Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2019 - 2022 Development of a practical child education program to alleviate fear of insects and foster awareness of symbiotic coexistence with diverse living creatures
山下 久美. The Significance of Activities in Which Children Experience Nature in a Child Care and Early Childhood Educator Training Course:A case study of the "Forest Kids" activity jointly run by Toyo Eiwa University and the Yokohama local government. 人文・社会科学論集. 2018. 35. 83-98
YAMASHITA Kumi. A Study of the Significance of Play as Childcare and Education Contents -Depending on the relationship between sand play and independent construal of self-. 2018. 10. 73-85
YAMASHITA Kumi. Researches in Nature Education Workshop for Preschool TeachersResearches in Nature Education Workshop for Preschool TeachersResearches in Nature Education Workshop for Preschool TeachersResearches in Nature Education Workshop for Preschool TeachersResearc. 2018. 10. 86-98
TAKADA Koru, YAMASHITA Kumi. Views of current child-care workers and trainees: a comparison of kindergartens: nursery school teachers and students in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Ritsumeikan journal of human sciences. 2010. 20. 13-20
山下 久美, 首藤 敏元. Proposal for the practice of insect raising in kindergartens and nurseries. Journal of Integrated Center for Clinical and Educational Practice. 2009. 8. 159-168
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN ANIMAL RELATIONS
, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN
, JAPAN SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
, JAPAN SOCIETY OF RESEARCH ON EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION