田代 和美

本稿でとは、保育実践の場における保育者の感覚や身体を伴う子どものわかり方を明らかにする一端として、子どもの状態を子どもとの間での出来事として中動態的に語る保育者の子どものわかり方と子どもの体の動きに連動する保育者の身体の関係を考察した。木村敏の『あいだと生命』と山崎正和の『リズムの哲学ノート』を通して、中動態と身体の関係および身体ならではの特性を検討した結果、中動態的な感覚が生じている時には、身体は感じる対象と一体になっていて、身体には、外界と一体になるという特性があることが明らかになった。それを踏まえると、保育者が子どもの状態を中動態的に語ることとは、保育者が五感で感じられるその子どもの状態と一体になっている間身体的な器官としての自分の身体を感じた事を語っているのであり、それを感じられるようになることが、子どもと通じ合えるようになってきたという状況であることが明らかになった。

<p>  The purpose of this study is to interpret applying a phenomenological approach towards how a childcare worker senses feelings which children with special needs cannot express in words. In order to do so, I listened to childcare worker's experiences in non-structured and interactive interviews which are used as part of phenomenological nursing research. I interpreted the circumstantial narrative of impressive experiences focused on the function of corporeality by using the phenomenological approach. As a result, the childcare worker and the child with special needs were on the same wavelength because the childcare worker sympathized with the corporeality of the child. So, the childcare worker sensed feelings the child could not express in words. While the childcare worker wasn't conscious of her corporeality, she sensed feelings the child with special needs could not express in words through the function of inter-corporeality.</p>

<p>  This article aims examining the following two issues. (1) Why does a child's appearance change according to the regard of a nursery teacher? Based on (1), (2) What is the professionalism of a nursery teacher? I read "The Visible and the Invisible" by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, M. in order to examine the sensitivity of the foundation of human consciousness. In this work, he described the interrelation between a sensitive body and an object. Based on this interrelation, I examined the relation between the regard of a child and the regard of a nursery teacher. As a result, (1) Because a child has sensitivity, he/she grasps a nursery teacher's regard and "imports" it into him/her. Based on the result, (2) I think the professionalism of a nursery teacher can be seen as follows: a nursery teacher must be conscious that the child's appearance is "imported" from his/her regard. And a nursery teacher must reflect on a child's regard through waking his/her sensitivity, and on his/her regard which is "narcissistic". Following the procedure, a nursery teacher must give a responsive regard at a child.</p>

The purpose of this article is to examine how childcare workers reflect on their childcare actions and the actions of children. The results are as follows: <br>  Childcare workers can be aware of their actions as professionals acts by reflecting on their childcare actions. And childcare workers can expand their own framework by reflecting on their childcare actions. <br>  Childcare workers can interpret what the actions of children mean by reflecting on these actions. Hearing a number of different interpretations helps childcare workers with these reflections. <br>  Reflecting on their childcare actions and reflecting on the actions of children are important. I think that professional childcare workers ought to take time for these two kinds of reflection.