Developing an academic study support for institutionalized children

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590179
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Fukuyama University (2014-2016); Jin-ai University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: AKAZAWA Junko 福山大学, 人間文化学部, 教授 (90291880)
• Research Collaborator: AKASHI Hidemi 児童家庭支援センター, 臨床心理士
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 児童養護施設入所児童 / 個別学習支援プログラム / 学習コンピテンス / 自尊心 / コンボイ / 大学生 / 援助成果 / 福祉職適性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study, we developed an academic study support program, in which specially trained university students tutored individual institutionalized children twice a month for one year. After the completion of the program, we examined its effect on the children, university students, and care-giving staff..
We found that after finishing the program, children who enjoyed being tutored by a university student improved their test scores on mathematics and Japanese language compared to those who did not find enjoyment in the program. As for the university students, they increased in willingness to take responsibility for helping people as well as scored higher on altruism and interpersonal relationship measures after the program. It was revealed that care-giver’s awareness of the necessity of the program was higher after the study than it was before the program started, and they realized that the program worked for children’s improvement of emotional stability as well.

Free Research Field

発達心理学