JAPANESE ATTITUDES TOWARD EDUCATION AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS

Japanese Attitudes toward Genetic Engineering

Whether or not the general public supports biotechnology and genetic engineering is an important current problem. In this paper, we report that people’s attitudes toward the terms “biotechnology” and “genetic engineering” are highly dependent upon their knowledge of the fields. For this reason, it is necessary to promote activities that provide the general public with information on the current...

Language Attitudes of Japanese University Students Toward Japanese English - A Proposal for English Education - Mariko

The purpose of this study is to investigate the language attitudes of Japanese university students toward Japanese English in comparison to their attitudes toward Chinese English and American English. Voiced Guise Technique and questionnaires were used as methodology, having 80 students as participants. The study found that their evaluation of Japanese English was intermediate in terms of solid...

Attitudes of Japanese Adults toward Persons with Intellectual Disability: Comparisons over Time and Across Countries

Eleven elementary schools were selected randomly from a typical medium sized city of Japan. Parents of pupils who were attending the schools were surveyed. A small proportion of agreement with, “The reality of lives of persons with intellectual disability (ID) should be told more widely to the public” was interpreted as a typical Japanese response. Agreement with accountability for care for per...

The Role of Religious Attitudes in Mental Health of Physically-Disabled Individuals

Achieving mental health is one of the most basic guidelines of religious teachings, and this will not be possible except with divine attitude. Physically-disabled individuals are one of the most important target groups that can achieve optimal mental attitudes through correct attitudes. Therefore, this research seeks to answer the question “what are the attitudes, presented in religious teachin...

Public attitudes toward persons with mental illness.