The developmental changes in stories produced by five, six, seven, and eight-year-old children

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530824
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: MORI Toshiaki 広島大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 教授 (10110834)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WAKAYAMA Ikuyo 富山大学, 人間発達科学部, 准教授 (90553115)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 物語 / 創作 / 幼児 / 小学校低学年

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to examine the developmental changes in stories produced by five, six, seven, and eight-year-old children using the Monet painting. In the previous study, the developmental changes in stories produced by children were not examined. The five, six, seven, and eight-year-old children were asked to construct a story from a Monet’s painting. Children’s stories were transcribed and a qualitative analysis as well as a quantitative analysis of the transcriptions was carried out. Developmental changes were found in children’s stories, i.e., from the stage of listing arbitrary ideas which occurred to children inspired by the painting to the stage of creating a reasonable story based on the schema activated by the painting. These findings were discussed in terms of cognitive developmental theories.

Free Research Field

教育心理学