1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Effects of The Nurture System on Body Awareness and Action Character in Preschool Children
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02680124
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
体育学
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| Research Institution | Nagasaki Prefectural Women's Junior College |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUNAGA Keiko Nagasaki Prefectural Women's Junior College, Nurture, Associate Professor, 保育科, 助教授 (60141793)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1991
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| Keywords | Nurture System / Preschool / Day Nursery / Body Awareness / Behavior Characteristics / Body Image / Body Schema / Body Concept |
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| Research Abstract |
The author investigated the differences of the effects on children between preschool and day nursery curriculum. The conclusions were as follows :
1) As to body awareness, day nursery children up to 5 and 6 months of age drew pictures of larger size, showed more excellent physical fitness (made more points in total scores), and felt more relaxed and satisfied in mind and body than preschool children of the same age.
2) Day nursery children were able to recognize the parts of body better than preschool children. It was considered to be the effects of long nursing period of a day.
3) Preschool. children's plays were more conspicuous in the whole behavior characteristics than day nursery children's.
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