The purpose of this study is to find out how the children suffering from being ostracized come to adjust to school through the project ``Friend``. Study subjects settled to accomplish the study purpose are as follows. How the children suffering from b...
The purpose of this study is to find out how the children suffering from being ostracized come to adjust to school through the project ``Friend``. Study subjects settled to accomplish the study purpose are as follows. How the children suffering from being ostracized come to adjust to school through the project ``Friend``? The meaning of this study is to help children suffering from being ostracized adjust to school and grow as human beings. Furthermore, it attempts to provide teachers who should deal with the problem with proper educational materials. Participants were 32 6th grade children in Y elementary school in D city. Ethnography was employed as a method including participant observation, in-depth interview, work results, teacher diary, children diary, parents letters, and class internet homepage. The results are as follows 1. The project approach built children respect for selves and other humans 1-1. The project ``Friend`` increased children`s self-esteem by giving supports from peers and teacher. 1-2 The project ``Friend`` improved children`s social relationship by enabling relationship and cooperation centered learning. 2. The project approach embedded school satisfaction in children. 2-1. The project ``Friend`` helped children feel secure by making them have good relationships with each other. 2-2. The project ``Friend`` encouraged children to attend class more delightfully by having them more closely interact with peers and teacher. Consequently, the project ``Friend`` showed a positive effect on children suffering from being ostracized to adjust to school.