2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on roll of residents' initiative activity related to community childcare support
| Project/Area Number |
16330117
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social welfare and social work studies
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| Research Institution | Osaka City University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAGATA Fumiharu Osaka City University, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Professor, 大学院生活科学研究科, 教授 (10159204)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IWAMA Nobuyuki Osaka City University, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Associate Professor, 大学院生活科学研究科, 助教授 (00285298)
TERADA Kyouko Osaka Seikei College, Department of Elementary and Preschool Education, Associate Professor, 児童教育学科, 助教授 (30369673)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | childcare / childcare network / childcare support network / self-direction of inhabitant |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to clarify contributions of self-directive activities of inhabitants in making a community childcare support system through the Kaizuka childcare network study and the Japanese childcare network study.
In the Kaizuka childcare network study, we researched the consciousness of participants and their families and the evaluation of their activity made by the third person.
In the Japanese childcare network study, we carried out a survey to clarify about a characteristic of each organization.
As a result, through participating in activities, parents become to draw out their self-direction and change their consciousness of their community. Children also learned a method of communication with a person and acquired power to live. Also, we found out that many childcare networks were organized by volunteer who felt necessity, worked around urban area, and mainly depended on membership fee and subsidy. In addition, we found out that some network received private resources, a purpose of networks was to make a mutual support system among individuals belonging to network and other organizations and citizens, many network concentrated on parents who had a baby or an infant in their community.
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Research Products
(2 results)
