Current situation and problems of vitamin learning in elementary and secondary education and higher education

DOI Web Site
  • Abe Chisato
    Department of Life and Environmental Science, Tsu City College
  • Banno Tomoko
    Department of Applied Life Studies, College of Nagoya Women's University
  • Uchida Tomono
    Department of Home Economics, Aichi Gakusen University
  • Sano Kana
    Department of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences
  • Ikeda Saiko
    Department of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 初等中等教育および高等教育におけるビタミン学習の現状と課題
  • 初等中等教育および高等教育におけるビタミン学習の現状と課題 : 大学生を対象にしたビタミン関連用語の認知度調査の結果から
  • ショトウ チュウトウ キョウイク オヨビ コウトウ キョウイク ニ オケル ビタミン ガクシュウ ノ ゲンジョウ ト カダイ : ダイガクセイ オ タイショウ ニ シタ ビタミン カンレン ヨウゴ ノ ニンチド チョウサ ノ ケッカ カラ
  • 大学生を対象にしたビタミン関連用語の認知度調査の結果から
  • the results of a recognition survey of vitamin-related terms for college students

Search this article

Abstract

Japanese people learn the basics of nutrition in elementary and secondary education and further deepen their knowledge in higher education. However, there is no survey research to clarify how much knowledge on vitamins Japanese people have obtained from nutrition in these educations. We attempted to clarify the degree of establishment of vitamin learning in elementary and secondary education and the situation of vitamin learning in higher education by investigating the degree of recognition of vitamin-related terms for college students. The recognition of 37 words of vitamin-related terms described in the textbooks of home economics and science in elementary, junior high, and high schools was examined for 1,134 students enrolled in university or junior college. The vitamin-related terms included 13 words of vitamins, 8 words of the chemical names of vitamins, 9 words of provitamins, and 7 words of coenzymes. Students majoring in the food-related field showed a high degree of recognition of vitamin-related terms and had a certain level of knowledge on the physiological effects of vitamins and vitamin-rich foods. On the other hand, students majoring in other fields had a low degree of recognition of vitamins, and their Nnowledge on the physiological effects of vitamins and vitamin-rich foods was poor. These results suggest that little knowledge on the physiological effects of vitamins and foods rich in vitamins has been obtained in elementary and secondary education, although vitamin learning in higher education is effective.

Journal

  • VITAMINS

    VITAMINS 91 (12), 688-695, 2017

    THE VITAMIN SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top