比較保育学研究序説 : その構想と予備的見解(人文・社会科学)

In this paper, I attempt to investigate what international comparative early childhood education and care is by referring to comparative education which is thought to be its basic and preliminary discipline. The reason is because I think comparative education is the nearest study to international comparative early childhood education and care in the following points. That is, comparative education is a discipline which finds out similarities and differences of education in the world, and establish their laws through the comparative methods. In addition, it also orients to the educational reform. Likewise, international comparative early childhood education and care is thought to be a very similar discipline though it isn\u27t established and recognized formally and academically. Based on the aboved premises, I make an endeavor to build up international comparative early childhood education and care. In the 1st chapter, I deal with the pilot studies and examine ideas of international comparative early childhood education and care. In the 2nd chapter, I clarify the characteristics, purposes and methods of it based on those of comparative education. In the 3rd chapter, I examine the existing research work and point out its problems and show their solutions toward them. Finally,I prospect the possibilities of the establishment of international comparative early childhood education and care