意思決定能力の発達について : 消費者教育と子どものレディネス

概要

論文の詳細を見る
The purpose of this study was to determine how children develop their decision-making ability that is of much concern in consumer education. Subjects were 5th graders in elementary school, 2nd graders in junior and senior hight schools, total of 550 pupils. The results were as follows : 1. Interest in information became greater as they grew older. However, older pupils believed they had insufficient information gathering ability. High school pupils tend to judge information critically. 2. Elementaty school pupils regard themselves as having independence, older pupils tend to regard themselves as following others and as being easily flattered. However, high school pupils showed higher planning and managemant ability and controlling ability of their desires to discern whether it was "needs" or "wants". 3. Important sources of referential information shifted from the reliable ones of parents or close friends, to the vague ones of rumor or mass media. 4. At the elementary school level, pupils did not examine their motives, while pupils at the junior and senior high school levels seemed to be conscious of their anxiety or bewilderment when they made decisions. Decision-making ability tend to be developed in middle and latter teen-age levels. An effort to retain their individuality, not over-adjusting or over-reacting, by training for analysis and judgement as consumers is important.
日本家庭科教育学会の論文
1994-12-20