Ecological and cultural approach to developing a community of early chilldhood settings

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590166
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: KAWATA Manabu 北海道大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80403765)
• Research Collaborator: OIKAWA Tomohiro ; IUCHI Sei
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 幼稚園 / 幼児 / 発達 / 環境 / 行事 / 時間的環境 / 仲間関係 / 保育者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we examined the relationship between early childhood settings (i.e. kindergarten) and experiences of young children to generate a framework for integrating educational practices and human development. Focused on three environmental arrangements - physical, communicative, temporal - , we analyzed how to arrange posted notices about daily or longer-term schedule for children, tools or materials for play, varying events (e.g. UNDOKAI athletic meet), and so on. Particularly, systematic description of temporal arrangements by teachers (or mutual constitution of teachers and children) was considered crucial for integrating environment and children.

Free Research Field

発達心理学