a comparative study of Japanese and American junior high school health & physical education curriculum theory and its practice feeling using qualitaive content analysis method

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20077
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 59030:Physical education, and physical and health education-related
• Research Institution: Ikuei University
• Principal Investigator: WADA HIROSHI 育英大学, 教育学部, 講師 (80739079)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: カリキュラム / 生涯スポーツ / スポーツ教育 / 中学校保健体育 / 教師教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to compare the junior high school health and physical education curricula in Japan and the United States. As a result, it was found that the study subjects in Japan had a strong sense of victory and peer pressure among the children, with a lot of detailed sports-related learning content. It was also revealed that the average length of one unit of study was 7.4 hours. On the other hand, study participants in the U.S. state of Missouri were provided with learning content related to fitness education. Furthermore, the learning content related to sports was less than in Japan, and the lessons were student-centered.

Free Research Field

スポーツ教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで日本の中学校保健体育カリキュラム論に対する議論は少ないと言われている。その中で、本研究は、年間指導計画の実態や指導要領に対する教師の実感を明らかにした。さらに、高等学校の学習指導要領で示されるゴール型とネット型の学習内容の習得率と運動実施率の関係について相関がないことを明らかにした、これに加え、中学校教師と大学教師の4年間における力量形成とスポーツ教育モデルに関する習熟過程ついて明らかにした。