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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Development of Moral Educational Program in Japanese Kindergarten

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15530567
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Education on school subjects and activities
Research InstitutionSaitama University

Principal Investigator

SHUTO Toshimoto  Saitama University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (30187504)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NINOMIYA Katsumi  Aichi Gakuin University, Faculty of Policy Studies, Professor, 総合政策学部, 教授 (20135271)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2006
Keywordsmooral education / prosocial development / early childhood education / Storytelling / moral atmosphere / measurement and evaluation / multicultural education / guilt emotion
Research Abstract

A purpose of this study was to develop a moral education program in the kindergarten and an evaluation system. This study developed educational program on the basis of the following results of research about the morality development of the younger child.
First, young children's evaluations of social issues in the context with and without conflicts between moral and social order were examined. Results showed young children were able to evaluate moral or conventional behavior on one dimension. Though they weren't able to resolve moral/conventional conflicts by weighing moral values consistently, they were likely to give priority to moral dimensions against conventional rules in personal judgments. The results can be considered as demonstrating intuitive moral competence in young children.
Second, relationships between young children's prosocial development and parents' empathic experience for their family were examined. Findings revealed that children's prosocial development partly related … More to their parents' empathic experience and those relations varied according to combination of the sex between parent and child, and the kind of empathic experience. The findings that parents' empathic experience for other spouse was significantly correlated their child's empathic response and prosocial behavior suggested the dynamism of the family relations and the mutual development among family.
Third, preschool teachers' objectives of breeding insects and the efficacy of such breeding experience were examined. Insects familiar to young children are very easy-to-handle educational material, being inexpensive and not being troublesome. Teachers were queried on the reason for breeding insects, and it was learned that breeding was for the purpose of "informing young children of the ecology of insects."
Environment constitution in a classroom to develop the moral autonomy of the infant, activity and play with peers to promote a moral experience, the guidance method how to use the picture book which was effective for moral education for, an education method through the animal breeding and an self-evaluation system for teachers. Less

  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (17 results)

  • [Journal Article] 道徳と慣習の領域葛藤場面における幼児の社会的判断2006

    • Author(s)
      首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      日本道徳性心理学研究 第20巻

      Pages: 1-6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 幼児の向社会性と親の共感経験との関連2006

    • Author(s)
      首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学紀要教育学部(教育科学) 第55巻2号

      Pages: 121-132

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 幼児のストレスと保育者の働きかけ2006

    • Author(s)
      高橋順子, 橋本多恵, 首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学紀要教育学部(教育科学) 第55巻2号

      Pages: 133-140

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] タイの幼児教育 : タイと日本の保育者による協同の保育の試み2006

    • Author(s)
      高橋順子, 首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学教育学部附属教育実践総合センター紀要 第5号

      Pages: 185-195

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Early childhood education in Thailand : An exploratory report on the collaboration of the childcare by the teachers of the Thai and the Japanese2006

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, J., Shuto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Integrated Center for Clinical and Educational Practice (Saitama University) No.5

      Pages: 185-195

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Relationships between Young Children's Prosocial Development and Parents' Empathic Experience for their Family2006

    • Author(s)
      Shuto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Saitama University, (Faculty of Education) 55(2)

      Pages: 121-131

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Young children's evaluation of social issues in the context with and without conflict between moral and social order.2006

    • Author(s)
      Shuto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Morality Psychology 20

      Pages: 1-6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 多面的領域としての"個人道徳"の概念とその心理学的研究の展望2005

    • Author(s)
      首藤敏元, 二宮克美
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学教育学部紀要(教育科学) 第54巻1号

      Pages: 23-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 幼児教育における集団での絵本の読み聞かせ2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋順子, 首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学教育学部附属教育実践総合センター紀要 第4号

      Pages: 165-176

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 幼稚園・保育園の動物飼育状況と飼育体験効果に関する研究展望 : 子どもとムシとの関わりに関する研究に着目して2005

    • Author(s)
      山下久美, 首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学教育学部附属教育実践総合センター紀要 第4号

      Pages: 177-188

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 親の養育態度と幼児の社会道徳性との関係に関する韓・日比較分析2005

    • Author(s)
      崔順子, 首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学教育学部紀要(教育科学) 第54巻2号

      Pages: 35-44

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 日本における向社会的行動研究の現状 : この20年間の歩みと課題2005

    • Author(s)
      二宮克美
    • Journal Title

      東海心理学研究(東海心理学会) 第1号

      Pages: 45-54

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Storytelling for groups in preschool education2005

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, J., Shuto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Integrated Center for Clinical and Educational Practice (Saitama University) No.4

      Pages: 165-176

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Review of researches on actual conditions of raising animals in nursery schools, and researches of actual effects of animal raising experiences2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, K., Shuto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Integrated Center for Clinical and Educational Practice (Saitama University) No.4

      Pages: 177-188

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Personal-Moral Issues as a Multi faced Domain : Its Conceptions and Future Directions for Psychological Research2005

    • Author(s)
      Shuto, T., Ninomiya, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Saitama University, (Faculty of Education) 54(1)

      Pages: 23-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 幼児への動物教材(ムシ類)の提供についての研究2004

    • Author(s)
      山下久美, 首藤敏元
    • Journal Title

      埼玉大学教育学部附属教育実践総合センター紀要 第3号

      Pages: 149-157

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Research on providing children with insects as teaching materials2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, K., Shuto, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Integrated Center for Clinical and Educational Practice (Saitama University) No.3

      Pages: 149-157

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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