Development of safety education methods focusing on "meta-cognitive ability" among adolescents

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12684
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Tohoku Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Ogawa Kazuhisa 東北工業大学, 教職課程センター, 教授 (00224098)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: メタ認知能力 / 安全教育 / 青年期 / 意思決定 / 交通安全 / 学校安全

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed at developing safety educational programs for students at high-school and junior high-school, focusing on meta-cognitive ability to reflect on their own cycling behavior or decision-making process. The effectiveness of the educational programs were examined through an analysis of changes in awareness of self-monitoring and visual checking behavior while cycling. After the programs, it was found that the scores of a meta-cognitive scale raised up and the improvement of visual checking behavior at an intersection was observed. It would be also expected that the educational methods developed in the study would apply to promote self-growth for adolescents.

Free Research Field

交通心理学