Shintaro Abe

Main subjects

Consumer Life and Administration, Fundamentals of Macroeconomics, Social Studies Education Act I-IV, Civics Education Act I-II

Research Themes and Keywords

Fundamental Research on consumer education, international comparative analysis of economic and financial literacy, Research on consumer education and economic education in social studies and civics education

Final academic background/degree

Graduate School of Research, Waseda University, Doctoral Program, Completed / Master's degree

licence · Qualification

Junior High School Teacher's License (Social Studies), Senior High School Teacher's Certificate (Citizens), Second-Class Senior High School Teacher's License (Social Studies)

Affiliated academic society

Japan Society of Consumer Education, Japan Society of Economic Education, Japan Society of Social Studies Education, Japan Society of Civic Education

Major achievements

Financial Literacy among Japanese University Students: Current State and Issues (Co-authored Fast Author, Josai International University Kiyo Kiyo, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 41-51, March 2022), "A Comparative Analysis of High School and University Students' Economic Literacy in the 2010s. A Comparative Analysis of Economic Literacy Surveys of High School and University Students in the 2010s," Asia Pacific Review, No. 35 (Waseda University, Asia Pacific Research Department),pp.173-187, Single-Author (Refereed), March 2019, "Efficiency, Fairness Perspective and Consumer Education," Consumer Education Volume 35 (Japan Association for Consumer Education),pp.1-10, Single-Author (Refereed), September 2015, "New Consumer Education, Second Edition: Considering Future Consumer Lifestyles (Keio University Press, Shared authorship, 2019).

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extracurricular activities

Vice President of Japan Association for Consumer Education, Director of Economic Education Association, Councilor of Management Association (Former Vice Chancellor), Auditor of Economic Education Network

Social contribution activities

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Courses of Study for Senior High Schools (Announced in 2018) Civics, Politics and Economics "Cooperator of Professional Work Necessary for Examination of Improvements to Courses of Study, etc.", Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Secondary Education Teaching Materials Editorial Committee Committee member (“Utilization of Accounting Information” class support package, 2022), Financial Literacy Promotion Committee member, “The Guide to Financial Literacy Revised Edition” (creating teaching materials for university students, 2016)