2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on the Left-behind Children in Chinese Agricultural Villages and Educational Discrimination

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21653095
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Sociology of education
Research Institution	Kyushu University of Health and Welfare
Principal Investigator	TOSAKA Manabu 九州保健福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 講師 (50308144)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	農村 / 留守児童 / 外来建設者 / 沿海商工業都市 / 教育格差 / 夢の実現 / 社会的支援 / フィールドワーク
Research Abstract	This study examines the roles that adults should assume when helping underprivileged rural children to achieve their dreams for the future. Observations and fieldwork were conducted in an agricultural village in the Hunan Province and a commercial city in the Zhejiang Province, respectively. The primary focus was the overall conditions both in the spheres of life and work faced by children and their parents in rural farming communities. Although this study is limited in its overall scope, it revealed several efforts by active Chinese citizens involved in providing education and practical solutions.