Minna no Code, a specified non-profit corporation that promotes technology education dissemination activities nationwide, is the current state of programming education and high school "information I" in school education in Japan with the support of Google and Salesforce Japan Co., Ltd. conducted a survey and published the results.
In line with the evolution of information technology, in July the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the "Provisional Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI at Elementary and Secondary Education Stages," indicating that the ability to use information is necessary for children who will be responsible for the future. become essential.
In this survey, a survey for high school teachers was newly established, and the current state of programming education and high school "information I" was summarized.The survey method was a questionnaire survey of 1,036 elementary school teachers, 1,539 junior high school teachers, 550 high school teachers, and 3,000 groups of elementary, junior high, and high school students and their guardians nationwide.In addition, we conducted group interviews with 18 parents and conducted a qualitative survey.
According to a survey, many teachers answered positively to being in charge of "information" in the survey of high school teachers.However, 2025% of teachers feel uneasy about the addition of "information" to the standardized university entrance exam from 81.7. I don't have enough class hours," he said.
When parents of elementary, junior high, and high school students were asked about the addition of "information" to the common test for university entrance, they said, "All students who take the common test agree to receive "information," regardless of their department. 26.6% of elementary school guardians, 23.9% of junior high school guardians, and 19.9% of high school guardians answered.
Reference: [Everyone's Code] 2022 Programming Education / High School "Information I" Survey Report
