The Present State of Economic Education in Japan

REFERENCES

• Asano , T. , Yamaoka , M. and Abe , S. 2004 . “ Economic literacy of Japanese high school and university students: An international comparison based on TEL3 ” . In Collected papers on economic literacy in Asia-Pacific Region for the International Conference on Economic Education , 117 – 52 . Tokyo : Waseda Institute for Economic Education .
   Google Scholar
• Central Council for Education . 2008 . “ Toward building bachelor's course education. Report submitted to the MEXT in response to the request from the Minister of the MEXT ” . Tokyo : Central Council for Education .
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology–Japan (MEXT) . 2008a . Shougakko gakushu shidou youryo kaisetsu shakai hen [Teachers’ guide to the course of study for social studies at the elementary school level] , Tokyo : Toyokan Shuppan .
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology–Japan (MEXT) . 2008b . Chuugakko gakushu shidou youryo kaisetsu shakai hen [Teachers’ guide to the course of study for social studies at the lower secondary school level] , Tokyo : Nihon Bunkyo Shuppan .
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology–Japan (MEXT) . 2008c . Koutou gakko gakushu shidouyouryo [The course of study for upper secondary school] , Tokyo : MEXT .
   Google Scholar
• Okabe , T. , Tose , N. and Nishimura , K. 1999 . Bunsu ga dekinai daigakusei [University students who are not able to compute a fractional expression] , Tokyo : Toyo Keizai Shinpousha .
   Google Scholar
• Okabe , T. , Tose , N. and Nishimura , K. 2000 . Shousu ga dekinai daigakusei [University students who are not able to compute a decimal fractional expression] , Tokyo : Toyo Keizai Shinpousha .
   Google Scholar
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) . 2001 . Measuring student knowledge and skills: The PISA 2000 assessment of reading, mathematical and scientific literacy , Paris : OECD .
   Google Scholar
• Walstad , W. B. and Rebeck , K. 2001 . Test of economic literacy: Examiner's manual , 3rd ed , New York : Council for Economic Education .
   Google Scholar
• Walstad , W. B. and Rebeck , K. 2005 . Financial fitness for life high school test: Examiner's manual, grades 9–12 , New York : Council for Economic Education .
   Google Scholar
• Walstad , W. B. , Watts , M. and Rebeck , K. 2007 . Test of understanding in college economics: Examiner's manual , 4th ed. , New York : Council for Economic Education .
   Google Scholar
• Yamaoka , M. 2007 . An international comparison of economic literacy of American and Japanese college students: A preliminary analysis of their understanding of college economics (7th Consumer Economics Test) . Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies , 9 : 59 – 85 .
   Google Scholar