「教育問題」の発見・処理と運動の展開 : 登校拒否を例として

When an educational phenomenon becomes a social problem, we should not only be skeptical of such a definition but also analyze it in its own right. In modern Japan, educational problems are discovered one after another. However, they are only 'disposed' by means of medical treatment or moral condemnation, and the phenomena themselves never vanish. We then refer to a case of contemporary School Refusal Problem. Professionals such as psychiatrists attempt to define it as sick and to deal with it exclusively. But on the other, some people actively claim that it is a sign of illness of school, education, or society and that it affects sensitive children. Children who refuse to attend school are potential threats to compulsory educaton system. So it is possible that this problem develops into dispute about maintenance and change of the most fundamental assumption of educational system