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Masashi Watanabe; Naoko Aoyagi; Naomi Kaminaga – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of a simultaneous intervention in kindergarten and home to improve ball skills in children. Two kindergartens in Ibaraki, Japan, were divided into intervention (N = 98, mean age = 5.5 [0.6] years) and control groups (N = 88, mean age = 5.6 [0.6] years). The intervention was for 4 weeks. Parents received emails…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Psychomotor Skills, Early Intervention
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Zhu, Zhu; Tanaka, Emiko; Tomisaki, Etsuko; Watanabe, Taeko; Sawada, Yuko; Li, Xiang; Jiao, Dandan; Ajmal, Ammara; Matsumoto, Munenori; Zhu, Yantong; Anme, Tokie – School Psychology International, 2022
Self-care ability and social skills are potential areas of difficulty for preschool children. However, values about young children's self-care ability are different worldwide. This longitudinal study examined the influence of early self-care ability on social skills at the end of the preschool years. Participants were 509 children recruited from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Daily Living Skills
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Oshiro, Aiko; Pihl, Agneta; Peterson, Louise; Pramling, Niklas – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2019
This study reports an analysis of how children in a Japanese kindergarten are scaffolded when facing the challenge of collaboratively retelling a "kitsune" story they have been told. What is referred to as a "kitsune" story is an example of a trickster tale with foxes as anthropomorphised animals. The participants were ten…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Story Telling
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Koreeda, Kiyoji, Ed.; Tsuge, Masayoshi, Ed.; Ikuta, Shigeru, Ed.; Dalton, Elizabeth Minchin, Ed.; Ewe, Linda Plantin, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
Inclusive education remains a significant challenge in today's educational landscape, as K-12 classrooms and higher education institutions struggle to meet the diverse needs of all students. To address this pressing issue, "Developing Inclusive Environments in Education: Global Practices and Curricula," led by Kiyoji Koreeda, offers…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Access to Education
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 20th Jubilee Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), conducted virtually in June 2022. The 20th BCES Conference theme is "Towards the Next Epoch of Education." The theme is focused on problems, discussions, changes, solutions, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation