Suggestion of an IC Design Education Method for Understanding Intuitively and Feelingly

The education programs of IC design and its related fields are conducted mainly at universities, graduate schools and/or technical colleges in Japan. Unfortunately, these programs are still not conducted in Japanese high schools. We suggested an IC design education method for understanding intuitively and feelingly for a high school using the making of the FET model in prior learning and the materials evaluations by EDX in evaluation stage. After the practice, we examined problems with the program using a questionnaire and a hearing survey. We have verified that the program had an overall instructional merit. Fortunately, it was revealed by the evaluation questionnaire of the high school students who took lectures that these practices for IC design were effective for a high school education.