Practice and Evaluation of a Kindergarten "Learning Innovation" Curriculum Using Tablet Devices

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350295
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Sonoda Women's University
• Principal Investigator: HOTTA Hiroshi 園田学園女子大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (60300349)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 幼児とメディア / カリキュラム / タブレット / 幼児教育 / メディア活用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study developed a childcare method and a curriculum that employ a tablet for each child or group as an integral part of a regular childcare classroom and implemented and assessed the same in five areas of Kindergarten Education Guidelines for presenting a model for its popularization.
First, after conducting a survey to determine usage and a survey of overseas kindergartens that use tablets in childcare by means of a literature survey and visits to kindergartens, the study identified what type of effect can be expected from the use of tablets in regular childcare classrooms. Childcare using one tablet per child or group was then provided, and a method and an appropriate curriculum for regular classroom childcare were developed. The results of this effort were summarized in a leaflet and distributed in a symposium to popularize the curriculum.

Free Research Field

教育工学