Fostering students' minds through martial arts classes: effects of new kendo classes practiced in small schools

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12633
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: YANO HIROMITSU 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系教育学部門, 准教授 (90299363)
• Research Collaborator: OGAWA KAZUMA ; AKITA YUTA
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 剣道授業 / 小規模校 / 達成動機 / 自己効力感 / 自尊感情

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Martial arts have been compulsory in compulsory education from 2012, so classes in martial arts are being implemented in all junior high schools. The philosophy of martial arts is to refine the mind through martial arts and to form one’s personality, which is required in modern school education. However, in previous studies so far, there are few scholarly data that provide evidence that "minds of students grew" by martial arts classes. Therefore, in this research, we aimed to verify whether self-efficacy, self-esteem, achievement motive can be enhanced by Kendo class.
As a result of this research, it was confirmed that the self-efficacy, self-esteem, and achievement motive of students changed positively even in the long term and short term by the implementation of Kendo classes conducted at a small schools, and the psychological effect of the Kendo class was recognized.

Free Research Field

運動心理学