Psychological evaluation of the development of economic education for fostering wise citizens

培养智慧公民经济教育发展的心理评价

基本信息

批准号：
14310057
负责人：
KOYASU Masuo
金额：
$ 6.72万
依托单位：
Kyoto University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
财政年份：
2002
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2002 至 2005
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

There is a serious gap between what people need to know about economics and what they are being taught, despite the fact that knowledge about economics has become essential nowadays. People do not always understand how government spending affects their everyday life, how to save and invest for their future retirement, or how to avoid becoming victims of fraudulent commercial ventures, to mention but a few examples. This study examined economic understanding among children and adults with a focus on everyday behaviors such as purchasing, saving, investing, and so forth. The participants were 4th and 6th graders (N=328) from two elementary schools, and undergraduate students (N = 915) from four universities located in different regions of Japan. They answered both forced-choice questions and questions requiring self-explanations. The results were as follows. 1)Analyses of children's responses to the questionnaire revealed that economic reasoning develops from 4th to 6th graders, though t … More heir monetary saving behavior appeared to be influenced by their school environment. As for the relationship between monetary saving behavior and reasoning about depositing, the two variables correlated significantly among 6th graders in one school. The results suggest that instruction styles in elementary schools may play an important role in connecting everyday behavior and economic reasoning. 2)The questionnaire for adults included items on economic literacy topics such as money and banking, inflation and recession, commerce and trade, investment and risk taking, fraudulent commerce, taxation, insurance and pension, corporate social responsibility, educational investment, and the predictive powers of economics. The results of a structural equation modeling revealed that economics information acquired through newspapers and business magazines affected the participants' knowledge about economics, which in turn affected risk taking attitude, views about corporate activities, tax consciousness, and understanding of the roles of education for a better life. Less

尽管人们对经济学的知识已经成为必不可少的事实，但人们对经济学的了解与经济学的知识之间存在严重的差距。人们并不总是了解政府支出如何影响他们的日常生活，如何为未来的退休而储蓄和投资，或者如何避免成为愤怒的商业企业，但要提及一些例子。这项研究检查了儿童和成人之间的经济理解，重点是每天的行为，例如购买，储蓄，投资等。参与者是来自两所小学的4年级和6年级学生（n = 328），来自日本不同地区的四所大学的本科生（n = 915）。他们回答了需要自我解释的强制选择问题和问题。结果如下。 1）对儿童对问卷的回答的分析表明，从4至6年级的经济推理发展，尽管……更多的继承人省钱行为似乎受到学校环境的影响。至于货币储蓄行为与关于存款的推理之间的关系，这两个变量在一所学校的六年级学生之间显着相关。结果表明，小学的教学风格可能在连接每天的行为和经济推理方面发挥重要作用。 2）成年人问卷包括有关经济识字主题的项目，例如货币和银行业，通货膨胀和衰退，商业和贸易，投资和冒险，欺诈性商业，税收，税收，保险和销售，企业社会责任，教育投资以及经济学的预测能力。结构方程建模的结果表明，通过报纸和商业杂志获得的经济学信息影响了参与者对经济学的了解，这反过来又影响了采取态度的风险，对企业活动，税收意识的看法以及对教育的作用，以获得更好的生活。较少的