Comparative Research on Religious Education in Japan and South Korea

1.学生调查结果：2000年对日本和韩国学生的宗教态度进行了调查。在日本，样本包括来自42所大学、学院和专业学校的6483名个人的回复，而在韩国，来自12个类似机构的个人的2160份回复。调查结果显示，韩国学生对宗教的态度比日本学生积极得多，日本和韩国的学生对超自然、神秘和占卜等超自然现象的兴趣更大，而不是宗教本身。此外，两国约50%的学生表现出参与了某种程度的祖先崇拜或其他民俗。调查结果用日语和韩语两种语言公布。2001年，对日本38所大学、学院和专业学校的5759名学生进行了跟踪调查，结果再次证实了日本学生对宗教的兴趣目前较低，大约一半的学生参与了某种形式的宗教习俗。目前，正在对韩国学生进行访谈调查，以提供定性数据。日韩宗教教育比较研究国际研讨会暨联合出版。：2001年2月，在韩国釜山举行了一次国际研讨会，来自日本和韩国的宗教研究、教育和社会学领域的研究人员参加了会议。讨论比较了日本和韩国的教育制度和宗教教育的历史和现状。在这些讨论的基础上，目前正在计划与韩国研究人员合作，出版一批关于两国宗教教育的研究论文。

1. Result of Student Survey : A survey of the religious attitudes of students in Japan and South Korea was conducted in 2000. In Japan, the sample included responses from 6,483 individuals at a total of 42 universities, colleges and professional schools, while in South Korea, 2, 160 responses were obtained from individuals at 12 similar institutions. Results of the survey suggest that South Korean students take a much more positive attitude toward religion than Japanese students, and students in Japan and South Korea tend to display more interest in paranormal phenomena such as the supernatural, the occult, and divination rather than in religion proper. Moreover, around fifty percent of students in both countries display involvement in some level of ancestral veneration or other folk customs. Results of the survey were published in both Japanese and Korean. In 2001, a follow-up survey was conducted of 5,759 students at 38 universities, colleges and professional schools in Japan, and the results reconfirmed the present low state of Japanese students' interest in religion, and the fact that about half are involved in some form of religious customs. At present, work is underway to conduct an interview survey of Korean students in order to provide qualitative data.2. International Symposium and Joint Publishing of Comparative Research on Religious Education in Japan and South Korea. : In February, 2001, an international symposium was held in Pusan, South Korea, and was attended by researchers from Japan and South Korea in the fields of Religious Studies, Education, and Sociology. Discussions were held comparing the history and current state of educational systems and religious education in Japan and South Korea. On the basis of these discussions, plans are currently underway to publish a volume of research papers dealing with religious education in the two countries, in collaboration with Korean researchers.