How sustainable kindergarten and elementary school cooperation should be in municipalities with populations of less than 30,000

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02484
• 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: Tokoha University
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Mitsuo 常葉大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50779527)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 大井 雄平 常葉大学, 教育学部, 講師 (40802997) ; 紅林 伸幸 常葉大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40262068)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 幼小連携 / 小規模自治体 / 協働の振り返り / 豊かな関係性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study exemplifies possible processes and specific efforts to promote and sustain collaboration between pre-school and elementary school in small-scale municipalities. Based on our findings, the path and initiatives that make it possible to continue collaboration between pre-school and elementary school can be achieved by observing each other's childcare and education, understanding educational philosophies and methods as well as learning approaches, while building a relationship of trust. It was shown that both childcare workers and elementary school teachers see the following year's pre-school and elementary school collaboration from a constructive point of view.

Free Research Field

初等教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、幼小連携で成果を挙げている保育者と小学校教諭が連携を継続可能にする道筋や取り組みについて、具体的かつ実証的に明らかにした点において、学術的意義を有している。また、本研究で明示した方策を実施しることで、小規模自治体における幼小連携の活性化が見込まれる点において、社会的意義を有している。