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Japanese Version of the Personal Outcomes Scale for Persons with Intellectual Disability: Validity and Reliability
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Tatsuta, Mizuho; Kawai, Norimune; Ushiyama, Michio; Lombardi, Marco – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: The Personal Outcomes Scale is a measurement tool to examine quality of life among persons with intellectual disability. This paper addressed the validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the scale using both self-reports and reports of others. Method: Data were collected from 128 people with intellectual disability (90 men…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability, Test Validity
International Students' Experience with Health Care in Japan
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Soneta, Masumi; Kondo, Akiko; Abuliezi, Renaguli; Kimura, Aya – SAGE Open, 2021
The number of foreign residents and visitors in Japan is increasing, which necessitates culturally competent care in hospitals. This study aimed to describe the experience of international students who visited hospitals in Japan. In total, nine international graduate students in a medical university participated in semi-structured interviews in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Experience, Health Services, Foreign Countries
Working toward Cross-Cultural Adaptation: Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of the Affect Knowledge Test in Japanese Preschoolers
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Watanabe, Naomi; Denham, Susanne A.; Jones, Nicole M.; Kobayashi, Tessei; Bassett, Hideko H.; Ferrier, David E. – SAGE Open, 2019
To facilitate preschoolers' emotional development, it is useful to have a developmentally and culturally appropriate measure of emotion knowledge. The Affect Knowledge Test (AKT), a widely used measure of emotion knowledge, has been previously used with diverse cultural groups, including Japanese preschoolers, despite scarce reliability and…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Preschool Children, Psychometrics, Test Reliability
Exploring Japanese High School English Teachers' Foreign Language Teacher Efficacy Beliefs
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Thompson, Gene; Woodman, Karen – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
This study explored the foreign language teaching efficacy beliefs of Japanese high school English teachers. The study provides a teacher efficacy scale designed for the Japanese context, which could also be used or adapted for similar contexts in the wider East Asian area. Data were drawn from an online survey of 141 participants. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Language Teachers
Assessment for Learning Practices in Japan: Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
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Shimojima, Yasuko; Arimoto, Masahiro – Assessment Matters, 2017
The dichotomy between content knowledge and 21st-century skills ("zest for life" in the Japanese context) has been an issue since the early 2000s in Japan. Recently it has been evident in the demand for a high school-university connection. In spite of such a division, involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles, Japan can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
Culturally Sensitive Art Education in a Global World: A Handbook for Teachers
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Manifold, Marjorie Cohee, Ed.; Willis, Steve Ed.; Zimmerman, Enid, Ed. – National Art Education Association, 2016
Globalization is blurring the lines between once clearly defined groups of people, making cultural sensitivity more important than ever. Culturally sensitive art education can cultivate the ability for students to empathize with and care about others, but until now, few guidelines have existed to help art educators bring together those from…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Relevance, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education