Experiential learning and work ethic in semi-professional carers

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381139
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: University of Kochi
• Principal Investigator: MIYAUE Takako 高知県立大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (90259656)
• Research Collaborator: TATSUMI Yuko 香川短期大学 ; NOMURA Osamu 南海福祉専門学校 ; USUKI Yuriko ; SASAKI Norie 高松市医師会看護専門学校 ; YAMASAKI Kazuko 高知県医師会看護専門学校
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 経験学習 / 人材養成 / ケア / 仕事の信念 / 介護福祉士 / 准看護師 / 保育士

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study, we sought to demonstrate the experiential learning process of semi-professional welfare and health care workers, and to clarify the relationship between their work ethic structure and experience.
We conducted individual interview-based surveys of adult students and workplace personnel who were qualified as certified care workers, assistant nurses, and childcare workers, and performed qualitative descriptive analysis on the response data.
Our results showed that the experiential learning process in semi-professionals is in fact a spiral-shaped version of the experiential learning cycle proposed by Kolb. Work ethic could be categorized into "intention to improve personal capacity" and "intention towards care recipients", with each of these traits being maintained by respondents in each of the three professions since their time as a student.

Free Research Field

介護福祉学