著者

佐藤 一子 森本 扶 新藤 浩伸 北田 佳子 丸山 啓史

出版者

東京大学

雑誌

東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 (ISSN:13421050)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, pp.321-347, 2005-03-10

被引用文献数

1

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This paper intends to discuss some theoretical issues of Action Research as a methodology of educational research. Action research has been developed in the field of social investigation, especially in workplaces. In the 1970s, some argument was brought out on the cognitive problems in social science and on the way of understanding of the world, not only as the objective existence but as emergent and interactional forms constructed with others. Also, Participatory Research has been created through adult educational practices in developing countries, and research networks have been constructed by International Council of Adult Education. Theoretically, this movement was first influenced by the philosophy of Paulo Freire. Considering these historical backgrounds, our discussion will focus on some controversial issues of AR and PR; a) problems of practical or reflective knowledge derived from the process of research; b) relationships between researchers and participants; and c) attributions as a way of inquiry. Finally, we examine some problems of validity of AR or PR.

著者

浅井 幸子 黒田 友紀 金田 裕子 北田 佳子 柴田 万里子 申 智媛 玉城 久美子 望月 一枝

出版者

日本教師教育学会

雑誌

日本教師教育学会年報 (ISSN:13437186)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, pp.110-121, 2018-09-29 (Released:2020-07-06)

参考文献数

33

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This study introduces a case of school reform in a public elementary school, hereon named “A-school”, in the city of O, Japan, in which all teachers engaged in the challenge to share their responsibility for all students in the school. The study analyzes how the teacher-community at A-school developed through the school reform. It is noteworthy that the teacher-community at A-school was uniquely developed by teachers’ sharing about their “inabilities” rather than “abilities”. The study, then, focuses on this unique sharing culture to analyze how individual teachers in A-school had experienced their school reform by using a narrative inquiry approach. Considering A-school as a narrative community, we interviewed several teachers and school staff, and analyzed their narratives from three viewpoints; “personal story”, “community narrative”, and “dominant cultural narrative”. As a result, we found out the following: (1) The narrative based on the dominant culture in ordinary elementary schools tends to emphasize individual classroom teacher’s responsibility for students in his/her own class. Such narrative makes it difficult for ordinary elementary schools to achieve the goal “All teachers should be responsible for all students in a school.” (2) Counter to the dominant narrative emphasizing individual responsibility, teachers in A-school positively disclosed their “inability” to share their responsibility for their students. The principal took the initiative to disclose her own “inabilities”, which then provided veteran teachers in A-school a safety to share their own “inabilities”. Those principal’s and veterans’ narratives then encouraged young teachers in A-school to also disclose their “inabilities”. (3) The teachers in A-school realized that being aware of one’s own “inability” and asking for others’ help do not mean giving up one’s own responsibility. Instead, the teachers found that they pursued their own responsibility through continuous questioning of their “abilities” needed for their students’ education.