2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Self-Esteem of Children with Developmental Disabilities and Educational Practice
| Project/Area Number |
21730723
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Special needs education
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| Research Institution | Gifu University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOJIMA Michio 岐阜大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50362827)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 特別支援教育 / 発達障害 / 自尊感情 |
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| Research Abstract |
The prevent research examined characteristic of the self-esteem of children with developmental disabilities and factors that influence their self-esteem. The participants in the study were 20 children with pervasive developmental disorders(PDD). The main results were as follows(1): the self-esteem of children with PDD was influenced by self-evaluation and social support ;(2) the self-esteem was influenced by chronological age and IQ ;(3) there is individual difference in self-esteem of children with PDD.
Next, this study examined the self-esteem of teachers themselves as a factor that may affect self-esteem support for children with developmental disabilities. Moreover, this study also examined room assignment, which results in different amounts of time a teacher spends directly with a child with developmental disabilities, as a factor that may affect self-esteem support for those children. Subjects were 914 elementary and middle school teachers. Analysis shows the self-esteem of teachers themselves must remain somewhat high so that they are sufficiently aware of self-esteem support for children with developmental disabilities and actually seek to provide that support. Both elementary and middle school teachers were that teachers who most often interact directly with children with developmental disabilities, i. e. special needs teachers and resource room teachers, had greater recognition of the need for support in enhancing self-esteem than did regular classroom teachers.
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