2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Survey on Early Childhood Education through Playing at Nursery Schools

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730646
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	Seiwa Gakuen Junior College
Principal Investigator	IIJIMA Noriko 聖和学園短期大学, その他部局等, 准教授 (40581351)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	幼児教育 / 保育所 / 遊び / 保育計画
Research Abstract	We aim to develop a better method to combine the early childhood education at nursery schools with the education at elementary schools. Our survey shows that most nursery school teachers realize the importance of the children's abilities to read letters and count in their early stage. Some classrooms are designed to interest children in letters and numbers, but they provide not much opportunity for children to play with letters and numbers. The survey also shows that the activities at most nursery schools are much the same as the ones at elementary schools, although many nursery school teachers understand the differences between education at nursery schools and education at elementary schools. An interesting case is reported where our advice helped nursery school teachers on their own develop a game effective in motivating children to learn.

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