Qualitative Research on Characteristics, Problems, and Tasks of School Use of Computers

1.第一年(1)对计算机课堂出现故障的各种因素进行分析。(2)“文化同化”，即教师对传统学校文化吸收新技术的无意态度。(3)探讨了互联网带来的与学校文化的冲突。考察了早期在不同文化背景下遇到的价值观和伦理形成的悖论，以及互联网可能侵入学校/课堂文化的性质特征和问题。(4)运用定性数据分析方法进行检验。第二年(1)对学校董事会图书馆里的教案进行了调查，以加强“文化同化”理论。(2)通过对课堂作业的持续观察，探讨课堂互联网使用的问题和任务。(3)对一所警校的计算机和互联网使用情况进行了观察和调查。(4)对上述研究中应用的定性研究方法进行了检验、改进和发展。第三年(1)研究了电子邮件作为交流媒介的特点，并与其他媒介进行了比较，并与语言活动中的研究结果进行了比较。(2)传统学校/班级文化与利用互联网的学习活动之间的文化冲突通过比较替代学校的互联网使用情况和普通公立学校的综合学习情况来考察。(3)在个案观察和随访研究中，讨论了网络使用的意外副作用。(4)对日本的教育实践研究与西方定性研究方法进行了比较和讨论。

1. The First Year(1) Various factors of troubles which occur in class using computers were analyzed. (2) "Cultural Assimilation", teachers' unintended attitude to assimilate new technologies to conventional school culture was discussed. (3) Conflicts between what Internet brings and school culture was discussed. Paradox of formation of values and ethics which early encounter with different culture causes, and characteristics and problems of Internet's nature which might intrude school/classroom culture were examined. (4) Qualitative data analysis methods were applied and examined.2. The Second Year(1) Teaching plans which are housed in school board's library were investigated in order to reinforce the theory of "cultural assimilation". (2) Problems and tasks of classroom Internet use are discussed through continuous observation of class works. (3) Computer and Internet uses in an alernative school were observed and investigated. (4) Qualitative research methods which are applied in above mentioned researches were examined and improved and developed.2. The Third Year(1) Characteristics of emails as a communication medium was examined in comparison with other media and in relation with findings in language activities. (2) Cultural conflicts between conventional school/class culture and learning activities with Internet were examined in comparison of Internet use in an alternative school and in comprehensive learning in a general public school. (3) Unintended side-effects of Internet use were discussed in observation of a case and a follow-up research. (4) Japanese studies on educational practice and Western qualitative research methods were compared and discussed