Development of educational program for early childhood education and care to aim at establishment of sociomoral atmosphere

• Project/Area Number: 24730692
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educaion
• Research Institution: University of Miyazaki
• Principal Investigator: Mukugi Kyoko 宮崎大学, 教育文化学部, 准教授 (00520230)
• Research Collaborator: NISHIDA Yukiyo ; SUZUKI Yumiko ; TAOKA Yumiko ; MORIKAWA Atsuko ; KUDO Michiko ; NOSAKI Hidemasa ; MATSUNO Hitohide ; MATSUNO Renko ; MATSUKI Tomoko
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 幼児教育・保育 / 道徳教育 / 道徳性 / 積み木遊び / 道徳性育成 / 道徳性の育成 / 実践事例研究 / イギリス / 協同遊び / 積み木 / シンガポール

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop a curriculum and a educational program that accorded with the moral development of the babies and young children with teachers and practitioners of early childhood education and care.Therefore, in this study period, I was aimed at clarifying some elements about moral cognitive development of babies and young children, and getting some suggestions about the morality upbringing that accorded with a background of culture and society of our country by comparison with foreign childcare practice.
As a result of research about development of play and recognition of relations to another person in block play from 1 year old to 5 years old, it was suggested that the morality of infant was related with the development of cognitiv ability and phyisical ability. In addition, it was suggested that differences of a way of thinking about a curriculum influenced educational methods by comparison with foreign practice example.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Analysis on imitative behaviors of young children in block play (2015)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Mukugi
  • Organizer: The Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association 2015 Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-24 – 2015-07-26
• [Presentation] Analysis on imitative behaviors of young children in block play (2015)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Mukugi
  • Organizer: 16th Annual Conference of PECERA 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Sydney, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analysis about the development of recognition of infants in brick play (2014)
  • Author(s): Kyoko Mukugi, Yumiko Taoka, Astuko Morikawa
  • Organizer: 6th Biennial Conference of the International Broebel Society
  • Place of Presentation: Canterbury Crist Church University, Canterbury, UK
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-26 – 2014-06-28
• [Book] 教育原理 (2016)
  • Author(s): 矢藤誠慈郎・北野幸子・内田千春・菱田隆明・本多みどり・椋木香子
  • Total Pages: 184
  • Publisher: 中央法規出版
• [Book] 教育原理 (2015)
  • Author(s): 北野幸子、矢藤誠慈郎、椋木香子、他
  • Total Pages: 200
  • Publisher: 中央法規出版