
Papers & Essays
Parenting
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Topics related to "Parenting," such as the father's view of child rearing, the parent-child relationship, and breastfeeding, mainly focusing on Asian countries. |
- [Parenting and Childcare in Germany - Insights from Berlin]
Comparative Analysis of Teacher Shortages in Germany and Japan: Current Issues, Causes, and Future Prospects (2025.04.24) - [Parenting and Childcare in Germany - Insights from Berlin]
Differences in Mathematics Education between Japan and Germany (2024.09.20) - [Parenting and Childcare in Germany - Insights from Berlin]
Inclusive Education in Germany: A Japanese Perspective on Practices, Challenges, and Pathways to the Future (2024.03.22)
Pregnancy & Prenatal Care
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Topics related to "Pregnancy and Prenatal Care" include doula support, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and childbirth experiences. |
- Aiming for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Handbook with no one left behind--Report on "The 10th International Conference on MCH Handbook" (2017.05.19)
- Increasing Use of the Japanese-Born "Maternal Child Health Handbook" around the World! (2016.10.28)
- Enabling Doula Support in Japanese Society (2011.06.24)
School & Teachers
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Topics related to "School and Teachers" include issues and new approaches of education at school, teacher's quality, and educational reform in various countries. |
- [Parenting and Childcare in Germany - Insights from Berlin]
Comparative Analysis of Teacher Shortages in Germany and Japan: Current Issues, Causes, and Future Prospects (2025.04.24) - Using Educational Math Game Program to Improve Students' Success in Mathematics (2025.04.07)
- [Parenting and Childcare in Germany - Insights from Berlin]
Differences in Mathematics Education between Japan and Germany (2024.09.20)
After-School & Community Activities
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Topics related to "After-School and Community Activities" include camp experience, peace education, teaching kids to cook, and new program called "Children's University Kawagoe" in Japan. |
Playing & Learning
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Topics related to "Playing and Learning" include learning through playing, nurturing creativity, a good environment for the creativity, toys, and being playful. |
- [Temperamental Children Documented in Preschool Field Notes] Part 6: Children and ECEC Settings in Local Communities (2022.09.02)
- [Temperamental Children Documented in Preschool Field Notes] Part 5: Encounter with Otherness - Cross-Age Interactions and Conflicts (2022.08.26)
- [Temperamental Children Documented in Preschool Field Notes] Part 4: Action Research on Environmental Configurations that Enhance Children's Interactions with Things (2022.07.29)
Children in the Digital Age
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Topics related to "Children in the Digital Age" include web and media utilization in children, education for internet generation, social networking and child development, views on technology development and the influence of digital media on children. |
- Enriching Quality Physical Education through Application of Technology (2022.12.16)
- Use of ICT in Elementary School to Improve Children's Ability to Express Themselves (2021.10.15)
- Lower and Upper Secondary School Students' Behaviors and Perceptions Concerning TV and Related Factors - From "Study on Youths' Media Usage" (BPO Youth Committee) (2019.10.25)
Language Development & Education
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Topics related to "Language Development and Education" include bilingual education, second language acquisition and culture and global awareness education. |
- Educational Support for Children with Foreign Backgrounds: Impact of Parents' Japanese Language Skills on Children's Japanese Proficiency and Future Careers (2023.09.22)
- Assessment of Lexical Development in Preschool Children with Brazilian Roots and Attempts to Support Language Development Based on Their Heritage Language (2022.02.04)
- Japanese Education for Children Who Cannot Speak Japanese (2021.06.18)
Multicultural Education
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Topics related to "Multicultural Education" include cross-cultural understanding, education for immigrants, and children within an increasingly global environment. |
- Japanese Education for Children Who Cannot Speak Japanese (2021.06.18)
- Japanese university students' study abroad decisions: From the perspectives of Japanese study abroad administrators - Part 2 (2019.11.29)
- Japanese university students' study abroad decisions: From the perspectives of Japanese study abroad administrators - Part 1 (2019.11.15)
Health & Medical Issues
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Topics related to "Health and Medical Issues" include child health and illness, schooling for children at hospital, child life specialists, food education, death education, dental disease. |
- Subjective Well-Being of Indonesian Children in the First and Second Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023.09.01)
- Viral Infections, Antibody Production, and Herd Immunity (2022.02.18)
- Evaluation of the Nursing Experience Class under the One-Day University Experience Program for Elementary School Children (2021.08.20)
Children's Rights & Well-being
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Topics related to "Children's Rights and Well-being" include children's rights, child safety, children's quality of life, foster care, children and parents in Japanese law and family courts. |
New Directions
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Topics related to "New Directions" include anthropological perspectives and the meaning of singing, humor, nickname and animal on children. |
- [Perspectives of Traditional Culture of the Matrilineal Mosuo of Lugu Lake] Part 9: Chinese New Year (2025.01.31)
- [Perspectives of Traditional Culture of the Matrilineal Mosuo of Lugu Lake] Part 8: The Mosuo Festival of Worshipping the Goddess Gemu (2024.11.29)
- [Perspectives of Traditional Culture of the Matrilineal Mosuo of Lugu Lake] Part 7: Mosuo People's Ritual of "Guo Zhuang" Worshipping (2024.05.31)