幼稚園・保育所の「一体化」「一元化」と幼児教育・保育行政の連携 : 認定こども園制度を中心に(教育行政と他行政分野の連携と競合,I 年報フォーラム)

• Published in: Bulletin of the Japan Educational Administration Society Vol. 34; pp. 55 - 72
• Main Author: 伊藤, 良高
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: 日本教育行政学会 2008; The Japan Educational Administration Society
• Subjects: collaboration reinforcement; educational administration; unification of kindergartens and nursery schools; welfare administration
• ISSN: 0919-8393; 2433-1899
• DOI: 10.24491/jeas.34.0_55

Recently, various reform plans have been formulated which use "cooperation reinforcement," "integration," and "unification" as keywords concerning the partnership of kindergartens and nursery schools. In the enforcement of regulations for authorized early childhood schools, close relations are now called for when it comes to the promotion of infant education and child-care beyond the walls of educational administration and welfare administration. In the field of early childhood care and education, the importance of overcoming the estrangement of educational administration and welfare administration (the so-called "dual administration" or "vertical administration") is seen as one of the important problems that has been advocated until today, especially when it comes to the viewpoint of "the right to receive an equal early childhood care and education. 'The purpose of this paper is to consider the possibilities and fundamental problems concerning the collaboration of educational administration and welfare administration with the "integration" and "unification" of kindergartens and nursery schools, focusing on authorized early childhood schools. The content of this paper is as follows : 1 Recent trends of "integration" and "unification" of kindergartens and nursery schools. 2 Foundation of authorized early childhood schools and their characteristics. 3 Cooperation reinforcement of several fields of early childhood care and education in authorized early childhood schools. 4 Viewpoints and issues on preschool administration. Some important issues are raised from this research. First, in recent years, the merits if ideas as "comprehension of local administration," "rational management," and "promotion of the efficiency of facility management" have been emphasized. This trend has many problems, beginning with the right to receive equal early childhood care and education and the point of view that called for "the improvement of the quality of early child- hood care and education."Second, authorized early childhood schools are different from the unification of kindergartens and nursery schools based on the right to receive equal early childhood care and education, illustrating the vague nature of the system itself. Third, what is important is the partnership of kindergartens and nursery schools aiming at a simultaneous, unified, and secure approach to attain the well-being of both infants and parents. It is desirable that cooperation in terms of the reinforcement of educational and welfare administration accords with the idea of "child and family well-being" be supported and advocated in today's society.