Naruto University of Education / Tutorial for students

We report the scenes of tutorial of prevention education for students.
◆December 10, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at KITO Junior　High School, Naka-town in Tokushima Prefecture.

	Today’s class members were consisted of seventh to ninth grade students.	The class was practiced at a lecture hall. White board was utilized instead of blackboard.	Dr. Murakami’s teaching materials.


	Children could corporate in the activities regardless of their grades.	There is a lot of correct answer in the reasoning game of emotions.	Understanding other’s emotion and differences of way of thinking is important.

【　Comment from a staff　】　Practicing for joint class (seventh grade to ninth grade students) at junior high school was first time for us. The practiced program was “Development of Prosociality (#1)”. How people you know each other at school think in a specific situation (teachers are also participated as a teachers team this time)?! Students learned the difficulties and importance of expecting other’s feeling with putting their selves in other’s shoes through serious discussion. We hope students at KITO junior high school sympathize each other and spend school life with warm feeling.

◆November 13, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at TSUTSUMIGAOKA Elementary School, Takasaki-city in Gunma Prefecture.

	Today’s class was prevention education of bullying	The topic was what bullying is	The challenge from an anime character, Hebizo


	We studied standing aside might enhance bullying	One scene of the class	Everyone could consider bullying

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Prevention education for bullying issues (#1)” is the class we practiced this time for 3rd grade students. We thought about bullying deeply and studied characteristics of bullied children, bullies and bystanders. Understanding what bullying is correctly by all class members is the first step to prevent bullying issues. Moreover, environment which bystanders can behave properly is important. We hope children can spend their life happily with keeping a little in their mind where they have thought in the class.

◆October 29, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at KOKUFU Elementary School, Tokushima-city in Tokushima Prefecture.

	The title is “What are happy or fun events you have had?”	Got ready to start	Class is started from short anime story.


	Challenge from an anime character is the trigger to begin activities.	One scene of the class	We can be forward-looking when we remember positive events in the past.

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence for 3rd grade (#1)” was the class we practiced this time. In the activity, children remembered events which they felt happy or relieved in their daily lives. They also shared the events with classmates through games. Everyone, include children, Mogumo (one of the anime characters) and teachers, became “Super Ultra Happy” because of children’s happy power. We hope you (children) can utilize skills which is “thinking back positive events in the past” and see own and others bright side to spend time with confidence in their lives.

◆October 7, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at IDE Elementary School, Ide-town in Kyoto Prefecture.

	Getting ready for the tutorial and waiting for children	Class is started from short anime story. Today’s story is about Vikings!	Children are drawn into the class due to games as a trigger.


	How happy moment to share children’s positive characteristics with classmates!	Director Yamasaki gave a lecture for teachers after the tutorial for students.	The book about prevention education was introduced in the lecture.

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence for 5th grade (#1)” was the class we practiced this time. The title of the class was “Let’s find friends’ positive characteristics!”. In the first half of the class, children found groupmates’ positive characteristics and told them to the groupmates each other. In the second half, we shared children’s best characteristics with all classmates through games. They were concentrated on listening to others’ presentation to know friends’ characteristics. We sincerely hope that they can find others’ good characteristics and accept each other from now on. Moreover, we believe children can be proud of own characteristics and be lively more and more.

◆September 10, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at YASAKA Elementary School, Kyotango-city in Kyoto Prefecture.

	In today’s lesson, we are going to tell friends’ positive characteristics each other.	There are a lot of fan which arouse children’s emotion and feeling through moving their body in games.	Sharing “friends’ positive characteristics”, written on sticky papers, with classmates


	Respecting both own and others’ positive characteristics is important.	Director Yamasaki gave a lecture for teachers after the tutorial for students.	Teachers gave a lot of precious ideas in question and answer time. It was a productive time.

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence for 5th grade (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. The tittle of first lesson is “Let’s find friends’ positive characteristics!”. In the class, everyone had found others’ positive characteristics with gravity and wrote them on sticky papers, which was presented for groupmates later. In the second half of the class, we played the game to guess what is the classmate’s positive characteristic. It was very fun because students know a lot of others’ positive events. We enjoyed hearing them. They are already specialists to find others’ positive characteristics. We sincerely hope that students can remember and respect the characteristics which told from other classmates and have fully confidence in their lives with their fully smile.

◆July 6, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at ISHIKAWA Elementary School, Yosano-town in Kyoto Prefecture.

	Today’s topic is “What is bullying?”	Understanding definition of bullying and thinking about each position (bullies, bullied children and bystanders) in a bullying scene.	Group work is one of the main activities. Children positively discussed their ideas.


	Saying “Hey!” and standing up! Arousing children’s emotion and feeling through moving their body.	Utilizing big sheet on the black board to share each group’s ideas with classmates.	At end of the class, we watched the anime story. Looking forward to watch next story.

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Prevention education for bullying issues for 3rd and 4th grade (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. First half of the class, we studied about the definition of bullying. Then, we thought about bullied children, bullies and bystanders more deeply in the second half of this class. Of course there are a lot of attractive factors for children due to arousing their emotion and feeling is one of the important aspects in the theoretical back ground of the program. Children participated the class lively and seriously. There are two important points to prevent bullying. One is students understand what is bullying. Another is bystanders take action to stop bullying. We hope that children do not forget today’s class and keep the friendly and wonderful class.


◆June 17, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at SAKAIDE Lower Secondary School Attached to the Faculty of Education, Kagawa University, Sakaide-city, Kagawa prefecture.

	Desks and tool box are set! We are ready to start the class!!	Tutorial is starting soon.	The topic is imagining others’ thinking and feeling.


	Thinking time1: writing their own thinking and feeling and sum up the total in each group.	Thinking time2: reasoning which is the most popular idea in the class through playing games.	Imagining others’ feeling is difficult, but trying to put yourself in others’ shoes is important for prosocial action.

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Prosocial for 7th grade (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. Through the “Feeling☆Thinking Reasoning Game”, students expect how other classmates feel in several scenes. They exchange their ideas actively and the class livened up gradually. Students seem enjoyed to learn the difficulty and importance of understanding others’ feeling through putting themselves in others’ shoes. We sincerely hope that students in SAKAIDE Lower Secondary School have a lot of kindness in their lives.

◆January 23, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at　MIKAWA Elementary School, Fukuchiyama-city in Kyoto Prefecture.

	Today’s lesson is “Development of Self-Confidence (#1)”. The need of this program illustrates how important cultivating children’s confidence is.	A lot of children wrote “Playing with my friends” as one of the fun and happy events. This class is so close.	Saying “Hey!” and standing up with the in exact timing with the slide on the screen.


	Bring their hearts together and sending power to the screen	Director Yamasaki gave a lecture for teachers after the tutorial for students	Demonstrating the “role of involuntary affect” which is theoretical background of TOP SELF

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. The activity is thinking about their fun or happy event they had and sharing that with their classmate. Many students remember similar experience through others talking. Children seem excited and enjoyed the tutorial. We sincerely hope that children in MIKAWA Elementary School have fully confidence in their lives with their fully smile.


◆January 9, 2015 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at　SHIMOYAMA Elementary School, Kyotanba-town in Kyoto Prefecture.

	Getting ready to start the tutorial and waiting children. Tool Boxes are set on the desk for each group.	Teaching equipment for the lesson. Some other schools utilize TV instead of screens.	Describing details of the activity. Increasing positive emotion is important to develop Self-Confidence.


	Sharing children’s happy events. This is a heart-warming moment for children and teachers.	Mogumo, one of the main characters in this program, became SUPER ULTRA HAPPY!!	Thinking back to the lesson with display board at the end of the tutorial

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. Children thought back to their recent daily lives and remember their fun or happy events they had. Then, children shared the experience and reasons with their classmate. Many students remember similar experience through others talking. We sincerely hope that children can utilize the skill to remember fun or happy events and have confidence in their lives with fully smile.


◆December 4, 2014 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students at　TOKUSHIMABUNRI Junior High School, Tokushima-city in Tokushima Prefecture.

	Ready to start the tutorial	Dr. Murakami set the teaching materials before the tutorial is started.	In the lesson, the winning group can get the pennant. It is one of the devices to increase students’ involvement.


	Putting their selves in other’s shoes and expecting other’s feeling. Children participated group work lively.	Children noticed different types of emotion and way to think through making distribution map of emotions.	Thinking back to the lesson with display board at the end of the tutorial.

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Prosociality (#1)” is the lesson we practiced this time. Children think about other’s feeling through reasoning game. They visualized several scenes which people may have different types of feeling and thought, such as “If you see the person you love coincidently when you are with your family, how do you feel?” Children seem enjoyed the lesson even though they realize how it is difficult to imagine other’s feeling. We sincerely hope that all children can be more thoughtful each other in their daily lives.


◆November 26, 2014 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students and a lecture at KUWAKAI Elementary School, Yosano-cho in Kyoto Prefecture.

	Let’s start the lesson!	Children’s fun or good events, they experienced, are gathered on the black board.	Children shared their positive feelings stirring up their emotion by games.


	There are many kinds of games to get a chance to be a presenter.	Thinking back to the lesson with display board at the end of the tutorial.	The lecture for teachers was held by director Yamasaki after the tutorial for students.

【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. Children’s positive emotions were increased naturally through looking back their fun or good events they experienced in their daily lives. That positive emotion is the origin of their confidence. Children participated in the tutorial lively. We hope that children keep what they learned in the lesson and enjoy their lives with confidence.


◆October 27, 2014 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students and a lecture at KITAAMA Elementary School, Minamiawaji-city in Hyogo Prefecture.

	Dr. Murakami explained the rules in the tutorial of prevention education.	One of the main characters, Mogumo, sent a challenge for children in the Anime Story.	Being ready to get a chance to present their fun or good events.


	They are into the game of Pop-up Pirate to get their turn to give a presentation.	Increasing children’s positive emotion through sharing fun and good events, they experienced.	Mogumo, one of the main characters in the program also SUPER ULTRA HAPPY!!
【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. Children’s positive emotions were increased through looking back their recent daily lives and share fun or good events they experienced with their classmates. Students seem enjoyed their first experience of our prevention education. In fact, they participated in the tutorial lively. We sincerely hope that all children have confidence and spend time with their fully smile every day.


◆September 5, 2014 　We delivered a tutorial of prevention education for students and a lecture at YOKOGAWA Elementary School, Handa-city in Aichi Prefecture. 　Many teachers such as teachers at YOKOGAWA Elementary School, supervisors from Child Support Center at Nagoya City of Board of Education and teachers from Tokyo prefecture and Nagoya city.

	One scene of the tutorial (Development of Understanding and Regulating Emotions#1)	Thinking about characteristics of facial and physical expression when we feel anger.	Some teaching materials of the tutorial (Development of Understanding and Regulating Emotions#1)


	The title slide of Anime Story (Development of Understanding and Regulating Emotions for 3^rd grade children)	Director Yamasaki gave a lecture for teachers after the tutorial for students	Many teachers attended the lecture
【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Understanding and Regulating Emotions (#1)” is the class we practiced this time. Children thought about characteristics of facial and physical expression when we have anger feeling. Through that activity, they learned that we can notice own feeling from the characteristics. The activity must be difficult even if they are adults, but children’s participation for it was very positive. We sincerely hope that all students cope with their own emotions well and spend time actively every day.
◆June to July in 2014 　We delivered tutorials of prevention education for students at 5 schools in Gifu and Mie Prefecture. 　In Gifu prefecture: MINOKAMO Elementary School, Minokamo-city. 　In Mie prefecture: HEKI Elementary School, Tsu-city/ SEISHI Elementary School, Tsu-city/ SEIBI Elementary School, Tsu-city/ 　TADONAKA Elementary School, Kuwana-city/ INABEHIGASHI Elementary School, Inabe-city (In chronological order)

	One scene of the tutorial. (Development of Self-Confidence #1)	One scene of the class. (Development of Self-Confidence #3)	Utilizing a worksheet to find students’ positive characteristics.


	Fun or good events, students experienced, are gathered on the flower sheet.	Students’ positive characteristics are gathered on the flower board.	The workshop for teachers was held after the tutorial for students.
【　Comment from a staff　】　“Development of Self-Confidence (#1, #3)” is the class we practiced this time. In the class, students remembered fun or good events they experienced and shared that information with classmates. Students also presented their positive characteristics in front of classmates lively. All schools’ students enjoyed the first experience of prevention education. We sincerely hope that all students have confidence and spend time actively every day.

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