Recruit Marketing Partners Co., Ltd. and the National High School PTA Association conducted a survey of second-year high school students and their parents to explore their expectations and anxieties about educational reform.

 According to the survey, regarding expectations and anxieties about "high school education" in educational reform, the top "expectations" of high school students are "70% that each person can learn with optimal learning content and progress by utilizing ICT technology", parents The top of the "expectations" is "62%, where students set their own themes and focus on exploratory learning to investigate and work toward solutions."It was found that "expectations" exceeded "anxiety" for both high school students and parents, and that expectations for "high school education" in educational reform were high.

 The top "anxiety" about "university admissions selection" is that both high school students and parents "change the current" National Center Test for University Admissions "to a" common test for university admissions "where descriptive questions are also asked."In addition, "English qualification exams conducted by the private sector will be utilized." "Individual entrance exams at each university will be evaluated for independence in essays, interviews, portfolios, etc. in addition to written exams." "About English "Uneasiness" is "expectation" even in items such as "4 skills including writing and speaking are evaluated in addition to conventional reading and listening" and "the survey report is changed and the evaluation of all 3 elements of academic ability is described". It was also found that there was a great deal of "anxiety" about "selection of university entrance students" in educational reform.

 Regarding "correspondence to educational reform at the high school attending", 38% of high school students and 24% of parents feel that "the high school attending is responding to educational reform".As for the specific efforts that are changing, high school students "review what they have learned and experienced, and a" portfolio "that sets the next goal is introduced 57.8%", and parents "set their own themes" However, 46.2%, which emphasizes inquiry learning to investigate and work toward solutions, was the top.

 When asked about "advice on career choices" for children, 73% of parents find it "difficult".The factors that I find difficult are 1st place "54.7% because I don't know the latest career information including the entrance examination system", 2nd place "44.0% because I can't predict what the society will be like", and 3rd place "home". For financial reasons, I had to narrow down my child's career options, so it was 24.0%. "

 The subjects of the survey were 9 prefectures (Hokkaido Aomori Yamanashi Tokyo Ishikawa Aichi Wakayama Tottori Kumamoto) requested by the National High School PTA Association. , 27 parents).In the future, the survey results "AI Impact on the Future" will be released.

Reference: [Recruit Advancement Research Institute] Evaluation of Educational Reform While expectations for "high school education" are rising, concerns about "selection of university enrollees" remain (PDF).

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