Spatial Justice—Decolonising Our Cities and Settlements

In my recently published book Rebuilding the Kāinga, I championed the idea of kāinga in a contemporary sense: integrated housing; cultural and communal facilities; sustainable use and management of whenua, awa, and moana; and sustainable economic activities. If implemented widely, the kāinga model will also have profound impacts on how we in Aotearoa New Zealand (Māori, Pākehā, and Tauiwi—all of us) plan our homes, towns, and cities. In this intervention, I expand on, and seek to further develop, this idea in relation to current discourse regarding economics, decolonisation, and, in particular, urban planning in Aotearoa New Zealand

Lifestyle Gap Analysis: Student Lifestyle and Employer Preferences

While the recent recession has wreaked havoc in many parts of the world, Asia has escaped relatively unscathed and managed to post growth rates unheard of in the Western world. This has been the case with Thailand which also had to deal with internal turbulence. A large part of the country’s resilience stems from its ability to produce high quality products and its productivity, which it needs, however, to increase even more. One way to increase its productivity is for Thai people to know what skills are required in the industry long before they decide what courses to take and lifestyle to adopt. By clarifying the gap between students’ lifestyle and corporations’ expectancies in terms of students’ lifestyles, both students and corporations will maximize education and employees’ training. As many graduates embark on inappropriate careers and as corporations often chose inappropriate employees, both students and corporations end wasting resources and time. Focusing on students at one large university in Bangkok, Thailand, this study takes a close look at this gap. It first makes it clear where the gap lies and then proposes a way to fill it

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A Study of Investigating Teachers Involvement in the Influence of Third Grade kindergarten children on Four-year-old Children

本研究の目的は，4歳児が成長するために，5歳児から受ける影響を生かす教師のかかわりを探ることである。 方法としては次の4点である。①4歳児が5歳児とかかわる機会を作る。②かかわっている姿とその後の姿を記録する。③その記録から教師のかかわりを明らかにする。④その教師のかかわりは5歳児からの影響を生かすものであったかどうかを考察する。本研究で教師のかかわりとして明らかになったことは，次の5点である。①教師が4歳児と一緒に5歳児にかかわること②気づいてほしいことを意識的に言葉にすること③5歳児からの影響を受けて意欲的に遊ぶ子どもの姿に共感すること④4歳児が5歳児から認められ自信をもてるように5歳児との橋渡しをすることである。This study aims to examine teachers' involvement with the influence of five-year-old children on the four-year-old children for their growth. This study was conducted as follows: (1) Four-year-old children were given chances to get involved with five-year-old children: (2) Records were kept when they got involved with five-year-old children and after it happened: (3) From the records, teacher's involvements were investigated: (4) whether the teacher's involvements made most use of influence of five-year-old children was examined. This study reveals following: (1) Teachers' four-year-old children got involved with five-year-old children: (2) They intentionally said what they want to be noticed: (3) They sympathized with the children who willingly played under the influence of five-year-old children: (4) They acted as go-between for four-year-old children and five-year-old children in order for four-year-old children to gain recognition and to have confidence in themselves

Proving Environment Composition and Teachers' Interaction Encouraging Children to Move Their Bodies Actively: Through Modification of Three-year-old Children

本研究の目的は，子どもの変容する姿から，子どもたちが主体的に体を動かすための環境構成や教師のかかわりを明らかにすることである。研究の方法は，①動きの少ない外遊びの様子を観察する。②その遊びに動きが加わる環境構成を考えて取り入れる。③教師が動きの少ない遊びをしている子どもに動きたくなるかかわりをする。④動きを生み出す環境構成や教師のかかわりを行ったエピソードを記録，分析する。⑤分析から，子どもたちが主体的に体を動かすことにつながる環境構成や教師のかかわりを明らかにする。明らかになったことは次の5点が必要ということである。①子ども自身が意識して体を動かすことができる環境構成②あこがれとなる同学年や異学年の存在③遊びへの意欲を高める集団④あきらめない気もちを育む教師のかかわり⑤自信をつける教師のかかわり。The purpose of this study is to clarify environment composition and teachers' interaction encouraging children to move their bodies actively through their modification. The methods were as follows: 1. to observe children playing outside with a little movement, 2. to consider and to adopt environment composition which involves physical movement, 3. that teachers interact with children who play with a little movement so that they are willing to move more, 4. to record and to analyze episode of children when environment composition which encourages movement and of teachers' interaction were done, 5. to clarify environment composition and teachers' interaction leading to movement actively from the analysis. This research revealed these five points: 1. environment composition where children can consciously do physical activities, 2. existence of admirable persons in the same and different grades, 3. groups which raise their motivation to play, 4. teachers' interaction to develop children's mind of never giving up, 5. teachers' interaction to develop children’s confidence

Strong Coupling Limit of Bethe Ansatz Solutions in Massive Thirring Model

We study the strong coupling limit of the Bethe ansatz solutions in the massive Thirring model. We find analytical expressions for the energy eigenvalues for the vacuum state as well as n-particle n- hole states. This formula is compared with the numerical results and is found to achieve a very good agreement. Also, it is found that the 2-particle 2- hole and higher particle-hole states describe n- free bosons states in this limit. The behaviors of the strong coupling limit of the boson mass for various model calculations are examined. We discuss an ambiguity of the coupling constant normalization due to the current regularization.Comment: 15 pages, to appear in Ann. Phys. 281 (2000), Ma

“Expression” through play: An action research study of the commonalities between “Play Activities” employed in arts and crafts programs at the kindergarten level

The purpose of this study is to examine the learning process that kindergarten children undergo during “Play Activities” in art classes. To this end, we conducted a workshop titled “White Castle Made by Paper” for a group of 40 four-year olds at Mihara Kindergarten, which is affiliated with Hiroshima University. Based on an analysis of the children’s workshop activities, which included folding and stacking sheets of paper cut into four different sizes, it was possible to classify development of the artwork into 10 distinct patterns.分析結果の一部は遠地千智『幼児期の遊びを活かした図画工作科の題材提案』，平成27年度広島大学教育学部卒業論文を加筆・修正した

Development of Exchange Activities with the International Students for Nurturing Global Human Resources: Focusing on Communication Skills, Cooperativity and Flexibility

This research project developed and practiced some exchange activities with international university students to nurture global human resources at the kindergarten level. The project was constructed with four strategic approaches to focus on developing communication skills, cooperativity and flexibility in children. The studies concluded that children's amical feeling toward international students have acted as a springboard to seek active interaction and to provide support when needed. Developmental level of children should also be considered to promote communication and flexibility. Further research on flexibility is necessary both in literature and in practice

Prevalence and awareness of diabetes in Guinea: findings from a WHO STEPS

Aims: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of diabetes, and to assess its awareness and related risk factors among adult Guineans.Methods: A population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1 100  adults (46.6% women) aged 35–64 years from Lower Guinea, during September to December 2009, using the WHO STEPwise approach of surveillance of chronic  disease risk factors. Data were collected in three steps: demographic and  behavioural risk factors, blood pressure and anthropometric measurements, and fasting blood cholesterol and glucose testing. A multi-stage cluster sample design was applied to generate nationwide representative data.Results: The mean age of all participants was 47.3 years (SD 8.8), similarly in  Conakry, rural Lower Guinea and urban Lower Guinea. The prevalence of diabetes was 5.7% (95% CI 4.0–8.1). Among participants with diabetes, only 44.0% were aware of their status. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, determinants of diabetes prevalence were urban residency, male sex, age group 45–64 years, increased waist circumference, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Male sex, rural residency, age group 45–54 years, no formal education, waist circumference, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia were independent predictors of screen-detected diabetes.Conclusion: The present study found a high prevalence and low awareness of  diabetes, suggesting the need for appropriate actions to strengthen primary  healthcare approaches towards non-communicable diseases in Guinea.Keywords: Diabetes, epidemiology, Guine