Development of Children's Economic Understanding : Everyday Behavior and Economic Reasoning

• 藤村 宣之

• FUJIMURA Nobuyuki

• 子安 増生

• KOYASU Masuo

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 児童期における経済学的理解の発達 - 貯蓄・購買行動と経済学的事象に関する推理 -
• ジドウキ ニ オケル ケイザイガクテキ リカイ ノ ハッタツ チョチク コウバイ コウドウ ト ケイザイガクテキ ジショウ ニ カンスル スイリ

Abstract

This study examined children’s economic understanding from the viewpoints of their everyday behavior such as purchasing and saving, and their reasoning about economic events and institutions. Fourth and sixth graders (N=328) from two elementary schools located in different regions of Japan answered both forced-choice questions and self-explanation questions. Analysis of children’s responses revealed that economic reasoning developed from 4th to 6th graders, whereas some of the purchasing and saving behaviors differed between the two age groups. The saving behavior seemed to often be influenced by the school environment. As for the relationship between the saving behavior and the reasoning about depositing, those two factors correlated significantly in the case of the 6th graders in one of the schools. Instruction styles in elementary schools may play an important role in connecting everyday behavior and economic reasoning.

Journal

• 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科紀要. 心理発達科学

  名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科紀要. 心理発達科学 52 1-7, 2005-12-27

  名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科

Keywords

• economic understanding
• purchasing and saving behavior
• elementary school children
• school environment
• casual reasoning

Details

• CRID: 1390853649439597952
• NII Article ID: 110006440444
• NII Book ID: AA11505296
• DOI: 10.18999/nupsych.52.1
• ISSN: 24341258
• ISSN: 13461729
• HANDLE: 2237/9425
• NDL BIB ID: 7956240
• Web Site: https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/7707
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7956240
• Text Lang: ja
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• Abstract License Flag: Allowed