Analysis of Teaching Methodologies for Abstract Concepts with regard to Information Ethics Education

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The growing number of cases with juveniles committing cybercrimes has led to an increase in the necessity of information ethics education to teach "information ethics" and an "appreciation of, and compliance with the law." However, it is difficult for juveniles to understand highly abstract concepts, such as copyrights, which they have little connection with in their everyday lives. This study analyzed effective and efficient teaching methodologies for teaching such abstract concepts. The teaching methodologies for information ethics education were defined and classified into three types: 1) teaching material focused on "material" based lessons; 2) personal experience focused on "experience" based lessons; and 3) lessons based on "both styles" that used both teaching materials as well as hands on experiences. Trial lessons were done with fifth and sixth grade students from K Elementary School in Saitama Prefecture to compare the effectiveness of these three teaching methodologies. The result indicated that lessons using "both" styles were the most effective in having the students understand abstract concepts because they were able to understand their experiences through the process of putting them into words using the provided teaching materials. Moreover, this study showed that when compared to other teaching methodologies, the method of using "both styles" nurtures a desire to take part in an information society.