QUALITY IN DAY-CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN UNDER THREE

主要研究结果如下：(1)通过对托管者和家长对“高质量”形象的分析，提出了“高质量托儿所认同”这一范畴，这对于全面、前瞻性地探讨某一托儿所的质量具有重要意义。(2)将托儿所5岁班级日托实践的分析放在幼儿班作为托儿所起始年龄的分析上；(3)将托儿班实践的分析与托管者和家长的意识、访谈和讨论的结果结合起来。未来研究的主题是使我们的研究框架和方法更加清晰，“托儿所的质量”作为一个假设被确立。

The main results are that we established the framework as a hypothesis of "Quality in Day Care" especially for children under three and the method how to research the theme which had never done in Japan in spite of the important theme today.Contents of the result of "how to research" are as follows.It is significant as methods for approaching to the Quality of a certain Day-Care center wholly and perspectively(1) to take the category "Identity of High Quality in Day Care" through the analysis of caregivers' and parents' images of "High Quality" ,(2) to put the analysis of Day Care practice of 5 year-old-class as the last grade in Day-Care Center upon the analysis of infant class as the starting age of Day-Care Center,(3) to combine the analysis of the practice of infant class with caregivers' and parents' awareness, and results of interview and discussion with them.The theme to study in future is to make our framework and method of the study, "Quality in Day-Care" established as a hypothesis clear more and more.