著者
安蔵 裕子
出版者
昭和女子大学近代文化研究所
雑誌
学苑 = Gakuen (ISSN:13480103)
巻号頁・発行日
no.923, pp.26-35, 2017-09-01

Abstract In 2014, the Imperial Guard Headquarters of Japan gave seven helmets worn by the guards in the Imperial Police during the Meiji and Taisho periods to the Koyo Museum at Showa Women’s University. This paper introduces one of them, comments on its shape, materials, and characteristics, gives the history of the Imperial Police from their inception in 1886, and discusses that organization’s dress code. The helmet was found in 2012 in the warehouse of the Kyoto Imperial Palace along with 52 similar helmets. It was kept in a wooden box on which a paper with the guard’s name, Naoharu Tamai, was affixed. Tamai’s name appears in the 1915 record of the Imperial Police. The shape of the helmet is apparently based on the spiked pickelhaube worn by Prussian sodiers, fire-fighters and police. The shell seems to be made of papers pasted onto a wooden mold. The outer surface is japanned with black lacquer(黒漆). This type of helmet is called a peach-shaped helmet(桃子様兜). There is a hole drilled in the top and a round metal ornament similar to hachimanza(八幡座)is at the top of the helmet. There is a large metal ornament of a chrysanthemum with leaves at the front. Leather is used for the inner sweat band. There is also a metal chinstrap combined with several wavy-shaped thin pieces of metal decorating it. Thus, the helmet is an example of a Japanese effort to adopt western clothing styles during the Meiji Period, but one which continued to use traditional Japanese ornamentation and materials.
著者
鈴木 円 Madoka Suzuki
出版者
昭和女子大学近代文化研究所
雑誌
学苑 (ISSN:13480103)
巻号頁・発行日
no.920, pp.2-16, 2017-06

In December 2016, the Central Council for Education produced a report detailing the revisions to be made in the next Course of Study Guidelines. The report insists on "subjective, interactive, and deep learning" by means of "active learning." In this paper, the author examines how subjective, interactive, and deep learning in elementary school social studies should be promoted in the next Course of Study Guidelines. In Japan, "active learning" has a different meaning than that in the United States. In Japan, it implies that there will be no traditional lectures. However, elementary and secondary school classes in Japan have always been "active," and therefore, purely passive, lecture-style classes have seldom existed. Thus, the author believes that subjective, interactive, and deep learning, in elementary and secondary education, do not entail a shift to active learning per se, but to competency-based learning methods rather than content-based ones. Therefore, under the next Course of Study Guidelines, teachers will need to prepare a two-dimensional table of learning contents and competency according to the students' developmental stage. The author provides an example of such a table for elementary school social studies.
著者
杉橋 朝子 セージ クリスティー 宮房 寿美子 Tomoko Sugihashi Kristie Sage Sumiko Miyafusa 昭和女子大学英語コミュニケーション学科 昭和女子大学英語コミュニケーション学科 昭和女子大学英語コミュニケーション学科
出版者
光葉会
雑誌
學苑 = GAKUEN (ISSN:13480103)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.881, pp.29-45, 2014-03-01

This paper investigates a five-week study abroad and homestay program undergone by Showa Women's University(SWU)students from various faculties and years in early 2013 at the Institute of Continuing TESOL Education, University of Queensland(ICTE-UQ), Australia. Prompted by OECD results which showed a trend that Japanese students' interest in study abroad programs is decreasing; research sought to identify from the students who participated in this program their perceived language skill improvement and language contact experiences. Feedback was sourced from a questionnaire administered by Google Forms and student reports submitted to the Centre for International Exchange(CIE). Despite an initial culture shock, and concerns with English proficiency, students developed strategies and drew on unfamiliar support systems to overcome communication issues in their multicultural learning and living environments. From this immersion, positive feedback was received regarding perceived language skill improvement, particularly for listening and speaking. Although questionnaire results do show some dissatisfaction, mainly regarding the population of Japanese students at the language school; overall, these multicultural learning and living environments had a positive effect on students' perceived English language improvement and enhanced their motivation towards communicating in English. These results indicate that short term study abroad is considered beneficial by SWU students for language skill improvement and language contact experiences. Furthermore, this paper argues that such benefits are noteworthy for SWU students in the larger context of Japanese society since English communication strategies will be required for future international events, and due to the recent revitalization of study abroad as part of Japanese education by the Abe Government. Related also is SWU's focus on globalization. Therefore, SWU students who undertake study abroad are expected to have a positive experience in regards to a heightened perception of improved language skills and language contact proficiency, coupled with an international capability.
著者
石井 正子 中村 徳子 Ishii Masako Nakamura Noriko 昭和女子大学初等教育学科 昭和女子大学初等教育学科
出版者
光葉会
雑誌
學苑 = GAKUEN (ISSN:13480103)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.860, pp.82-97, 2012-06-01

Abstract In this paper, we review the literature regarding the education of autistic children, summarize information obtained from an inspection of educational facilities for autistic children in the United States, and point out possible problems in the treatment of autistic children. Various educational programs for autistic children, including ABA(Applied Behavior Analysis), TEACCH(Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children), and DIR(The Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based model), were developed in America, and that they are effective has been confirmed. For children aged 3-21 with disabilities, the federal government provides appropriate public education free of charge, as is guaranteed in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. However, parents of autistic children are required to have specialized knowledge about their child's disabilities and rehabilitation, and to have the ability to effectively take advantage of social resources. We also consider the question of whether too much emphasis is placed on educational programs tailored to individual students at the expense of the possible beneficial effects of mass education.
著者
天笠 邦一 Kunikazu AMAGASA 昭和女子大学現代教養学科
雑誌
學苑 = GAKUEN (ISSN:13480103)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.892, pp.9-21, 2015-02-01

Social media, such as Twitter and Instagram, are an increasingly common part of modern life. Especially, Instagram is getting more and more popular as a fashion medium and a fashion learning platform because of its picture processing and sharing functions. This article discusses both the inner and outer effects of social media on the process of learning fashion and on information distribution. The author also conducted an internet survey and analyzes 455 responses. The analysis revealed that 1)Twitter and Instagram are extensions of existing network media such as weblogs, and 2)they possess great potentials in distributing pop culture independent from mass media and high culture.
著者
三浦 香苗 長澤 陽平 石井 正子 Kanae MIURA Yohei NAGASAWA Masako ISHII 千葉市立宮崎小学校 植草幼児専門学校 Miyazaki Elementary School in Chiba-shi Uekusa Kindergarten Teacher Training School
出版者
昭和女子大学
雑誌
學苑 = GAKUEN (ISSN:13480103)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.761, pp.27-39, 2004-02-01

The purpose of this study is to investigate how contemporary college students perceive destroying living things. In Study 1, an attempt was made to make a scale incorporating factor analysis of various items concerning destroying lives. The result extracted three subscales: "brutal destruction for play", "destruction for human living", and "destruction for educational practice". In Study 2, we examined relationships between the three subscales and student past experiences. Results showed that the three subscales had correlations with "wild play experience" and "experience of gathering food". In Study 3, the scale of destroying lives was completed, and the correlation with human living experience and their sense of life value were investigated. The results showed that experience of keeping a pet worked negative toward "brutal destruction" and "dissection". Also, "field play experiences" and "experiences in home" worked positive toward "dissection".
著者
天笠 邦一
出版者
昭和女子大学近代文化研究所
雑誌
学苑 = Gakuen (ISSN:13480103)
巻号頁・発行日
no.916, pp.12-23, 2017-02-01

Social Media, such as LINE, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, are getting more and more popular and becoming an indispensable part of everyday life. We select and use these ubiquitous social infrastructures, which have different characters. This research tries to show the relationship between such selective utilization of social media and Bourdieu's concept, "habitus." The results of our internet survey suggest that users' leisure activities correlate with their favored form of social media. The style of leisure activity is related to users' choice of social media, and can be considered a form of habitus.