Practices and Challenges of Statistical Education for Data Science in Secondary Education

Abstract

　Japan's new national curriculum for mathematics emphasizes the content of probability and statistics in junior and senior high schools. In this study, we will discuss the development of statistical literacy in secondary education based on the efforts of data science education in junior and senior high school attached to universities. Here, we regard statistical literacy as not only statistical knowledge and data analysis ability, but also ability based on a wide range of comprehensive knowledge. The practices being introduced in our school are for the purpose of fostering such statistical literacy. We cover the curriculum development of statistical education, teacher training, cooperation with other subjects, and cooperation with university education.