| Project/Area Number |
08300016
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Institution | NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (NIER) |
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Principal Investigator |
KAJITA Miharu NIER,DPT.OF LIFELONG LEARNING,DIRECTOR, 生涯学習研究部, 部長 (30110092)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANAKA Masafumi NIPPON WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY,ASSOCIATE PROF., 人間社会学部, 助教授 (10217078)
WATANABE Ryo NIER,DPT.INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION,HEAD, 生涯学習研究部, 室長 (30141980)
KITO Naoko NIER,DPT.LIFELONG LEARNING,RESEARCHER, 生涯学習研究部, 研究員 (00290859)
SAWANO Yukiko NIER,DPT.L.L., SENIOR RESEARCHER, 生涯学習研究部, 主任研究官 (40280515)
YAMAMOTO Yoshihiro NIER,DPT.LIFELONG LEARNING,HEAD, 生涯学習研究部, 室長 (50135646)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
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| Keywords | OECD / LIFELONG LEARNING / LITERACY / LEARNING COMPETENCIES OF ADULTS |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this two years study is to review the international survey of adult literacy conducted by OECD,which has set its goal at "lifelong learning for all", and to seek for the role, effect and meaning of such survey in the policy making of lifelong learning in Japan. In the year 1996, we studied the result of the first OECD International Adult Literacy Survey conducted in 1994 and translated the English questionnaires into Japanese, in order to make a Japanese version draft of the set of questionnaires. In the year 1997, we have made the draft questionnaires and conducted an experimental survey to see the level of understanding and difficulty of each task and the adequacy of instructions for the subjects, and thus examined the appropriateness of the draft questionnaires. The experimental survey was conducted in four groups using a public upper secondary school and nonformal education facilities in Shizuoka prefecture. Data were collected from 240 men and women. The samples were classified into three categories ; age 15 to 30,31 to 49 and 50 to 77. After the survey, we asked all the participants to answer an additional questionnaire asking their impression on the content and methodology of the survey. We also made in-depth interviews selecting one or more persons from each category.
From the result of above mentioned experimental survey, we came into a conclusion that since such survey has not been conducted after the World War II at the national level, except for a similar survey conducted right after the war, it would contribute to reconsider the policies on literacy and lifelong learning in Japan. However, there are also problems in the questionnaire and method of survey such as the fact that all the tasks are based on American and European language and culture.
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