2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Physical Environment to Ensure the Quality of Childcare at Diversifying Childcare Facilities

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Project/Area Number	19K02324
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	Japan Women's University
Principal Investigator	SADAYUKI Mariko 日本女子大学, 家政学部, 教授 (80235308)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	五関正江日本女子大学, 家政学部, 教授 (00170449) 青木賀津子日本女子大学, 家政学部, 研究員 (00829351) 澤田美砂子日本女子大学, 家政学部, 准教授 (20409262) 小池孝子東京家政学院大学, 現代生活学部, 教授 (50508778)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	保育施設 / 保育の質 / 施設環境 / 空気環境 / 食育 / 園庭 / 運動遊び
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study is to clarify the current state of ensuring the quality of childcare at childcare facilities, which has rapidly improved quantitatively due to the New System of Children and Childcare, and to provide guidelines for facility development. It is revealed that: the new type of licensed childcare facility under the new system is increased rapidly, there is a noticeable increase in the number of new privately-run facilities, especially those run by joint stock companies. And then we clarified the present issues of newly established child care facilities. In addition, with regard to ensuring a clean air environment in childcare facilities, which has become more apparent due to the spread of the coronavirus infection, we raised issues regarding matters that should be considered in architectural planning based on observational surveys of children's activities and actual measurements of the air environment.
Free Research Field	建築計画
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	認可保育所については、学校環境衛生基準に相当する空気環境に関する基準が設けられていない。本研究では、子どもの活動観察調査および空気環境の実測調査により、空間の使用状況によって空気環境の測定値に問題が生じるケースがあることを示した。これにより、今後の保育施設整備においては、空気環境に関わる数値基準および保育に使用する空間の面積基準、保育室の構成に関するガイドラインを設ける必要があることを指摘した。