保育者としての経験にもとづく保育研究の方法論的検討 : 「 オートエスノグラフィー」と「エピソード記述」を中心に

This study aims to offer methodological suggestions for childcare research based on the experience as a childcare provider, through an analysis of methods reported in earlier research, particularly that using Autoethnography and episodic descriptions. This study was conducted, because while the research value of what can be sensed only by being present in childcare settings as a childcare provider has been recognized, various doubts about the method have been expressed. The research methods are classified into four categories whose methodological characteristics and associated issues are examined to identify problems in the research based on the author’s own experience as a childcare provider. First, when writing intersubjectively, the relationship between descriptors and research collaborators is important; second, when writing subjectively, it is necessary to distance oneself as a researcher from subjectivity as a childcare provider to avoid becoming self-righteous; and third, it is necessary to clearly state why it is academically significant to base research on the experience as a childcare provider. Although the fact that the researcher is also the analyst raises concerns regarding the self-righteousness of childcare research based on childcare providers’ experiences, new possibilities for childcare research are revealed, including analyses taking advantage of the identity of the researcher and analyst and the physicality of being a childcare provider.