Basic Research on the Construction of Adult Education toward the Development of Social Education that Contributes to "Social Inclusion"

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02450
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University
• Principal Investigator: Shibue Kasane 静岡大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (10377707)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 社会教育 / 学習者としての成人 / 包摂的な地域づくり

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the possibilities and limitations of andragogy developed by Malcolm Shepherd Knowles, with the aim of constructing an adult education science aimed at developing social education that contributes to “social inclusion”.
Knowles' andragogy can be said to have particular potential in the “concept of the learner”. On the other hand, there was no consideration given to the concept of “adults as subjects of their lives and sovereign persons”, or how to view their feigned self-determination within the power structure. Additionally, many of the social education staff who responded to the interviews took a non-pedagogical approach. Taking the above points into consideration, the future challenge is to further pursue adult education that “contributes to social inclusion”.

Free Research Field

社会教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、ノールズのアンドラゴジーに関し、近年の海外研究での位置づけと、日本における成人を対象とした社会教育実践における原理と照らし合わせて、その可能性と課題について明らかにしたことである。社会的意義としては、社会教育職員に「高齢者、障害者、外国人、困難を抱える人々など、全ての住民が孤立することなく、地域社会の構成員として社会参加できるよう社会的包摂に寄与すること」が求められる中で、社会教育職員として学習を培っていく際の考え方や要素を示せた点である。