Study on the structure of caring in early childhood care and education

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25510014
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: ケア学
• Research Institution: Tamagawa University
• Principal Investigator: IWATA Keiko 玉川大学, 教育学部, 教授 (80287812)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HAYASHI Hiroko 立教女学院短期大学, 幼児教育科, 准教授 (00587347) ; UDAGAWA Kumiko 相模女子大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (90513177)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ケアリング / 保育 / 子ども / 二人称的アプローチ / かかわりあい / モノとの対話

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was intended to clarify the structure of caring that has emerged in the field of early childhood care and education. Caring in early childhood care and education was explored through a qualitative analysis of various episodes and theoretical considerations. The results were as follows. The base of early childhood care is the way that children learn to take care of the world through dialogues with materials. Within early childhood care and education, children's dialogues with materials consist of various processes leading to peer relationships and a learning community. There are processes of learning about the world through the second-person approach.

Free Research Field

発達心理学