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Child-rearing difficulties and social support policy
No full textP(論文)In recent years there has been a growing recognition that parental anxiety related to child-rearing difficulties is becoming a serious problem in Japan. Until recently, problems with child-rearing have been a matter of individual parental responsibility. This sole focus on parental responsibility has resulted in an increase of child-rearing problems. It is argued here that increased community and social support would lead to a reduction in child-rearing problems.departmental bulletin pape
A case of developmental dyslexia and dysgraphia characterized by difficulty writing kanji characters
Get PDFP(論文)Herein, we present a with development dyslexia whose writing skills were analyzed in detail, and discuss future support options. The patient was a 10 year-old boy who was a found grader attending a regular elementary school. The results of the WISC-III, K-ABC, ITPA, PVT-R, DTVP, diagnostic reading tests and STRAW showed that the patient had difficulty writing kanji characters despite the absence of overall intellectual, psychological or social disorders. Hence, the writing skills of the patient were analyzed by asking the patient to write common kanji characters and differentiate the character shapes of kanji characters. The visual information processing process that is required for learning to write kanji characters involves: 1) visual recognition of model kanji characters; 2) visual memory and retention; 3) memory recall of kanji forms. The patient was able to differentiate the character shapes of kanji characters and recognize individual differences; however, his spatial arrangement skills were low. Furthermore, the results suggested that he had difficulty retaining visual memory, and he was not able to accurately recognize kanji characters that are visual pictorial forms. Therefore, it was deduced that the patient could not accurately ascertain kanji forms and had difficulty writing kanji characters. Although the patient was able to differentiate similar character shapes, assistive technology may be an effective auxiliary technique for alleviating learning difficulties due to dysgraphia.departmental bulletin pape
Structure of children's attitudes toward "dichotomy of gender": the analysis of interviews for preschool children
No full textP(論文)The purpose of this article is to examine the structure of children's attitudes toward the "dichotomy of gender" through interviews with preschool children. Data was collected during July and August 2006. A total of 67 children in the Kyushu and Chugoku districts responded to the interview. Questions were about their preference of clothing (shorts and skirt), colors (red, blue, green, pink) toys (car, a stuffed animal, blocks, and play house items), characters (Hello Kitty, GoGo Sentai Boukenger, Futari wa Pretty Cure, Pikachu); their attitudes toward play activities (playing jump rope, playing soccer, playing untei, a horizontal ladder, and playing house), and asking them which gender these things were appropriate for. The findings are as follows : Firstly, the children's preferences with clothing, colors, toys and characters were differentiated according to heir gender, and they took them for granted. Secondly, these children thought that three of the play activities were gender differentiated: playing soccer and playing untei are for boys and playing house is for girls. thirdly, some children could cross the gender border, with variation of preferences. I discuss these results in terms of gender construction during early childhood.departmental bulletin pape
Family change and the reformation of day nursery policies
No full textP(論文)The national day nursery system in Japan was established in 1947, shortly after the end of World War II. From the beginning, this system was oriented towards providing universal day nursery care services. However, in practice these services were actually provided to only a limited number of children from low income families. This limited delivery of services was sue to the receptive nature of the Japanese day care nursery providers. Day nursery care services later expanded in the period of high economic growth. This expansion was in response to the needs of increasing numbers of families with both parents working. This expansion of services was accompanied by the demand for more diverse day care services. In order to cope with this demand, the government of Japan chose to deregulate the day nursery business. This policy of deregulation has brought about serious problems. In this paper it is argued that adequate public nursery services need to be provided.departmental bulletin pape
Health level and lifestyle habits of university students in a health science class
No full textP(論文)The current status of health level and lifestyle habits among university students in a health science class was investigated. The subjects were 62 male and 46 female freshmen of a school of social welfare in 2008. A survey was conducted using the Diagnostic Inventory of Health and Lifestyle Habits (DIHAL.2) at the end of the class (July). Males were found to show significantly higher total scores for health level (p<0.01) and lifestyle habits (exercise, eating and resting) (p<0.01) than females. Likewise, they also had significantly higher total scores for exercise (p<0.001) and resting (p<0.05). A significant gender difference was also observed for a pattern classification of lifestyle (p<0.01); males showed a strong tendency for a fulfilling-type lifestyle and a lifestyle that requires care with regard to lifestyle habits, and little tendency for a lifestyle that requires care with regard to both health level and lifestyle habits, while few females showed a fulfilling-type lifestyle and instead showed a strong tendency for a lifestyle that requires care with regard to both health level and lifestyle habits. The results suggest the importance and necessity of health, sport and physical education in a university to improve students' health.departmental bulletin pape
