Research on housing education programs for diverse living styles in a declining population society

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02294
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08030:Family and consumer sciences, and culture and living-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Nobuhara Rie 京都教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40310718)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 住教育 / 住まい方 / 地域居住 / 住まい・まちづくり / 人口減少社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are concerns about the impact of population decline on the lives of citizens in local communities. We conducted a survey on various issues in local communities and ways of living that arise from social changes associated with population decline and found a relationship between ways of living and issues in local communities. Housing structures were becoming non-wooden, Japanese-style rooms were becoming less common, and events held at home were shifting from traditional local events to national and personal events. Participation in local activities in residential areas has decreased, and ties with neighboring communities have weakened. There are generational differences in access to information about local life, it is necessary to think how to get citizens to pay attention to their local community. Taking these factors into consideration, we designed the housing education program to think about how to live and the issues facing local communities due to population decline.

Free Research Field

住居学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

調査結果から、高齢世代といわゆるZ・Y世代とで、近隣社会との関わりの経験や行動、知識、意識が異なっていることが明らかとなり、社会変化に応じて、地域に目を向け地域社会の生活を考える機会を構築する必要性が示唆された。人口減少に伴う社会問題と密接に関係する「住まい方」に着目して、住教育プログラムでとり上げるべき課題が抽出できたことは、社会的意義がある。さらに、その中の一部は、学校現場や自治体との連携・協働により、地域の課題や学校に応じた住教育プログラムや教材開発を行い、実践し、評価を受けることができ、住教育プログラムを向上させるための知見が得られた。