Challenge of making safe school environment with “Safe School” approach: Case of a Swedish elementary school, Källby Gård

本稿では、近年、国内外で関心が高まっているセーフスクール（ISS）の取り組みについてその概要をまとめるとともに、世界で初めてISS として認証されたスウェーデンの小学校Kallby Gard の取り組みを、ISS 活動の基本となる７つの指標に基づいて整理した。この取り組みの特徴は、教員や学校職員だけでなく児童や保護者その他地域の多様な組織などが協働し、安全向上の取り組みを継続して進める点にある。ISS 活動を通じて、児童は、安全な環境を与えられるだけの存在ではなく、大人たちとともにそれを創り上げていく主体者としての役割を担うことで、安全に関する知識と安全な環境を創り上げていく能力を身につけていくことにつながることがあきらかになった。This paper aims to understand overview of the International Safe School (ISS) movement. ISS is a set of safety promotion program at school in the International Safe Community settings (ISC). Therefore, ISS takes same approach of safety promotion as the Safe Community approach initiated by the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion in Stockholm, Sweden; that is communities can become safer by reducing risks of injury and accident, since most of injuries and accidents are preventable. Based on understanding of the overview of ISS, challenges at Kallby Gard, the first designated school as the International Safe School, is examined. From the analysis of the activities and strategies at the school, it was made clear that pupils learn to gain knowledge of safety and to be more capable to take a role to develop safe school environment in collaboration with teachers, school staff, parents, and communities