The Study on Positioning of Body in Life and Death Education by Reconsideration Historical Development

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26750244
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Ibaraki University
• Principal Investigator: AOYAGI Michiko 茨城大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (70466994)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: いのちの教育 / デス・エデュケーション / 身体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I reconsidered how the body has been positioned in the life and death education by revealing that historical development, comparing Japanese "education of inochi" with the death education of the United States, and examined the prospect of the positioning of the body in future life and death education.
Comparing the Japanese "education of inochi"with the American Death Education, both did not take up the body in theoretical aspect of research. On the other hand, educational practice of school in Japan, we could see several examples that focused on the body from the viewpoint of nurturing the life of children. "Education of inochi"in Japan has developed independently, despite being influenced from the United States, and in recent years learning the mind, children could study "inochi", life and death through the body.

Free Research Field

教育学、教育人間学