Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd.
Child Questionnaire Survey 2022 “White Paper on Infants” and “White Paper on Elementary School Students” Released
– How much did you get for New Year’s? What kind of job do you want? Fact-finding survey of children
Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President: Hiroaki Miyahara), a research and research institute, Gakken Educational Research Institute, has 1,200 groups of
kindergarten and nursery school children aged 4 to 6 and their parents nationwide. , conducted a questionnaire survey on daily life and learning for 1,200 groups of elementary school students in grades 1 to 6 and their guardians, and released the results as “White Paper for Infants” and “White Paper for Elementary School Students” in December 2022.
[URL] https://www.gakken.co.jp/kyouikusouken/
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Featured topics
[Elementary school student white paper]
・The average total amount of New Year’s gifts is 20,047 yen. Continuing the downward trend from last year. Is the impact of the corona misfortune big?
・ The top 3 occupations that I would like to have in the future are “Patissier”, “YouTuber” and “Doctor”.
・ My favorite subjects are “mathematics”, “physical education” and “arts and crafts”, and the subjects that I find useful are
“mathematics”, “national language” and “foreign language”.
・ Use of tablets and PCs at school: 12.0% of respondents said that they were not paid, although GIGA was widely used.
[Infant white paper]
・ There is a high tendency to “do not play outside” even after leaving the kindergarten.
・Although the number of parents who agree with the use of smartphones and tablets has increased, the majority of parents do not want their children to use them yet.
[Infant White Paper] & [Elementary School White Paper]
・ The amount of monthly reading tends to decrease every year. Elementary school students updated the lowest number of books in survey history.
・ The number one lesson for both preschoolers and elementary school students is “swimming”.
[Elementary school student white paper]
■ The average total amount of New Year’s gifts is 20,047 yen 89.7% of all elementary school students received New Year’s gifts, and the average total was 20,047 yen. Looking at the trend in the average total amount of elementary school students’ New Year’s gifts from 2016, it increased every year until 2020, turned to decrease in 2021, and continued to decline in 2022. It is thought that this is due to changes in the economic circumstances of parents and relatives, as well as refraining from going out during the year-end and New Year holidays due to the corona wreck.
The use of New Year’s money was 1st place savings (81.0%), 2nd place toys (24.6%), and 3rd place game consoles and game software (other than online), and there was no change from the ranking in 2021. [Image 2
■ The top 3 occupations that elementary school students want to have in the future are “pâtissier”, “YouTuber” and “doctor”
The 1st to 3rd occupations that elementary school students want to have in the future are pastry chefs, nursery teachers, kindergarten teachers, and doctors, and boys are YouTubers, professional soccer players, and police officers. Looking back in 1995, when the parents’ generation was a child, among the girls, the top three were nursery school teachers, kindergarten teachers, elementary, middle and high school teachers, and nurses. I was a salaried worker.
YouTuber has appeared in the 12th place of the occupation that young children want to have in the future.
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■ Favorite subjects/Subjects that you think will be useful in the future “Arithmetic” was chosen as “favorite subject” for the 10th consecutive year. This is followed by “physical education (health and physical education),” “arts and crafts,” “national language,” and “no favorite subject.” Also, the subjects that I thought would be useful in the future were “mathematics,” “national language,” and “foreign language.” There are no major changes in the rankings and trends from the survey results of 2017, 2018, and 2021, and the top three subjects account for 70.2% of the total. On the other hand, the percentage of respondents who answered that they “do not have any useful subjects” increased by 2.3 points from 6.0% in 2021 to 8.3%. Each grade has increased, but it is particularly impressive that the 6th grade has increased by 4.5 points from 5.5% to 10%.
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■ Tablet/PC usage at school
When asked about the usage of GIGA school terminals at schools, although there are differences in the frequency of use, 77% of the total answered that they are using it because it is provided, and about 40% of the total. answered that they are taking the terminal home. However, 12% of the respondents answered that they were not paid, so I would like to keep an eye on the situation from next year onwards.
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[Infant white paper]
There is an increasing tendency to “not play outside” even after leaving the kindergarten.
Compared to the previous survey in 2017, “playing outside in a week” decreased from 2.8 days to 2.4 days (kindergarten children) and from 2.5 days to 2.3 days (nursery school children). Among kindergarten children, the percentage of children who do not play outside increased significantly from 5.5% to 11.2%.
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Although the number of parents who agree with the use of smartphones and tablets has increased, the majority of parents do not want them to use them yet
The first place was “I think it will be necessary in the future, but I don’t want to use it now” (57.2%) exceeded half, followed by 2nd “agree” (35.4%) and 3rd “against” (7.2%). I was. In the 2019 survey, the ranking was similar, but the number of parents who “agree” to using smartphones and tablets increased by 9.5% in three years from 25.9% at the time. changes can be seen. On the other hand, more than half of the parents still think that they will need it in the future, but do not want to let them use it now.
[Infant White Paper] & [Elementary School White Paper]
The monthly reading volume is the lowest in survey history, with an average of 2.8 books per month (elementary school)
According to surveys since 2014, the monthly reading volume for elementary school students has decreased almost every year. The average number of books read per month was 2.8, and the percentage of children who read 10 or more books was 10.8%, which is also the lowest figure ever. On the other hand, 31.6% did not read a single book, exceeding 30% for the first time in the history of the survey, revealing a decrease in the overall amount of reading.
Among young children, the average number of books read per month was 3.9, and 23.8% of them read no books at all.
■Swimming was the number one lesson for both toddlers and elementary school students
Swimming was the number one lesson for both preschoolers and elementary school students. Since the 2017 survey for infants and the 2013 survey for elementary school students, it has remained the number one. The rankings, including second place and below, are as follows. [Image 7
–Details of other topics and the results of the survey items can be confirmed from the following URL.
“White paper on elementary school students” (September 2022 survey) https://www.gakken.co.jp/kyouikusouken/whitepaper/202209/index.html “White Paper on Infants” (September 2022 survey)
https://www.gakken.co.jp/kyouikusouken/whitepaper/k202209/index.html The White Paper on Junior High School Students, White Paper on High School Students, etc.
https://www.gakken.co.jp/kyouikusouken/whitepaper/index.html -Other survey items-
About 30 questions each, such as when to wake up and go to bed, pets, do you like yourself, how much you use communication devices, lessons, work drills, e-books, what you want to learn, etc.
[Survey overview]
Survey name: “White paper on elementary school students” / “White paper on young children”
Survey target: 1,200 1st to 6th grade elementary school students and their guardians nationwide / 1,200 kindergarten and nursery school children 4 to 6 years old nationwide
Survey period: September 2nd (Friday) to September 6th (Tuesday), 2022 Survey method: Internet survey
[Contact]
Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd.
Gakken Institute of Education
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