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Children and Schools in the Changing Community: A Comparative Study of School Problems in USA and Japan.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10045001
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Educaion
Research InstitutionFukushima University

Principal Investigator

HIRUTA Genshiro  Faculty of Education, Fukushima University, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (40282248)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKANO Takehiko  Faculty of Education, Fukushima University, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (70179464)
NAKANO Akinori  Faculty of Education, Fukushima University, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (20119605)
MATSUZAKI Hirofumi  Faculty of Education, Fukushima University, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (40114003)
SAKUMA Yasuyuki  Faculty of Education, Fukushima University, Assistant professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (90282293)
HATSUZAWA Toshio  Faculty of Education, Fukushima University, Assistant professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (10211476)
PICKLSEIMER ビリー  ミドルテネシー州立大学, 教育学部, 助教授
WILLIAMS Jan  ミドルテネシー州立大学, 教育学部, 助教授
三石 初雄  福島大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10157547)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Keywordsbehavior problem / junior high school student / comparative study / violence / bullying / school non-attendance / aggression / sense of discipline / 日米比較 / 学校カウンセラー / 子どもの問題行動 / 薬物乱用 / 障害児の早期療育 / 学校臨床 / スクールカウンセラー / 教育制度 / 教育の日米比較 / ドロップアウト / 10代の妊娠
Research Abstract

In fiscal 1988 and in 1999, we analyzed published data after collecting information on behavior problems of students in Japan and in America. We also visited several schools in Tennessee and learned that guns, drugs and pregnancy of teenagers were the big issues in American schools. School counselors and school social workers were conducting programs effectively to deal with those problems.
In fiscal 2000, we conducted a questionnaire survey for middle school students, their guardians and teachers in Fukushima city (F city) and in Nashville city (N city). We received 837 replies of students in F , city and 800 in N city. 30 to 40 percent of students in both cities said that they strongly disliked attending schools. Top three reasons for their dislike were "a hatred of studies", "a hatred of teachers" and "a bad relationship with peers". The features of bullying were almost the same in both cities, however, bullying in N city was more violent than that in F city. The students in N city had experienced bullying two to three times as many as the students in F city. About 60 percent of the students in both cities replied: "I have wanted to give somebody a good beating" "very often" or "sometimes". The same aggressive and destructive tendency was also revealed in the questionnaires on destroy of property and on suicidal idea. The regression models showed that stress at school had the positive relation with the dislike of school, the tendency to school avoidance and aggressive behaviors. On the contrary, a good family relationship, higher self-esteem, and the numbers of close friends decreased a risk of disliking and avoiding schools. Good family relationship, higher self-esteem, and higher sense of discipline decreased the tendency to aggression. It was highly probable that there existed almost the same mechanism of developing behavior problems of students despite of the big differences in the surfaced symptoms in both cities, the survey showed.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All Other

All Publications (15 results)

  • [Publications] Hiruta, G., Waldrop, P., et al.: "Behavior problems of students in Japan and America"福島大学教育学部論集(教育・心理学部門). 67. 35-53 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] ピックルザイマー, B., 中野明徳: "アメリカ合衆国のスクールカウンセリング"福島大学教育学部論集(教育・心理学部門). 67. 55-66 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] ウイリアムズ, J. 中野明徳: "アメリカの学校における問題行動の取り組み"福島大学教育学部論集(教育・心理学部門). 68. 19-24 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] ワールドロップ, P., 昼田源四郎: "アメリカの学校における生徒の問題行動"福島大学教育学部論集(教育・心理学部門). 70. 43-49 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiruta, G., Waldrop, P. and Hatsuzawa, T.: "Behavior problems of students in Japan and America"Bulletin of the Faculty of Education Fukushima University. No. 67. 35-53 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Pickleseimer, B. and Nakano, A.: "School counseling in America (in Japanese)"Bulletin of the Faculty of Education Fukushima University. No. 67. 55-66 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Williams, J. and Nakano, A.: "Addressing behavior problems in American Schools: Programs and Strategies (in Japanese)"Bulletin of the Faculty of Education Fukushima University. No. 68. 19-24 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Waldrop,P. and Hiruta, G.: "Behavior problems in schools in the United States (in Japanese)"Bulletin of the Faculty of Education Fukushima University. No. 70. 43-49 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] J・ウィリアムズ(中野明徳訳・解説): "アメリカの学校における問題行動の取り組み―そのプログラムと戦略―"福島大学教育学部論集. 68号. 19-24 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] B・ヒグドン(松崎博文訳・解説): "早期療育と読字障害"福島大学教育学部論集. 69号. 37-48 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 青木真理,中野明徳,昼田源四郎,水野晴夫: "教育実践総合センター「教育相談」研修講座について 第3報"福島大学教育実践研究紀要. 38号. 111-118 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 坂本淳史,中野明徳: "不登校児の転帰に影響を及ぼす要因の一考察-メンタルフレンドとして関わった事例を通して"福島大学教育実践研究紀要. 39号. 39-46 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中野明徳: "いじめと不登校の深層"精神文化研究所. 122 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Hiruta,G.,Waldrop,P.,et al.: "Behavioral Problems of Students in Japan and America."福島大学教育学部論集(教育・心理部門). 67号. 35-53 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] B・ピックルザイマー(中野明徳訳解説): "アメリカ合衆国のスクールカウンセリング"福島大学教育学部論集(教育・心理部門). 67号. 55-66 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report

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