Research on the feasibility of teachers' collaboration with support staffs

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H03773
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Meisei University
• Principal Investigator: HIGUCHI nobumoto 明星大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00533134)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 青木 純一 日本女子体育大学, 体育学部, 教授 (10389869) ; 坪谷 美欧子 横浜市立大学, 都市社会文化研究科, 准教授 (80363795)
• Research Collaborator: MAEHARA KENJI ; SUDOU KOUSUKE ; KANBAYASI TOSIYUKI ; IWASAWA MASAKAZU ; SANO ASATAROU ; HORIUCHI MASASI ; NAKANO SANAE ; MAEDA MUGIHO
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 多忙化縮減 / 支援スタッフとの連携 / 多職種協働 / 働き方改革

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted surveys of teachers and support staff in several prefectures of Japan and we realized as follows. In order to relieve Japanese teachers’ workload, it is important to collaborate with teachers and various support staff with expertise such as school counselors, Japanese language instructors, school librarians, club instructors, and learning assistants. The collaboration will also promote resolving the problems in Japanese schools which become more and more complex and various, and relieving Japanese teachers' workload. Moreover, in order to promote the collaboration, it is important to expand the placement of the support staff and improve the employment and working environment of the staff.

Free Research Field

教育行政

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学校における働き方改革は、喫緊の重要な政策課題となる中で、教員が子どもたちへの教育指導に専念できる体制を構築するために、外部支援スタッフの配置拡充が不可欠であるとともに、複雑化・多様化する教育課題への適切な対処を図るためにも、それぞれの教育課題に専門性を有する外部支援スタッフの有効活用が求められていることを大規模な実態調査により明らかにした。