Development of fun and effective risk education activities and establishment of an education system

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K00985
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Akita Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Kanazawa Nobuhiro 秋田県立大学, システム科学技術学部, 准教授 (40315619)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-10-21 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: リスク教育 / リスクリテラシー / 参加型

Outline of Final Research Achievements

An educational system was developed in which citizens serve as instructors and learn basic risk concepts in order to promote risk education. Participatory risk education programs were produced to encourage people to think about risk scientifically and make decisions that are not based solely on subjectivity. An activity book was published as an instructor's manual, which describes how to teach the important programs so that citizens can use them as instructors. Risk literacy scales were also developed to measure the educational effectiveness of the activities.

Free Research Field

環境科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

リスクを科学的に考えることは，主観による判断によって生じる不合理な行動や風評被害などの無用な対立を減らし，より安全安心な社会の実現に寄与すると考えられる。リスクの基本的な考え方やリスクを科学的に考えて判断に結びつける方法は学校で教えられておらず，これらを学ぶ教育教材はほとんどなかった。本研究で開発した参加型のリスク教育教材と教育効果の測定尺度は，リスク教育を学校や社会に広める基盤となるものである。