| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | a178 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/Elementary School Students Now: Reflecting on Elementary School Life, 2003 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Summary | Children attend elementary school for 6 years before graduating, which is a long time compared to junior high school and high school, which are 3 years, and university, which is 4 years. What, then, does elementary school life mean to children? In this survey, we asked sixth-graders who were about to graduate to evaluate their elementary school life; we did this to understand the situation from the children’s perspective, not their teachers’ or parents’. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Sixth-year students attending public elementary schools in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama. |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | A sample of 838 (397 boys, 441 girls) |
| Date of Collection |
2003-3-1 ~ 2003-3-1 2003/03/01 |
| Time Period |
2003 ~ 2003 |
| Spatial Unit | chiba kanagawa Tokyo/Kanagawa/Chiba/Saitama |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire survey through schools |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.a178 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | 【 Questionnaire 】 |
| Major Survey Items |
(1) Since entering Grade 6 In-school activities the respondent likes, respondent’s favorite school events, respondent’s personality type, respondent’s favorite subjects, whether the respondent derives a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction from school life, respondent’s friends (number of good friends with whom the respondent often plays, number of best friends with whom the respondent can talk about anything, presence/absence of a favorite opposite sex friend), respondent’s lifestyle (amount of time the respondent spends studying at home, cram school attendance, junior high school the respondent plans to attend, amount of free time the respondent has after school), whether the respondent took junior high school entrance examinations (2) Throughout the 6 years of elementary school Respondent’s evaluation of their classes during the 6 years of elementary school (most enjoyable class, most boring class, relationship with homeroom teacher, relationship with children outside their class year, presence/absence of bullying or ostracism in class), respondent’s lifestyle and study habits, respondent’s friendships (grade in which school was the most enjoyable, grade in which the respondent felt the most uncomfortable going to school, grade in which the respondent was bullied) ), number of homeroom teachers the respondent has had over the past 6 years, number of close friends the respondent made over the past 6 years, opposite sex friends with whom the respondent fell in love, etc.), degree to which the respondent understood the content of their classes, respondent’s degree of enjoyment of "integrated learning time," respondent’s reflection on the past 6 years (respondent’s feelings about school life, skills the respondent has acquired over the past 6 years, respondent’s degree of enjoyment of school life over the past 6 years, whether the respondent expects the knowledge they have gained over the past 6 years to be useful in the future), whether the respondent likes their current school, whether the respondent is looking forward to junior high school life starting in April, whether the respondent likes their current self (3) Expectations of and concerns about junior high school life starting in April Aspects of junior high school life to which the respondent is looking forward, aspects of junior high school life about which the respondent is concerned, what respondent wants to do (4)Demographic items Gender, other |
| Date of Release | 2007/08/27 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2007-08-27 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |