Clinical sociology of education on socio-cultural diversity of the truancy and its supporting system in Japan

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19530748
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Otsuma Women's University
• Principal Investigator: SAKAI Akira Otsuma Women's University, 家政学部, 教授 (90211929)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HOSAKA Toru 千葉大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30173579) ; ITO Shigeki 駒澤大学, 文学部, 教授 (70251569)
• Research Collaborator: KIMURA Fumica 江戸川大学, 社会学部, 講師 ; KATO Miho お茶の水女子大学, 教育研究特設センター・アソシエイト, フェロー
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 不登校 / スクールソーシャルワーカー / 脱落型不登校

Research Abstract

Under the widening gap between rich and poor, we found a lot of truants caused by poor socio-economic family conditions. Dr.Hosaka called them "dropout absentees," and found many truants were identified as this type based on the research on "A" prefecture. We also reported "school social worker projects" started in 2008 and some movements in child welfare sector in order to treat those changing problems. We researched several actions taken by the Metropolitan Centers to Support Kids and Families.
Finally we reexamined existing framework of treatment of truancy in Japan and insisted these students should be treated together with other types of absentees as those who didn't go to school.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 2010 Report of current state of truancy support system in Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Kimura, F., Ito, H., Kawabata, S., Kato, M., Sakai, A.
  • Organizer: Hawaii international conference on education
  • Place of Presentation: Honolulu
  • Year and Date: 20100000
• [Presentation] 不登校問題の変容と支援システムの再編成に関する研究 (2009)
  • Author(s): 酒井朗・保坂亨・木村文香・伊藤秀樹・川畑俊一・加藤美帆・伊藤茂樹
  • Organizer: 日本教育社会学会第61回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 20090000
• [Presentation] 長期欠席から登校拒否へ-『長期欠席児童生徒調査』の分析から (2009)
  • Author(s): 加藤美帆
  • Organizer: 日本教育学会第68回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 20090000
• [Book] いま、思春期を問い直す-グレーゾーンに立つ子どもたち (2010)
  • Author(s): 保坂亨
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] 新訂教育の社会学(苅谷剛彦・濱名陽子・木村涼子・酒井朗(編), 学校に行かない子ども) (2010)
  • Author(s): 酒井朗
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
• [Book] “学校を休む"児童生徒の欠席と教員の休職 (2009)
  • Author(s): 保坂亨
  • Publisher: 学事出版
• [Remarks] 酒井朗2008, 5, 22,墨田区教育委員会平成20年度生活指導主任研修会「生活指導における小・中学校の連携について」
• [Remarks] 酒井朗2007, 5, 2,東京都教育相談センター教育相談主管課長会議講師「不登校における地域ネットワーク支援の現状と課題」.
• [Remarks] 酒井朗2008, 2, 20,江戸川区教育研究所江戸川区不登校対策会議学習会講師「不登校への対応の今日的課題～幼・小・中の連携を重視した対応策を中心に」.
• [Remarks] 酒井朗2008, 7, 14,江戸川区不登校対策会議学習会(その2)「不登校児童・生徒の分析と対応策～小・中学校の具体的な連携～」.