Study of factors that make science like and dislike using social emotional skills (non-cognitive skills)

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K20856
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 9:Education and related fields
• Research Institution: National Institute for Educational Policy Research
• Principal Investigator: Yoshioka Ryoei 国立教育政策研究所, その他部局等, 客員研究員 (40200951)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 江草 由佳 国立教育政策研究所, 研究企画開発部教育研究情報推進室, 総括研究官 (60413902)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-07-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 社会情動的スキル / 非認知スキル / 理科の好き嫌い / ウェブアンケート調査 / 科学教育 / 理科教育 / PISA / TIMSS

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we changed the original plan according to the social situation caused by COVID-19, and conducted a survey analysis on the influence of social and emotional skills on the likes and dislikes of science through a web questionnaire survey of university students. From the data of 1,000 university students, we were able to confirm the effects of differences in gender, the choice of career paths in arts and sciences in high school, and the differences in science grades in school as factors that affect the likes and dislikes of science. Furthermore, as social and emotional skills, the influence of "self-efficacy," "tenacity," "perseverance," and "ability to confront oneself" was suggested, and it was clear that "self-efficacy" was particularly relevant.

Free Research Field

科学教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

理科の好き嫌いに関する研究は多いが、その要因を探る研究は少ない。好き嫌いの要因が明らかにできれば、その要因を克服する方法を見い出すことができ、社会的問題である理科嫌いを減すことにつなげることが期待できる。好き嫌いの要因としての社会情動的スキルの研究はまだなく、先駆的な研究として学術的・社会的意義がある。