A Study on Exclusion and Inclusion of Children with Difficulties in Enrolling in School Education-Based on the Concept of "Resources"

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K02614
• 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: Sophia University
• Principal Investigator: Sakai Akira 上智大学, 総合人間科学部, 教授 (90211929)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 伊藤 秀樹 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80712075)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 就学の社会学 / 小１の壁 / コロナ禍 / ひとり親世帯 / 障害のある子ども / 生活世界の分化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study targeted parents with socioeconomic difficulties and parents with children with disabilities to determine how they experience schooling, paying attention to differences in social conditions and school systems. Owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a combination of web-based questionnaires and interviews was used. The analysis revealed that the way children experience schooling and the degree of difficulty they experience are defined by the situation in which each household is placed and the condition of their children. The difficulties that parents in dual-earner households face when their children attend school are currently attracting attention as the "first grade barrier," but it was revealed that the difficulties faced by parents are more multifaceted and that various variables other than work also determine their experiences.

Free Research Field

教育社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人々の生活が変化し、学校教育との間で様々な齟齬が生じており、フリースクールに子どもを通わせている世帯も増えている。本研究は子どもの就学時に着目することにより、現代家族にとって学校教育はどのようなものとして映っているのかを解明した。世帯が置かれた社会的経済的状況や子どもの状態によりその捉えられ方は異なっている。本研究は、今日の社会において、家庭と学校はどのように安定的な関係を築くことができるかについて、多くの示唆を提供している。