The Practice and Logic of Creating Ibasho in Schools: Fieldwork at a Correspondence High School

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14399
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Kanzaki Mami 立命館大学, 立命館グローバル・イノベーション研究機構, 助教 (70816553)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 不登校 / 居場所 / 通信制高校 / ライフコース / 場のデザイン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the practice and logic of creating "Ibasho" in schools by investigating (1) students' school experiences, (2) the involvement of teachers and staff, and (3) the positions of school in students' lives. The results of the alternative survey, conducted because the field survey was restricted by COVID-19, suggested that (1) the term "ibasho" tends to be directed toward those who are away from the main place of activity, with rest and security as key concepts; (2) As the teachers and staff worked with the children, the conflict between them gradually became visible, and (3) In correspondence high schools, the students have free time and the people whom the students met in and out of school are becoming a resource, which promotes to change the meaning of past of school refusal.

Free Research Field

教育心理学、文化心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

不登校はその渦中にある人々への調査が難しいこともあり、データに基づく検討が限られてきた。そうした中で、不登校直後の過渡期にある高校生の意味づけを扱った本研究には社会的意義があると考えられる。また、人生を主軸において学校経験を捉えることで、学校や不登校を相対化して捉える方法論と道筋を確保したことには一定の学術的意義があると考えられる。