著者

鈴木 順和 大塚 稔

出版者

宮崎女子短期大学

雑誌

宮崎女子短期大学紀要 (ISSN:02898748)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.26, pp.75-86, 2000-03

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This survey was conducted to investigate students' independent study habits and activities after school. The questionnaire, which consisted of 18 items, was completed by 217 (68.2%) of 318 students in 1994. The results were as follows : 1) Most students studied less than one hour a day at home, and used most of that time to do their Special subject assignments. There were few students who studied at other schools (language school, etc.) and most students spent a lot of time doing part time jobs after school. 2) There were few students who read books for more than one hour a day and a lot of students who seldom read books ; especially Western books. They, however, often watched TV ; the time spent watching TV was more than three times the time spent reading books. Students were interested in employment or hobbies, but scarcely interested in lessons other than English subjects. 3) Many students were satisfied with school life, but one third of the first year students were not satisfied. The main reasons for being satisfied with school life were friends and interesting/beneficial subjects, and the main reasons for being unsatisfied were a lack of beneficial/interesting subjects or good teachers. These results suggest that there are few students who study independently and most students have not acquired independent study habits. The results also suggest that the quality of education and teachers are important for students to be satisfied with school.