A Historical Study of the Public Responsibility of Nursery Care in Modern Japanese Society

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380766
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Seigakuin University
• Principal Investigator: TAZAWA Kaoru 聖学院大学, 人間福祉学部, 教授 (70296200)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 保育所 / 児童福祉法 / 保育要領 / 保育児童のケースワーク事例集 / 吉見静江 / 厚生省児童局 / 措置制度 / 興望館セツルメント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research historically examined the public responsibility of childcare in modern Japan. As a result of organizing the Child Welfare Law from the measures system,the first thing was that the measures system was established as a countermeasure to SCAPIN 775, and secondly, the use of taxes for nursery school management does not mean to operate nursery at public responsibility. According to the document to GHQ, meaning is equivalent to being written as "all children" in the Child Welfare Law and " equal opportunity in education" in the Basic Act on Education.
In 1947, there was no significant difference in the childcare contents between kindergartens and nursery schools. The Ministry of Health and Welfare aimed at the identity of nursery schools. Yoshimi Shizue is a key person who took charge of administration regarding nursery care at the time. It was pointed out the relationship between the Yoshimi's achievement and the practices at Kobokan Settlement (the previous workplace of her).

Free Research Field

児童福祉