The formal/informal role of female teachers in the development of collegiality in Australian and remote schools.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02612
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related
• Research Institution: Osaka Metropolitan University (2022-2023); Fuji Women's University (2020-2021)
• Principal Investigator: II YOSHIHITO 大阪公立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (10326605)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 女性教員 / 学校組織 / ライフイベント / キャリア形成 / 公正 / 職場環境 / オーストラリア / 北海道

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to identify the formal/informal roles played by female teachers in remote schools from a collegiality building perspective. Australia, like Japan, is confronted with the challenge of early retirement, especially for teachers in remote areas. In order to make a comparison with Australia, a survey was also conducted with female teachers who had worked in remote schools in Japan. Interviews with initial teachers revealed differences in the way they interacted with their schools and communities, depending on the work environment and local characteristics. On the other hand, they found it difficult to continue working in remote areas for a long time, regardless of the quality of the local adaptation process. Interviews with former teachers who had worked in remote schools until the 1990s also revealed difficulties in building collegiality for broadly the same reasons as today.

Free Research Field

教師教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、遠隔地域における教員、特に女性教員の同僚性構築に向けた取り組みを豪州に加え、日本の動向も含めて考察してきた。豪州では、社会正義の視点を取り入れた教員養成コースの設置など、遠隔地学校にも質の高い教員を配置する取り組みが見られた。日本では学校のみならず地域にも適応できるかが、遠隔地学校での勤務に対する満足に影響を及ぼすことが明らかになった。このことからも、教員志願者に対する社会正義の意識向上だけではなく、遠隔地域への適応を促す包括的なプログラムの大学での開設などが、遠隔地学校における教員の同僚性構築に向けた第一歩であることを明らかにすることができた。