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Why Don't Japanese Early Childhood Educators Intervene in Children's Physical Fights? Some Characteristics of the "Mimamoru" Approach
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Nakatsubo, Fuminori; Ueda, Harutomo; Kayama, Misa – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
This study aims to examine pedagogical meanings of the "Mimamoru" approach frequently used by Japanese early childhood educators in children's physical fights. "Mimamoru" is a strategy in which educators intentionally withhold an intervention, while carefully observing children, to foster children's voluntary participation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Role
Preschool Social-Emotional Competencies Predict School Adjustment in Grade 1
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Nakamichi, Keito; Nakamichi, Naoko; Nakazawa, Jun – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
We investigated whether preschoolers' social-emotional competencies predict their peer relationships and academic achievements during grade one. Measures of cool and hot executive functions, theory of mind, social-problem-solving, and peer acceptance were administered to a sample of 48 preschoolers (M = 77.91 months). Academic achievement and peer…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Peer Acceptance, Preschool Children
Gender Differences in Executive Function and Behavioural Self-Regulation in 5 Years Old Kindergarteners from East Japan
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Yamamoto, Noriko; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The present study examined gender differences in kindergarten students' ability for behavioural self-regulation and executive function in East Japan. One hundred and eleven 5-year-old children were assessed on behavioural self-regulation, inhibitory, and working memory tasks (direct measurement). Children's responses to the teacher's instructions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Executive Function, Self Control
Parental Perception of Behavioral Symptoms in Japanese Autistic Children.
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Ohta, Masataka; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
Analysis of diagnostic questionnaires completed by Japanese parents of 141 autistic children below the age of 12 found that the Japanese peak of abnormal social behavior, including autistic symptoms as reported by parents, was from the ages of 3 to 9 years as compared with the U.S. and European peak of 3 to 6 years. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Children, Cultural Differences
Lifelong Learning and Demographics: A Japanese Perspective
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Ogawa, Seiko – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
This paper explores the social dimension of lifelong learning from the perspective of demographics, with particular focus on the issue of the birth of fewer children, which has become one of the most important current social issues in Japanese society. When considering the relationship between lifelong learning and demographics, the issues arising…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Demography, Foreign Countries, Child Rearing
Center-Based Evening Child Care: Implications for Young Children's Development.
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Anme, Tokie; Segal, Uma A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
This study examined the effects of child day care, evening care, and night care on the development and adaptation of young children in Japan. Caregivers completed a survey on the home childrearing environment, their feelings of self-efficacy, and the presence of child care support. Results of the discriminant analysis indicated that factors in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Care, Child Care Centers