis TL2 and the lesson time axis C2 intersect with each other.

[0072] Here, the display in the cross frame 31 will be explained in more detail. The cross frame 31 is divided into three sections, one above the other, and the subject SB can be input and displayed in the upper section 28a, the learning unit L can be input and displayed in the middle section 28b, and the specific learning content LC can be input and displayed in the lower section 28c. These input contents can be changed as appropriate by the plan editing means 6 having the weekly editing function WE described above. Furthermore, the items and display order of the subject SB, etc. displayed in the cross frame 31 are not limited to those shown in FIG. 3. Note that the configuration and layout of the weekly lesson plan 3 shown in FIG. 3 are only an example and are not limited thereto, and only the subject SB of Japanese is shown for the learning unit L, and the other subjects SB are omitted in FIGS. 3 and 4. Furthermore, the weekly lesson plan data 29 related to the created weekly lesson plan 3 and the annual lesson plan data 30 related to the above-mentioned annual lesson plan 2 can be stored in the terminal storage means 23 of the editing terminal 4.

[0073] Furthermore, when the editing terminal 4 performs the process of loading the learning unit L into the weekly lesson plan 3 based on the created annual lesson plan 2 and the unit data LD included in the saved textbook information 12, the editing terminal 4 is provided with a weekly learning unit arrangement restriction means 17 which restricts the arrangement of learning units L other than those belonging to the semesters or previous learning units L that are classified by the semester classification means 8 and belong to the creation week 16 of the weekly lesson plan 3. As a result, as shown in Fig. 3, for example, if the creation week 16 is set to the week of "September 4th to 10th", the creation week 16 is determined to belong to the "second semester" based on the set semester setting information 7.

[0074] In this case, the weekly lesson plan 3' created by the conventional support system does not take into account the above-mentioned information about the semester, so even if the creation week 16 belongs to the second semester, the learning unit L to be taken in the first semester will be placed there (see the white text in the middle section 28b in Figure 4). In addition, in the case of the conventional support system, if the support system is adopted from the second semester in the middle of the year, all learning units L, including those belonging to the first semester, may be read from the second semester because the semester is not taken into account. In such a case, after reading the learning units L, it is necessary to manually delete unnecessary learning units L from the weekly lesson plan 3', which may impose an excessive burden on the creator.

[0075] In contrast, the support system 1 of this embodiment can eliminate the above-mentioned problems. That is, since the term division means 8 sets the term division and has the term setting information 7, it is possible to clearly distinguish the learning units L belonging to the first, second, and third terms. As a result, a process is performed to restrict the learning units L prior to the term (e.g., "second term") belonging to the creation week 16 from being read and arranged in the cross frame 31 of the weekly lesson plan 3 (weekly learning unit arrangement restriction means 17). This makes it possible to prohibit the reading of the learning units L that could have been read in the past. As a result, the work required for creating and editing the weekly lesson plan 3 can be simplified.

[0076] In addition, the editing terminal 4 in the support system 1 of this embodiment can display progress information 5 related to whether or not an implementation plan for the learning unit L is scheduled and whether it has been implemented on the weekly lesson plan 3 (progress information display means 20). For example, as shown in Fig. 3, a reading process is performed on the cross frame 31 of the weekly lesson plan 3 based on the annual lesson plan 2 and textbook information 12, and the learning unit L that is appropriately arranged is recognized as scheduled, and the learning unit L for which the "implemented as scheduled" check button is entered on the weekly lesson plan on a weekly or daily basis is recognized as implemented, and the results are displayed in the progress display column 19 of the progress table 18 formed as a part of the weekly lesson plan 3.

[0077] The progress table 18 has a time period column 32 represented by "(01) / 02" as shown in Fig. 3. Here, the first half "(01)" indicates the class hours of learning unit L, and the latter half "02" indicates the total number of class hours of the learning unit L. That is, in the case of "first semester unit A" shown in Fig. 3, the total number of class hours is two hours, and it is possible to display the progress of the implementation plan schedule for the first and second periods.

[0078] Here, the scheduled implementation plan in the progress chart 18 refers to arranging subjects and units in the weekly lesson plan chart 3 before carrying out lessons related to learning unit L. On the other hand, "implemented" refers to checking whether or not a lesson related to learning unit L has been carried out in the relevant week set in the weekly lesson plan chart 3.

[0079] In the support system 1 of this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the check status of the implementation plan and the completed check status for each learning unit L are shown by changing the hatching process to distinguish them, but this is not limited to this. In particular, when the weekly teaching plan table 3 is actually outputted on a screen display, for example, it is acceptable to distinguish them by changing the color.

[0080] The progress information 5 displayed by the weekly teaching plan 3 can also be displayed by a weekly teaching plan 3' created by a conventional support system, for example, as shown in Fig. 4. However, in the case of a conventional support system, although it is possible to check the progress information 5 itself on the weekly teaching plan 3', it does not have a function to link the progress information 5 with the annual teaching plan 2' as shown in Fig. 2(c), in other words, a function to feed back the progress information 5 to the annual teaching plan 2' and reflect it as a visual display.

[0081] In contrast, the support system 1 of this embodiment has a feedback processing function that reflects the input and displayed progress information 5 in the annual teaching plan 2 (progress information reflection display means 21). That is, as shown in Fig. 5, for each subject SB in the annual teaching plan 2, a lower section is provided in the cross frame 9 in which each learning unit L is arranged, and an annual progress display section 34 capable of displaying progress information 5 relating to the schedule and implementation of the implementation plan is set and displayed. This allows the progress information 5 input and displayed in the weekly teaching plan 3 to be immediately reflected in the linked annual teaching plan 2.

[0082] This allows the progress status of each subject SB to be easily understood even with the annual teaching plan table 2 displayed on the screen. In particular, as shown in FIG. 5, in the support system 1 of this embodiment, the annual teaching plan table 2 for multiple subjects SB can be displayed along the subject axis C1, and progress information 5 can be understood with each subject SB arranged. That is, the progress status of each of the multiple subjects SB can be understood overall, or in other words, "cross-subject". This allows the learning plan for each subject SB to be comprehensively understood, and class time for subjects SB with ample progress can be given to subjects SB with delayed progress, and measures can be taken quickly to average out the progress status of the subjects SB.

[0083] In addition, in the support system 1 of this embodiment, a part of the annual teaching plan 2, for example, the display location of multiple subjects SB shown along the subject axis C1, may further be provided with a function of visually displaying the progress status to an administrator, creator, etc. using progress visual display units 33a, 33b such as up arrows and down arrows (progress notification means 22).

[0084] For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the progress visual display section 33a with an up arrow is displayed to indicate that the progress of the subject SB is behind the initial schedule, while the progress visual display section 33b with a down arrow is displayed to indicate that the progress of the study plan is as expected or better than the initial schedule. In this way, the progress can be confirmed at a glance by the visual display. The reflection and confirmation of the progress by linking the annual teaching plan 2 and the weekly teaching plan 3 is an effect obtained by appropriately arranging the learning unit L in each of the annual teaching plan 2 and the weekly teaching plan 3, creating and editing them based on the clarification of the division of the semester in the support system 1 of this embodiment and the set semester setting information 7.

[0085] As described above in detail, the support system 1 of this embodiment has an annual editing function YE and a weekly editing function WE for creating and editing two different annual and weekly teaching plans 2 and 3, respectively, and by clarifying the division of semesters, the work for creating and editing each can be easily performed. In addition, based on the annual and weekly teaching plans 2 and 3 linked to each other, the progress status can be easily grasped in the annual teaching plan 2 as well, and can be confirmed across multiple subjects SB. [Industrial Applicability]

[0086] The support system and support program of the present invention can be used to support learning plans based on annual and weekly teaching plans created in elementary and junior high schools. [Explanation of symbols]

[0087] 1: support system (learning plan support system), 2,2': annual teaching plan, 3,3': weekly teaching plan, 4: editing terminal, 5: progress information, 6: plan editing means, 7: term setting information, 8: term division means, 9,9',31: intersection frame, 10: term division display section, 11: term division display means, 12: textbook information, 13: annual learning unit arrangement control means, 14: term division moving means, 15: learning unit rearrangement means, 16: creation week, 17: weekly learning unit arrangement control means, 18: progress table, 19: progress display column, 20: progress information display means, 21: progress information reflection display means, 22: progress notification means, 23: terminal storage means, 24: terminal display control means, 25: terminal input control means , 26: Term boundary (term division display section), 27: White number section (term division display section), 28a: Upper section, 28b: Middle section, 28c: Lower section, 29: Weekly lesson plan data, 30: Annual lesson plan data, 32: Period number column, 33a, 33b: Progress visual display section, 34: Annual progress display column, C1: Subject axis (vertical axis), C2: Lesson time axis (vertical axis), L: Learning unit, LC: Learning content, LD: Unit data, MPG: Educational information comprehensive management software, P: Position PG: Support program (learning plan support program), SB: Subject, TL1: Annual time axis (time axis, horizontal axis), TL2: Weekly time axis (time axis, horizontal axis), WE: Weekly editing function, YE: Annual editing function.

Claims

1. A time axis equivalent to one year is placed on either the horizontal or vertical axis, The editing terminal is provided with a schedule editing means having an annual editing function for creating and editing an annual teaching schedule in which subjects to be studied are arranged on the other of the horizontal axis or the remainder of the vertical axis, and the contents of learning units corresponding to the subjects throughout the year are arranged in the crossing frames where the horizontal axis and the vertical axis intersect, A learning plan support system for supporting a learning plan based on the annual teaching schedule, The editing terminal includes: a term division means for dividing a year corresponding to a period during which the annual teaching schedule is to be created into a plurality of terms and setting the terms as term setting information; a term division display means for displaying a term division display section at a boundary between the previous term and the next term of the intersection frame of the annual teaching plan based on the term setting information; an annual learning unit arrangement regulation means for regulating the arrangement of the learning units in the cross frames from the semester division display unit to the start time of the next semester when the learning units are read into the annual teaching plan from textbook information corresponding to the subject by the annual editing function; A learning planning support system further comprising:

2. The editing terminal includes: a term division moving means for moving the displayed term division display portion to an arbitrary position along the time axis of the annual teaching schedule; a learning unit rearrangement means for further applying the annual learning unit arrangement restriction means to the learning units already arranged in the annual teaching plan based on the position of the semester division display unit after the movement, thereby rearranging the learning units; The learning plan support system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

3. The schedule editing means includes: A time axis equivalent to one week is placed on either the horizontal or vertical axis, The number of lesson hours per day is arranged on the other of the horizontal axis or the remainder of the vertical axis, and a weekly editing function is further provided for creating and editing a weekly teaching schedule by reading the contents of the subjects and the learning units in the subjects to be implemented in a week into a cross frame where the horizontal axis and the vertical axis intersect based on the annual teaching schedule that has already been created, The editing terminal includes: a weekly learning unit arrangement regulation means for regulating the arrangement of the learning unit in a term other than or prior to the week in which the weekly teaching plan is created when the learning unit is read into the weekly teaching plan based on the annual teaching plan and the textbook information; 3. The learning plan support system according to claim 1, further comprising:

4. The editing terminal includes: a progress information display means for displaying progress information relating to the implementation plan and the implementation status of the learning unit in a progress display field of a progress table provided in the weekly teaching plan; a progress information reflection display means for reflecting and displaying the progress information in each of the subjects in the annual teaching plan; 4. The study plan support system according to claim 3, further comprising:

5. The progress information reflection display means includes:

5. The learning plan support system according to claim 4, further comprising a progress notification means for determining a progress of a learning unit of said subject based on said progress information and notifying a result of the determination by visually displaying it on said annual teaching plan.

6. A learning plan support program that causes an editing terminal to function as a plan editing means having an annual editing function for creating and editing an annual teaching plan in which a time axis equivalent to one year is arranged on either the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, subjects to be studied are arranged on the other of the horizontal axis or the remaining vertical axis, and the contents of learning units corresponding to the subjects throughout the year are arranged in the cross frames where the horizontal axis and the vertical axis intersect, and supports learning plans based on the annual teaching plan, wherein a year corresponding to the creation period of the annual teaching plan is divided into a plurality of semesters. and setting the semester setting information; semester division display means for displaying a semester division display section at the boundary between the previous semester and the next semester in the intersection frame of the annual teaching plan based on the semester setting information; and annual learning unit placement restriction means for restricting the placement of the learning unit in the intersection frame from the semester division display section to the start of the next semester when the learning unit is read from textbook information corresponding to the subject into the annual teaching plan by the annual editing function.

7. The learning plan support program as described in claim 6, further causing the editing terminal to function as: a semester division moving means for moving the displayed semester division display unit to any position along the time axis of the annual teaching plan; and a learning unit rearrangement means for further applying the annual learning unit arrangement restriction means to the learning units already arranged in the annual teaching plan based on the position of the semester division display unit after the movement, thereby rearranging the learning units.

8. 8. The learning plan support program of claim 6 or 7, further comprising: a plan editing means for arranging a time axis corresponding to a week on either the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, arranging the number of class hours per day on the remaining other of the horizontal axis or the vertical axis, and further comprising a weekly editing function for reading the contents of the subjects and the learning units in the subjects scheduled to be implemented in a week into a cross frame where the horizontal axis and the vertical axis intersect based on the annual teaching plan that has already been created, and creating and editing a weekly teaching plan; and a weekly learning unit placement restriction means for restricting the placement of the learning units in a semester other than or prior to the week in which the weekly teaching plan was created, when reading the learning units into the weekly teaching plan based on the annual teaching plan and the textbook information.

9. The learning plan support program of claim 8, further comprising a progress information display means for displaying progress information relating to the implementation plan for the learning unit and progress information relating to the implementation plan for the learning unit in a progress display column of a progress table provided in the weekly teaching plan, and a progress information reflection display means for reflecting and displaying the progress information in each subject of the annual teaching plan.

10. The learning plan support program as described in claim 9, further causing the editing terminal to function as the progress information reflection display means, which further has a progress notification means for determining the progress of the learning unit of the subject based on the progress information and notifying the determination result by visually displaying it on the annual teaching plan.

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