I Institutional Research for Internal Quality Assurance on Educational Program from the Standpoint of Educational Research

On the occasion of the third cycle of the institutional certified evaluation and accreditation, this research examines internal quality assurance for improving educational study with properly selected evaluation objectives and focuses on internal quality assurance in the educational program or curriculum for undergraduate students rather than systematic quality assurance of the entire university. The study concludes with five features suitable for institutional research (IR): 1) strengthening the evaluation function of the educational program; 2) consistently assessing the qualities and abilities as a school corporation; 3) advanced evaluation making full use of expertise in statistical analysis; 4) developing systems to support the students own identity; and 5) collaboration between faculty and teachers across departments. As an IR project, the study also demonstrates in reviewing and improving the curriculum through the decision tree analysis, collaboration with faculty and the education development support center

大字を基礎とする集落の保全手法に関する研究 : 五箇山における相倉・菅沼集落と周辺集落群が持つ特性に着目して

学位の種別:課程博士University of Tokyo(東京大学

Relationship of psychological factors with physical activity stage of change in prime-and middle-aged Japanese

The present study aimed to investigate the status of physical activity and the differences in psychological factors associated with physical activity from the perspective of transtheoretical model stages between prime- and middle-aged Japanese. The study involved 375 prime-aged volunteers (175 men, 200 women) and 557 middle-aged volunteers (247 men, 310 women) living in Kuse, a town in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. We found that the prime-aged men at the preparation stage had significantly higher self-efficacy scores than at the contemplation stage (p&#60;0.01). Middle-aged men had significantly higher self-efficacy scores at the contemplation stage than at the precontemplation stage (p&#60;0.001). Middle-aged women, meanwhile, had significantly higher self-efficacy scores at the maintenance stage than at the action stage (p&#60;0.01), and at the contemplation stage than at the precontemplation stage (p&#60;0.001). The present findings provide valuable information about the differences in psychological factors affecting physical activity between prime-aged and middle-aged community-dwelling Japanese. This information may be useful to health professionals as they develop effective community-based intervention programs for target populations.</p