Construction of a nursery curriculum model to integrate childcare

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23531094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educaion
• Research Institution: Kobe Women's University
• Principal Investigator: OHASHI Kimiko 神戸女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (10353020)
• Research Collaborator: OHNO Mutsuko
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 幼保一体化 / 保育カリキュラム / 保育の計画 / 保育環境 / デンマークの保育 / 自己肯定感 / 保育の質

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we investigated establishment of a curriculum model that promotes true growth of children in childcare facilities, with the goal of integration of kindergartens and nursery schools.A questionnaire was distributed to childcare providers in kindergartens and nurseries.The answers from respondents in kindergartens showed significant differences for 5 out of 6 questions, and among these items we focused on “planning and understanding of child nursing".This analysis showed that one of the causes of the different answers was “environment”.This result suggested the need to investigate relationships among “nursing curriculum”“environment”and“child growth” from a new perspective. We then conducted field work to examine child nursing and the environment in Denmark, where integration of kindergartens and nurseries is promoted and environmental nursing is implemented for nurturing of children’s self-esteem. We were able to obtain meaningful results from this field work.

Free Research Field

教育学（乳幼児保育）