A Comparative Survey of Awareness and Perceptions of Making Things by School Children in England and Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330261
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Tottori University
• Principal Investigator: DOI Kosaku 鳥取大学, 地域学部, 教授 (20294308)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MORIYAMA Jun 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (40303482) ; TAGUCHI Hirotugu 熊本大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50274676) ; ARIKWA Makoto 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50325437) ; SUZUKI Takashi 千葉大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30375597) ; NAGASHIMA Masaaki 鳥取大学, 産学・地域連携推進機構, 准教授 (30379656) ; OHOTANI Tadashi 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80314615)
• Research Collaborator: RICHARD Green , chief executive of DATA UK ; JOHN Duggan ; KALDE Ryoko ; BUNTING Hisaka ; BARBARA Monro
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本と英国 / ものづくり / 児童生徒 / 意識差 / 要因

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In England, technology education as a part of a child’s general education is enforced from elementary school through high school and the required subject is Design & Technology.England student’s awareness of good at making things, awareness of skill, awareness of knowledge etc are significant higher than Japan student from earlier study. Then, the purpose of this study is to make clear the factors that making things culture effected on learning between Japan and England, and so on. School children from 4th to 10th grade. Japan：6456persons, England：2522persons. Questionnaire:4 point scale， 5 point scale .Categories:15categries, 60item. Result :①Show that 19item of the average value of England’s students is higher than Japanese students in all age. ② In Japan, good at making things has been effected by knowledge of technology and skill. In England, good at making thing has been effected by knowledge of technology and view.

Free Research Field

教科教育学