2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Comparative Historical Study of Japanese and the North America Practices in Socially Open Early Childhood Education
| Project/Area Number |
19K02466
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 09010:Education-related
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| Research Institution | Jissen Women's University (2023)
Urawa University (2021-2022)
Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University (2020)
St.Margaret's Junior College (2019) |
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Principal Investigator |
NOJIRI Mie 実践女子大学, 生活科学部, 准教授 (60554110)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 幼児教育史 / キリスト教主義幼稚園 / アメリカ幼児教育 / フレーベル主義 / エリザベス・ハリソン |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Christian kindergartens in modern Japan developed childcare practices based on “Mother Play" the most practical expression of Froebel's ideas. In North America around the turn of the 20th century, the same qualities were expected in the home as in the kindergarten, with the establishment of “Mother Play”study groups and mothers' schools. This is the “openness to society” of infant education. This became a concrete measure to realize early childhood education that was “open to society,” and led to the flourishing of free kindergartens with active cooperation with families by caregivers through “mothers' class〟 and “home visits,” as well as understanding and support for kindergarten management by local citizens.
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| Free Research Field |
幼児教育史
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
「社会に開かれた」幼児教育の検討には、保護者・地域・子ども（入園前・在園・卒園）が包括的に結びつきを感じられる近代日本キリスト教主義幼稚園の実践のような取り組みが有効であり、幼稚園が地域コミュニティへ積極的に働きかけることが有効であると考える。また、その中心には、保育者の活躍は不可欠であり、社会が保育者の専門性を再認識、再評価することも同時に必要であるといえるだろう。
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