Education for data Science at Junior High School and Senior High School

在当今的信息社会中，“数据素养”，即阅读、理解和使用数据的能力，是大多数人必不可少的能力。然而，到目前为止，初中和高中阶段的统计教育主要集中在概率论和统计学的理论方面的教学，在此过程中只使用少量简单的数据。许多统计学家和教师担心这种教学体系不足以培养学生的数据素养。这项研究的目的是研究如何最好地促进中等水平的数据素养，以及哪种数据最适合这种使用。在三年的时间里，我们与中学教师和大学统计学家会面了24次，讨论了以下问题；*教育部修订的中小学学习课程内容。*中学学生教科书的内容。*在统计学教学中使用计算机和互联网。*中学教师培训制度。这项研究的结果在日本和国外的许多会议和会议上发表。我们亦于二零零零年八月七日至十一日举办统计教育国际圆桌会议。

In today' s information society, "data literacy", the ability to read, understand, and use data, is an essential ability for most people. However, statistical education at the junior and senior high school level has focused up to now on teaching the theoretical aspect of probabllity and statistics, using only a few simple data in the progess. Many statisticians and teachers have worried that this teaching system is not sufficient to foster students' data literacy. The purpose of this research was to study how best to promote data literacy at the secondary level and what kinds of data are most suitable for this use. Over a three-year period we met twenty-four times with secondary school teachers and university statisticians to discuss the f ollowing ;* The oontents of the course of study for elementary and secondary schools, which has been revised by the Mlnistry of Educatlon.* The contents of the textbooks for students at secondary schools.* The use of computers and the Internet in teaching statistics.* The training system for teachers at secondary schools.The results of this research were presented at many conferences and meetings both in Japan and abroad. We also organaized the International Round Table Conference on Statistical Education from August 7-1 1, 2000.