A paper by a research group at our university has been accepted for publication in the Transactions of the Japan Journal of Educational Technology, and was published early as of October 14, 2012.
(After final proofreading, it will be published on January 20, 2025.)

　In this study, a wearable eye tracker (W-ET) is employed to elucidate the gaze ranges of a skilled childcare teacher during childcare practice. In contrast to conventional videos, which cannot fully reproduce the childcare teacher's gaze point, the W-ET can record the area observed by the childcare teacher and the gaze points as they occur. This facilitates reflection based on specific events. The recorded video of the skilled teacher's gaze ranges is presented to a mid-career childcare teacher to elucidate the knowledge-based reasoning process during a skilled teacher's practice through reflective dialogue. The reflective dialogue shows the articulation process of a skilled teacher and the realization of a mid-career teacher regarding differences in the knowledge-based reasoning process. A skilled teacher highlighted the significance of considering the "second-person perspective," "information not available in this situation," "context of play," and "intrinsic motivation." She maintained these four perspectives when determining the goals and content of intervention while anticipating a child's internal changes. The complementary relationship of knowledge-based reasoning in a situation is facilitated by an appropriate pair of teachers and the sharing of a specific gaze range of a skilled childcare teacher, as presented by the W-ET.

Release Date: 2024/10/14 [Early Release]. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjet/advpub/0/advpub_48002/_article/-char/en
Title of paper: Sharing of Situational Reasoning Processes through Reflective Dialogue Using Wearable Eye Tracker Video of a Skilled Childcare Teacher
Author(s): NAKAZAWA Ken, HISADA Yasuhiro, WATANABE Takuya, NISHIHARA Yasuyuki
Article ID: 48002
Publication Date: 2025/01/20

〇Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kiban Kenkyu C), April 2018 - March 2021
Development of Methods to Enhance Observational Competence of Childcare Providers in Practical Childcare Situations"
NAKAZAWA Ken, HISADA Yasuhiro, WATANABE Takuya, NISHIHARA Yasuyuki
Proposal No. 21K02384 / Systematic Proposal No. JP21K02384

〇Transactions of the Japan Journal of Educational Technology
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