2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Developing Human-Resource-Development Program for Staff of Community Spaces for Adolescent Children

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25882008
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Childhood science (childhood environment science)
Research Institution	Chiba University
Principal Investigator	YAMADA Kyoko 千葉大学, 教育学部, 特任助教 (30710321)
Project Period (FY)	2013-08-30 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	人材育成 / 思春期 / 地域 / 居場所 / 子ども学 / 子ども環境学
Research Abstract	The final purpose of this research is creating community environment that can foster adolescent children fairly and healthily. In particular, there were two aims in 2013: clarifying needs of adolescent children about facilities and human resources in their local communities, and developing a Human-Resource-Development (HRD) program for staff of community spaces. In this year, we did some questionnaires toward to 2,000 adolescent children, field research in four foreign cities, and research about correlation between self-esteem and time perspective. We uncovered some factors that influence adolescent children's motivation and mental stability, and clarified skill-set and mind-set as staff of community spaces. Current phase is trying and improving the HRD program being supported by a non-profit organization that is creating a community space for students in Ichikawa City, Japan.