著者

磯野 誠 飛永 佳代

出版者

九州共立大学

雑誌

九州共立大学研究紀要 (ISSN:21860483)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2, no.2, pp.25-38, 2012

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How can the effects of college education be evaluated? The present research aims to define "studentgrowth" as a concept to evaluate the effects of what Dewey (1916) called the "natural development"aspect of college education, and to hypothetically identify the structure of this concept.The definition of "student growth" was based on an understanding of the structure of "stress-relatedgrowth" through literature review. Using this definition, interviews were conducted with 16 collegestudents in order to examine the nature and structure of student growth.The study's finding shows that student growth can be viewed as a process in which a studentdevelops a sense of growth because of an event in the context of their college life or education, and itconsists of seven aspects.The definition of student growth and the understanding of its structure can lead to the developmentof a scale for evaluating the "natural development" aspect of college education and can help develop aneducational program for it.