version 1.0 | Date: 2024-09-04

Thematic Analysis of Samurai
Gakuen Student-Teacher
QuestionsPrepared for: Samurai Gakuen
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Summary of Themes from Samura Gakuen Questions
All (n=69)
School and Classmate relationships

25%

Family Situation

19%

Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)

17%

Financial Concerns and Independence

14%

Mental Condition

13%

Past experiences of relevance (impactful events,academic history etc)
Personal relationships and friendship (private life)and family

13%
12%

Current Situation /daily life / lifestyle12%Over-(and Under-) interference from Family

12%

Hobbies and Free time

10%

Physical Health10%

Effective Social Interactions

9%

Lack of motivation, energy

9%Gainful Employment

9%

Teacher's Encouragement/Observation

9%

Lack of structure

7%

Lack of communication skills

6%

Self Determination

6%

Time management and punctuality

4%0%

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Q1. What qestions do you ask for your students? (n=12)
School and Classmate relationships

8%

Family Situation

8%

Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)

25%

Financial Concerns and Independence

8%

Mental Condition

33%

Past experiences of relevance (impactful events,…
Personal relationships and friendship (private…

25%
17%

Current Situation /daily life / lifestyle50%

Over-(and Under-) interference from Family
Hobbies and Free time

50%

Physical Health33%

Effective Social Interactions
Lack of motivation, energy
Gainful Employment

25%

Teacher's Encouragement/Observation17%

Lack of structure
Lack of communication skills
Self Determination
Time management and punctuality

0%

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50%

100%

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Q2. What qestions do you ask for their parents? (n=11)
School and Classmate relationships

18%

Family Situation

82%

Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)
Financial Concerns and Independence

18%

Mental Condition
Past experiences of relevance (impactful events,academic history etc)
Personal relationships and friendship (private life)and family

27%
27%

Current Situation /daily life / lifestyle18%

Over-(and Under-) interference from Family
Hobbies and Free time
Physical Health
Effective Social Interactions
Lack of motivation, energy
Gainful Employment

9%

Teacher's Encouragement/Observation

9%

Lack of structure
Lack of communication skills
Self Determination
Time management and punctuality
0%

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50%

100%

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Q3. What short-term goal do you set for your students?
(n=12)
School and Classmate relationships

50%

Family Situation
Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)

33%

Financial Concerns and IndependenceMental Condition

8%

Past experiences of relevance (impactful events,…
Personal relationships and friendship (private…
Current Situation /daily life / lifestyleOver-(and Under-) interference from Family
Hobbies and Free time

8%

Physical Health
Effective Social Interactions

17%

Lack of motivation, energy
Gainful Employment

8%

Teacher's Encouragement/Observation25%

Lack of structure
Lack of communication skills
Self Determination
Time management and punctuality

25%
0%

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100%

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Q4. What is your target when you handle the students
until their graduation? (n=11)
School and Classmate relationships

64%

Family Situation
Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)

45%

Financial Concerns and Independence

9%

Mental Condition

9%

Past experiences of relevance (impactful events,…
Personal relationships and friendship (private…

9%

Current Situation /daily life / lifestyleOver-(and Under-) interference from Family
Hobbies and Free time
Physical Health
Effective Social Interactions

27%

Lack of motivation, energy
Gainful Employment

9%

Teacher's Encouragement/Observation

Lack of structure
Lack of communication skillsSelf Determination

27%

Time management and punctuality

0%

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50%

100%

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Q5. What are the common problems students have?
(n=12)
School and Classmate relationships

8%

Family Situation
Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)
Financial Concerns and Independence
Mental Condition

17%

Past experiences of relevance (impactful events,…

17%

Personal relationships and friendship (private…

17%

Current Situation /daily life / lifestyleOver-(and Under-) interference from Family

8%

Hobbies and Free time
Physical Health25%

Effective Social Interactions

8%

Lack of motivation, energy

50%

Gainful Employment
Teacher's Encouragement/Observation

Lack of structure

42%

Lack of communication skills

17%

Self Determination

8%

Time management and punctuality

0%

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50%

100%

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Q6. What are the common problems the parents have?
(n=11)
Family Situation

27%

Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)
Financial Concerns and Independence

55%

Mental Condition

9%

Past experiences of relevance (impactful events,academic history etc)
Personal relationships and friendship (private life)and family

9%

Current Situation /daily life / lifestyleOver-(and Under-) interference from Family

64%

Hobbies and Free time
Physical Health
Effective Social Interactions
Lack of motivation, energy
Gainful Employment
Teacher's Encouragement/Observation
Lack of structure

Lack of communication skills

18%

Self Determination
Time management and punctuality

0%

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50%

100%

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Explanation of Themes from Samurai Gakuen Questions
1. School and Classmate relationships
Everything that concerns relationships with classmates and teachers; andeverything that has to do engaging with class projects that the school
requires.
2. Family Situation
This category includes the student’s behaviour towards their guardians,family composition, family environment, family issues.
3. Goal Setting (Personal, Academic and Career)
The student’s personal goal, academic goal, career goal and goal in
Samurai Gakuen. This category can include long term and short-termgoals.
4. Financial Concerns and Independence (Financial)
Financial concerns in case the family is facing poverty.
5. Mental Condition
Mental health. We separated this category from Physical health. To be
noted: when only “health” is mentioned without specifying if it’s physicalor mental we counted it as physical health.
6. Past experiences of relevance (impactful events, academic history etcetera.)
Any past experiences that are relevant to the enrollment of the student
and their current situation, including academic history and experiences inpast schools.
7. Personal relationships and friendship (private life) and family
This category includes all the relationships that are not related to schoolor work, so friends outside school, how the student relates to family
members et cetera. This is to differentiate school or professional
relationships from private interactions.

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8. Current Situation / daily life / lifestyle
Everything concerning the student’s current lifestyle and day to day lifeand habits.
9. Over / Under interference from guardians, codependence issues
Issues of codependence and lack of parenting. Issues with Over
interferent parents, or absent parents, issues of codependence where theextent is invalidating. We separated this from “Family Situation”.
10. Hobbies and Free time
Mentions of how the student spends their free time, and hobbies
separated from school and part time work.
11. Physical Health
Physical health. We separated this category from mental health. To be
noted: when only “health” is mentioned without specifying if it’s physicalor mental we counted it as physical health.
12. Effective Social Interactions
Anything concerning good conduct, good manners, acting with awarenessof the impact of one’s actions over others.
13. Lack of motivation, energy
Teachers bring this up as one of the issues with students, sometimes alsomentioned as a “lack of sense of urgency”.
14. Gainful Employment
Anything part-time job or job related. (This category is for the student’sjob, not their parent’s jobs).
15. Teacher's Encouragement/Observation
Whenever the teacher mentioned wanting to support their student, weincluded it in this category.
16. Lack of structure
Teachers bring this up as one of the issues with students. Examples ofKAI ANALYTICS

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structure could be having a routine, being able to plan the steps towards agoal and taking them gradually, being awake during the day and asleep atnight.
17. Lack of communication skills
Teachers bring this up as one of the issues with students
18. Self Determination
Including image of self, self acceptance, awareness, emotionalindependence, making one’s own decisions.
19. Time management and punctuality
Teachers bring this up as one of the issues with students, it also includes
the capability of the student to meet deadlines, punctuality.

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