Implementation of Grief Education and the Development of an Educational Program for Early Elementary School Students on the Topic of Death

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  • 小学校低学年を対象とした悲嘆教育の実践と死に関する学習プログラムの開発
  • ショウガッコウ テイガクネン オ タイショウ ト シタ ヒタン キョウイク ノ ジッセン ト シ ニ カンスル ガクシュウ プログラム ノ カイハツ

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Based upon the results of the "Questionnaire Survey Regarding Death" conducted with 228 second-year public elementary school students, we developed an educational program on the topic of death and analyzed it. As part of our intervention study, a four-hour lesson on the topic "Thinking about Life and Death Regarding Oneself and One's Family" was taught to a second-year class of 34 students. When we used the learning material (2) "Love Letter to (a student's name) (second version)" in the first lesson, in which students in a group each give comments on themselves, 20 students expressed their intention to share with their classmates how happy they were to have received many heartwarming comments from members of their group. In the second lesson, we provided the students with statements by 18 students regarding how they felt when someone close to them died. This was part of our class strategy using learning material we developed titled "What if someone you love dies?" At the end of the lesson, the number of students who were conscious of the possibility of a family member dying increased from 7 to 12. When they gave feedback on the program, seven students chose the material "What if someone you love dies?" as the most thought-provoking. We believe that this material, which was employed to promote grief education, helped students empathize with the sense of loss and regrets that their classmates had suffered when someone special in their lives had died.

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