Measurement of Economic and Financial Literacy of High School Students and Research on Attributes and Quality of High School Civics Teachers

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285252
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Yamaoka Michio 早稲田大学, アジア太平洋研究科, 教授 (90220235)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ASANO Tadayoshi 山村学園短期大学, キャリアコミュニケーション学科, 客員講師 (00310285) ; ABE Shintaro 城西国際大学, 経営情報学部, 准教授 (40348438)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 各教科の教育 / 経済教育 / パーソナル・ファイナンス教育 / アセスメント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

On the survey of economic literacy, we collected 988 data from high school students (24.59) and 199 data from university students (25.71). As a result, we found that there was no significant difference in economic literacy between high school and university students, and both of them had poor understanding of the concept of opportunity cost and the financial issues.
On the survey of financial literacy, we collected 247 data from high school students (23.3) and 474 data from university students (32.2), which showed a significant difference between them. As a result, both high school and university students had a poor understanding of fundamental economic concepts, financial concepts, and money management.
On the questionnaire survey of civic teachers at high school, we collected 1,589 data. As a result, we found that civic teachers as a whole had a sympathy with the free competition in the market economy system, but they were critical of a widening gap in income among people.

Free Research Field

教科教育法