A Basic Study on Life Guidance Practices in Kesen Country, Iwate Prefecture after the Showa Sanriku Earthquake and Tsunami

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14092
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: Miyagi University (2021-2022); Nara University of Education (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Goto Atsushi 宮城大学, 看護学群, 准教授 (60815786)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 教育と福祉 / 復興と教育 / 生活指導 / 生活綴方 / 郷土教育 / 昭和三陸地震津波 / 教育の社会史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused the educational activities of elementary school teachers in Kesen County, Iwate Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the "Showa Sanriku Earthquake" in order to historically examine the issue of cooperation between "Education and Welfare" after the Great East Japan Earthquake. In Kesen County, Iwate Prefecture, elementary school teachers tried to work with the impoverished local community and the realities of the children's lives there. The daily life guidance practice, which was carried out in the midst of the intersection of administrative, educational, and local logics after the Showa Sanriku Earthquake, was not only a response to economic deprivation, but also led to the practical issue of rebuilding community and social bonds.

Free Research Field

教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現代日本社会において、子どもの貧困に対する教育的配慮や、児童虐待などを背景に心的外傷を抱えた子どもへの具体的な支援のあり方が課題となっており、「教育と福祉」の連携が求められている。こうした現代的状況を視野に入れ、本研究では「昭和三陸地震」の津波被災地である岩手県気仙郡を対象とし、困窮する地域社会と学校における子どもの保護（ケア）を目的とする教育活動の一端を明らかにした。本研究は、学校を通じた子どもの生存・生活保障の可能性と限界を議論するための基盤となる、新たな研究を展望するものである。