A study on the structuring of learning processes in early childhood play

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K18056
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology; Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: Takasaki University of Health and Welfare
• Principal Investigator: Uchida Sachiko 高崎健康福祉大学, 人間発達学部, 准教授 (60461696)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 幼児 / 遊び / Listening pedagogy / プレイショップ / レッジョ・インスパイア―ド / 構造化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on the early childhood education approach that emphasizes meaning-making for learners based on the Listening pedagogy in Sweden, and examined the possibility of development in early childhood education in Japan.Through a review of the literature, we confirmed the framework of documentation, which is the central concept of Listening pedagogy, and clarified the difference from its position in early childhood education in Japan.We also examined the development of an approach that relies on the Japanese context through practical research in early childhood education facilities in Japan.

Free Research Field

発達心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年は、国際的な幼児教育において均質化や就学準備性を高める傾向が強まっている。このような状況のなかで、多様性や複雑性は捨象されやすい。プレイショップと呼ばれる実践研究サイトでの検証を通じて、子どもの権利や民主性を中心に据えた幼児教育アプローチの展開可能性を、日本の幼児教育の文脈に位置付けながら、理論的のみならず実践的に検証した点に本研究の意義がある。