2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on scientific literacy and dialogue on food applications of genome-editing technology for youth
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21K18492
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Medium-sized Section 9:Education and related fields
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKANISHI Momo 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科(農学部), 准教授 (40869450)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
深尾 友美 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科(農学部), 特任助教 (20470172)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-07-09 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | ゲノム編集 / 食品 / 科学リテラシー / 対話 / 科学教育 / STS |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have made educational materials on genome-editing technology and its application to food products, and held workshops for high school students. The educational material consisted of the following sections: Genome Editing Technology / Breeding and Application of Genome Editing Technology to Agricultural and Livestock Products / Social and Environmental Issues Concerning Food and Agriculture. Using this material, lectures and workshops on genome editing were conducted for high school students. Feedback from the students in the questionnaire indicated that they gained a deeper understanding of the technology and its application to food products, and that their perception of the technology had changed. Through the workshop, it was inferred that the high school students were more focused on the consumer's point of view and had difficulty imagining the producer's position. However, it is possible that this is a situation unique to urban areas, and this is an issue to be considered.
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| Free Research Field |
農学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
社会的な注目を集めるゲノム編集技術と食品応用について、従来の遺伝子組換え技術との共通点や違い、普段口にしている食物も従来の品種改良の結果であることなど農学的な観点からの意味、今日の社会課題・環境課題とのつながりなどを、高校生にもわかりやすい言葉、親しみやすく理解しやすいイラストにより解説する教材を開発することができた。実際のワークショップでは、この教材を用いた講義により理解が進んだという意見が多く、不安が解消されたという声もあった。また、対象生物が動物であるか、消費者としてのメリットがあるかによって購買判断に違いがあることがわかった。
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