学校教育と社会教育の協働

―公民分館活動を軸に―

抄録

  The purpose of this paper is to consider collaboration between School education and Adult education, focusing on the activity at the Citizens' Public Hall, Izumigaoka, in Osaka. I wish to emphasize the importance of examining the indirect effects of collaboration, such as the relationships between children and adults

  In the first part of this paper, I examine the notion of collaboration in contrast to the notion of fusion of school and the community What is significant in this argument is that, as mentioned above, the indirect effects of collaboration are more important than the direct improvements in achievement and parental involvement.

  From this viewpoint, in the next part of this paper, I look at two instances in Izumigaoka. One is a “Volunteer-circle” which adjusts the relationships between School education and Adult education, and the other is a “Fureai-salon” which cultivates a mutual trust through collaboration between School education and Adult education. From these cases, I conclude that for collaboration to take hold there needs to be a focal point, both in terms of location and a “key parson”. It is also apparent that it is in the indirect effects of collaboration between School and Adult education that the process as a whole is strengthened.