Professionalism of youth work in "Ibasyo" in which social withdraw gathers

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15H06543
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Education
Research Institution	The University of Shiga Prefecture
Principal Investigator	HARA Miki 滋賀県立大学, 人間文化学部, 助教 (90760603)
Project Period (FY)	2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	若者支援 / 居場所 / ひきこもり / 専門性 / フリースペース / 実践知 / 教育学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The main objective of this study is to investigate the professionalism of the worker who is related to the social withdraw in "Ibasyo" (places where vulnerable young people gather). The following became clear through the participant observation and the discussion with the worker; 1) Importance of viewpoint of place-making, 2) The idea of Narrative Inquiry is significant so that workers may pay attention to young people's activeness, 3) The young people's transformations are thought from the viewpoint of restructuring of the story.