Development of Application for Tablet-type Device to Support Learning of Children and Education of Nursery Teachers in Preschool

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350351
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Shitennoji University Junior College
• Principal Investigator: MATSUYAMA YUMIKO 四天王寺大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 教授 (90322619)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 幼児教育 / メディア活用 / タブレット活用 / アプリケーション開発 / 保育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate an application for tablet-devise using preschool in Japan. "ASCA"(Archives Sharing and Creating Anytime for preschool) is developed Application for Tablet-type Device. It is an integrated application that have photo shooting, album, recording and presentation function in a private network for children. In addition, nursery teachers can attache tags to photos taken by children. Nursery teachers are able to evaluate for their education and children using tags that they retrieve / organize children's photo data.
The developed application is attempted to evaluate by using it according to the aims and methods of three preschools in Japan. The result showed that "ASCA" is easy to use for children, but it is difficult to adjust to the timing of children's play and learning. Moreover, it is necessary to improve operability of the user interface, in particular, the function of taking tags on data by nursery teachers.

Free Research Field

教育工学，保育・幼児教育学