| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | b052 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/ The World of Junior High School Students: The Five Day Week System, 1995 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Summary | With the advent of the information society, children’s learning environment has changed. Consequently, schools have been forced to shift from knowledge transmission sites to a place where students are encouraged to think about how to solve problems. In this sense, the introduction of the 5-day school week should be an opportunity to reconsider the nature of schooling. Against this background, this survey was administered to junior high school students and teachers to clarify the actual conditions revealing how they spend their Saturday holidays, as well as their evaluation and the problems they face. Administered on July 10, the survey items asked about subjects' behavior on July 8 (the second Saturday of the month), 3 months after the implementation of the bi-monthly 5-day school week. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | First- to third-year junior high school students and teachers in Miyagi, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Fukuoka. |
| Unit of Observation | Individual |
| Sample Size | A sample of 2,070 junior high school students (1,059 boys, 1,011 girls), 116 teachers (66 males, 50 females) |
| Date of Collection |
1995-07-01 ~ 1995-07-01 1995/07/01 |
| Time Period |
1995 ~ 1995 |
| Spatial Unit | chiba kanagawa miyagi Miyagi/Chiba/Tokyo/Kanagawa/Fukuoka |
| Sampling Procedure | The sample for the teacher survey was collected anonymously from among all teachers at the schools that requested the survey. |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire survey through schools |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.b052 |
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| 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 | [Junior high school student questionnaire][Teacher questionnaire] |
| Major Survey Items |
There are two types of questionnaires: one for junior high school students and one for teachers. ［Questionnaire for junior high school students] (1) Involvement in extracurricular activities, cram school attendance, and studying Weekly participation in club activities, frequency of participation in club activities on weekends and holidays, weekly cram school attendance, frequency of cram school attendance on weekends and holidays, number of free days per week (i.e., without club activities, cram school, or studying) (2) Behavior on Saturday July 8 Wake-up time, bedtime, time spent engaged in club activities, cram school attendance, time spent engaged in community activities, etc., other activities respondent engaged in on that day, whether the respondent’s parents' were at home and their degree of involvement on that day, respondent’s level of satisfaction and busyness on that day (3) Evaluation of the second and fourth Saturday holidays Impact on school life, impressions of the second and fourth Saturdays, how the respondent intends to spend future Saturdays off, desired number of Saturdays off per month (4) Personal and family situation Respondent’s sense of purpose and daily satisfaction, degree to which the respondent enjoys school, respondent’s intended career path, respondent’s academic performance (grades), respondent’s parents' occupation, grade，gender, respondent’s participation in club activities, respondent’s personality type, etc. ［Questionnaire for teachers］ Demographic items(age，gender, years of teaching experience, grades within the respondent’s purview, main division of school duties, subjects the respondent teaches, respondent’s marital status), conditions at the respondent’s school, measures to ensure that the respondent works the standard number of hours, impact of the bi-monthly 5-day workweek on the respondent’s work and students, how the respondent’s students spend their Saturdays off, respondent’s evaluation of the bi-monthly 5-day workweek, respondent’s (dis)approval of the fulltime 5-day workweek, problems with the implementation of the fulltime 5-day workweek, how the respondent and other teachers spend their Saturdays off |
| Date of Release | 2006/01/19 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education Educational policy SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS SOCIETY AND CULTURE Leisure, tourism and sport |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2006-01-19 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |