預かり保育に関する研究--利用の理由と利用後の子どもの様子 A Study of Daycare Outside Kindergarten Hours : Parents' Needs and Children's Attitudes

98名の附属幼稚園の保護者が,預かり保育の利用の理由や帰宅後の子どもの様子などを調べる質問紙に答えた。主な結果は次の通りであった。(1)預かり保育は様々なニーズを持つ保護者にとって役に立つ,(2)いくつかの利用理由は,利用回数と関係がある,(3)年長の子どもは預かり保育中の遊びを家でもしたがる,(4)年少の子どもは預かり保育から帰宅後,母親に甘えたがる。この種の研究の将来の幼児教育に関する意義が議論された。

Ninty-eight parents in Kindergarten attached this university completed a questionnare, which examined the times and the reasons they used the daycare outside hours, and the attitudes which their children showed after the care and so on. Major findings were as follows : (1) the care is useful for the parents with a variety of needs, (2) some reasons were significantly related to the times, (3) old children want to play similarly at home as at the daycare, (4) young children want to make up to their mothers after the daycare. Implications of this kind of research for the future system in early childhood education were discussed.