著者

齋藤 充子 齋藤 佳奈 中村 朋子 伊藤 敦子

出版者

活水女子大学

雑誌

活水論文集. 健康生活学部編 (ISSN:18807720)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.59, pp.51-65, 2016-03-31

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Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology expressed its view in September1992 that school non-attendance can occur in the case of any child and that problems in school life often leadto non-attendance. Understanding this, teachers have since worked to deepen their relationships with students,but school non-attendance has not decreased.The author explored causes of school non-attendance, focusing on school, home and personal factors.Through factor analysis, the conclusion was reached that reduction of school non-attendance largely dependson the competence of teachers who directly interact with children.The author conducted a survey in Taiwan, where the environment surrounding children is similar to that inJapan, to investigate teachers' efforts and awareness toward school non-attendance. The survey revealedfollowing differences in teachers' responses between Japan and Taiwan: In Taiwan (1) many teachers do notconsider that school non-attendance can occur in the case of any child, (2) teachers are not sufficiently awareof non-attending students in their schools (outside their own classes), (3) the school's response as anorganization is not sufficient. Teachers who responded that their schools have non-attending students citedhome visits, consultation with managerial teachers, expert intervention and teacher training as necessarysupport.