2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Quantitative and Qualitative researches on the transition of educational gaps utilizing academic ability surveys conducted by a local government

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Project/Area Number	17H02683
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology of education
Research Institution	Fukuoka University of Education
Principal Investigator	Kawaguchi Toshiaki 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (20551782)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	土屋隆裕横浜市立大学, データサイエンス学部, 教授 (00270413) 垂見裕子武蔵大学, 社会学部, 教授 (10530769) 松尾剛福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50525582) 樋口裕介福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80587650) 松岡亮二早稲田大学, 留学センター, 准教授(任期付) (80637299) 礒部年晃福岡教育大学, 教育総合研究所, 准教授 (20613491)
Project Period (FY)	2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywords	学力格差
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research aimed to tackle the problem that scholars had failed to analyze the transition of educational gaps in Japan due to the lack of continuous data. Focusing on the compulsory education stage, we reanalyzed the data of academic ability and life situation surveys collected by a local government in Western Japan. Besides, we conducted participant observation at schools and at homes of some pupils/students to examine why those educational gaps were maintained. Consequently, we discovered that the academic disparity at grade 4 continued for grade 9. Gender roles, in addition to differences in parents’ economic and educational backgrounds, implicate maintaining the gaps.
Free Research Field	教育社会学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	家庭環境によって子どもの育ちに差が生じる「教育格差」の問題が注目を集めている。格差の改善を図るには，まず実態の把握が欠かせない。本研究は，とくに学力に焦点を当て，学力調査の計量分析という量的分析と，学校・家庭での参与観察という質的分析の両面から，教育格差の実態を描いた研究であり，格差の実態把握に大きく貢献している。加えて本研究は，自治体が有する既存の情報をもとに格差を分析するというスタンスを取っており，教育行政が有するデータの利活用の具体例という点でも，実践的意義が大きい。