Historical consideration of the view of children as subjects of rights

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14190
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
• Research Institution: Sapporo Otani Junior College
• Principal Investigator: Osawa Ari 札幌大谷大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 准教授 (30760227)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 子どもの権利 / コルチャック / 子ども観 / 教育・養育実践 / 児童保護活動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the period when it was difficult to travel to Poland, I used digital archives to collect materials about Korczak's life, practices, and thoughts. During the final year of the grant period, I visited Poland and collected the following materials : materials on child protection activities by doctors, materials on education and childcare issues, materials on the Holocaust during World War II, etc.
Based on the materials collected through this research and those that have already been collected, I have summarized Korczak's views on children and his thoughts of children's rights, which were formed and deepened through his education and childcare practices at the orphanage Dom Sierot.
It also revealed the practice of Korczak in the Ghetto and child protection activities during World War II.

Free Research Field

児童福祉史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

コルチャックの思想と子どもの権利条約の精神とを直接結びつけるのではなく、実践家としての彼の業績を具体的に明らかにし、子どもの権利論や権利主体としての子どもという考え方を考察することで、現在においてなお課題となっている子どもの権利、特に子どもが主体的に行使する権利―意見表明権や表現・思想・良心・宗教・集会についての自由権、休息・余暇・文化的活動等に参加する権利など―の実現の方策を検討することができる。