2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Supporting multicultural families in the community through Home-based childcare: learning from the English and German experiences of multiculturalisation

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	19K02648
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
Research Institution	Seitoku University (2019-2021, 2023) The University of Tokyo (2022)
Principal Investigator	Tabu Mikiko 聖徳大学, 教職研究科, 名誉教授 (30269360)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	小玉亮子お茶の水女子大学, 基幹研究院, 教授 (50221958) 藪中征代聖徳大学, 教職研究科, 教授 (50369401)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	家庭的保育 / 多文化化 / 外国にルーツをもつ子ども / イギリス / ドイツ / 日本 / 第二言語
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The experiences of ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) and family support for children with migrant backgrounds in England and Germany over the past 50 years were investigated and the findings were disseminated in international lectures and transcripts of these lectures. The actual state of the acceptance of children with foreign roots into ECEC facilities in Japan was ascertained from national statistics and a literature review. An original questionnaire survey of home-based childcare providers was conducted to identify their attitudes towards multicultural ECEC and training issues to enhance the practice of multicultural family support. Although the study did not lead to a pilot initiative, it did yield hints on how training for home-based childcare providers could be provided to deepen their understanding of the challenges of Japanese language acquisition for children with foreign roots, and to contribute to multicultural family support.
Free Research Field	幼児教育史　比較幼児教育
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	独自の質問紙調査によって、家庭的保育事業の多文化化の実態及び課題を明らかにするとともに、家庭的保育者の創意工夫と知恵を析出した。それを可視化し共有することによって、外国ルーツ児とその家族の文化的・言語的ニーズへの対応がより効果的に行える可能性を示した。海外における継続的な学会発表を通じて日本の現状を伝え、共通の課題を抱える国々との研究交流を深めた。英独の研究者、実践者を招いたオンライン国際研究集会を開催して、両国における社会の多文化化経験と移民の背景を持つ子どもとその家族に対する保育支援の事例を日本の保育関係者に公開した。それによって日本の現状と外国ルーツ児の保育課題の多角的な把握に貢献した。