Industry and its effective factors that support Flow experiences in P.E. classes

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350716
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Wakayama University
• Principal Investigator: Koji Murase 和歌山大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90586041)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 自律性 / 勤勉性 / フロー体験 / 挑戦機会 / 内発的動機づけ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, many researchers reported the importance of cultivate Industry (Conscientiousness), which is one stage of the Erickson's psychological developmental model, in early childhood. The purpose of this study was to extract elements about Industry from P.E. classes and to develop a questionnaire which is able to evaluate Industry. The elements of Industry were extracted from P.E. classes of elementary school through the qualitative analysis. Then, the questionnaire of Industry was made from the elements. A total of 1,276 elementary school students completed the questionnaire. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed four factors with 22 items: (1) empathy for peers, (2) discovery of challenge, (3) initial remark, and (4) Conscientiousness. These four factors assumed to be able to evaluate autonomous Industry in P.E. classes.

Free Research Field

体育科教育