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Hiroo Matsumoto; Hiromi Nishiu; Mina Taniguchi; Motoko Kataoka; Gota Matsui – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This study explored options for pedagogical photo documentation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) practices to hear the voices of children, parents, and guardians in ways that make developing the documentation manageable for practitioners. Two Japanese kindergartens participated in an action research project entitled 'Wall Newspapers…
Descriptors: Play, Foreign Countries, Photography, Documentation
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Nakamura, Daisuke; Ogawa, Masato; Nakamura, Teruhiko; Izawa, Kazuhiro P. – Journal of School Health, 2018
BACKGROUND: Low-functional health literacy (HL) of parents influences poor child health outcomes. This study aimed to assess the relationship between comprehensive HL of parents and body mass index (BMI) of their children. METHODS: We enrolled 3- to 6-year-old preschool-aged children and their parents in this multicenter cross-sectional cohort…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Child Health, Body Height
Saracho, Olivia, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
Researchers from different disciplines (e.g., physiological, psychological, philosophical) have investigated motivation using multiple approaches. For example, in physiology (the scientific study of the normal function in living systems such as biology), researchers may use "electrical and chemical stimulation of the brain, the recording of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Motivation, Cognitive Processes, Young Children
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Fernandes, Fernanda, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2017
Speech-language pathology has different practice and research histories, standards, methods, and challenges in different countries and regions. Awareness of these different realities may contribute to the scientific development of the field and improve the services delivered to different populations. Sharing solutions to similar problems in…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Therapy, Evaluation, Aphasia
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Hashimoto, Yuko – Childhood Education, 2012
Community-based volunteer programs to support children's book reading have existed in Japan for the past 70 years or so. Recently, because of the national emphasis on providing child-rearing support for families with young children, more programs are being offered to encourage parent-child shared book reading starting when children are very young.…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Foreign Countries, Local Government, Young Children
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Taylor, Satomi Izumi; Wang, L. Weiping; Ogawa, Tetsuya – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the concept of "hansei" (introspection) among teachers, parents, and other relatives of Japanese kindergarteners. The data came from essays written by Japanese adults. The data analysis revealed that the concept of "hansei" encompassed self-evaluation, improvement, and morality. The…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Adults, Kindergarten