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

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: 若者支援 / 居場所 / ひきこもり / 専門性

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.

Free Research Field

青年期教育