日本科技振兴机构促进科学和数学教育发展

The ranks of Japanese school children are moving down in the lists of PISA and TIMSS, though they are still high.
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Do you like mathematics and science?
Vision
To support development and activities of personnel who are to advance and deploy science and technology, while enhancing science communication between the public and S&T related professionals.
“ KNOWLEDGE”
★Highly creative human resources ★A system generating results
at a maximum by utilizing limited resources
Innovator Japan
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The 3rd Science and Technology Basic Plan
Supporting System for Science and Mathematics
：in schools ：out of schools
Universities
Education in Japan
Systematic promotion of human resources development enabling the abilities to advance continuously according to the developmental stages
transmission ●Improving the public awareness of S&T ●Promoting proactive participation of the public in S&T
Innovator
The innovation is: to generate new social and economic values with advanced scientific findings and technical inventions combined with human insights.
respondents like science in general.
* surveyed on elementary class teachers experienced for less than 5 years
Source: JST and NIER, “The Survey on Science Education in Elementary and Lower-Secondary schools in FY 2008.”
Scientific literacy
2nd/32countrie 2nd/41countries,areas
s
※PISA: Programme for International Student Assessment
※surveyed object : Tenth graders
6nd/57countries,areas
Promotion of Science and Mathematics Education Through the JST
August, ２０１１
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Japan Science Technology Agency（JST）
Mission
We promote science and technology which will create new values and lead to the future, in order to advance the national welfare and prosperity.
ＴＩＭＳＳ(surveyed by ＩＥＡ）
Results of Arithmetic / Mathematics and sciences
＜Japan＞
‘95
‘03
‘07
‘95
‘03
‘07
Arithmetic
3rd/25countries 3rd/25countries 4rd/37countries
- priority field to be promoted
・Reforming the S&T system
- Doubling competitive research fund - Enhancing industryuniversity-government collaboration ・Producing as many as 30 Nobel laureates in 50 years
Japan Intercollegiate
Science Championships
Development Programs for
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Achievements of Japanese Children
ＰＩＳＡ (surveyed by OECD)
Average score
＜Japan＞
‘00
‘03
‘06
Mathematical literacy 1st/32countries 6th/41countries,areas 10th/57countries,areas
Chapter 1 Basic Ideas Chapter 2 Strategic Priority Setting in S&T
A portrait of human resource in S&T
Chapter 3 Reforming the S&T System
●Developing, securing and activating human resources ●Creating scientific development and persistent innovation ●Reinforcing the foundation for promoting S&T ●Strategically promoting international activities
While progress has been made in consolidation of foundations through the 1st and 2nd Basic Plans, the global intellectual competition gets fiercer.
Japan, a resource-poor couBaidu Nhomakorabeatry, has to live on
・R&D evaluation
●3 basic concepts
・creation of wisdom ・vitality from wisdom ・sophisticated society by wisdom
●Core policies
・Strategic priority
- promotion of basic research
The teacher 0% who answered
good is 0%.
science?
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
good
fairly good
fairly poor
poor
no response
Do you think you like science in general?
0%
20%
40%
Mathematic in junior high school
2nd/26countries 5rd/46countries 5rd/50countries
Science in
5th/38countries 3th/25countries 4th/37countries
elementary school
50 40 5th
6th math
48.8 7th
47.1 44.6
8th
9th grade
science
Source: MEXT, FY2003
* MEXT: the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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Teachers, do you think you are good at teaching
Literate
Chapter 5 Role of for S&T the Council Policy
a person who has knowledge and abilities relating to S&T 7
To develop individuality and ability To raise interest and eagerness
Source: TIMSS 2007
% 80
74.2
The ratio of students who like
70
studying math and science
60
61.8
64.1 59.2
61.3
58.7
65.4 tends to decline as the grade gets higher.
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The Science and Technology Basic Law
(established in 1995)
Science and Technology Basic Plan
The 3rd Basic Plan （FY2006～FY2010）
The 2nd Basic Plan （FY2001～FY2005） The 1st Basic Plan （FY1996～FY2000）
Chapter 4 S&T to Be Supported by Society and the Public
●Responsible measures to resolve ethical, legal, or social problems ●Accountability relating to S&T and the improvement of information
● Increasing governmental R&D expenditure
● Building a new R&D system
・Increasing competitive research fund
・A program to support 10,000 postdoctorals
・Promoting human interaction among industry-universitygovernment
Science in junior 4th/38countries 6th/46countries 3th/50countries high school
※TIMSS: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ※IEA: The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement ※surveyed object : Forth graders and eighth graders
60%
80%
100%
like a lot
like
dislike
dislike a lot
no response
The ratio of those who are good at teaching science is 0%
and fairly good is less than 40%, but about 90% of the
Math Science
Japan
３９%
(Junior high school students)
International average ６７%
５８% ７８%
Compared with the average, the ratio of students who like math and science is remarkably low in Japan.