The purpose of this case study is to analyze the relationship between family factors, especially mother's cultural factors, and the "Futoko" [non-attendance at school].
Previous researches in Sociology of the Family have shown that children are influenced by their cultural background of the family. However, most of the recent studies of "Futoko" have not focused on the influence of family factors but of school factors. Such academic situation relates to criticism about the school environment in Japan - as for example, the criticism of the education system, the problem of bullying , exam war, and break down of the classroom. I recognize the importance of school factors, but l think that the issue of "Futoko" is surely irrelevant to the issue of family. Precisely, to consider this fact that the "Futoko", is child's unaccommodation to a school environment, it is necessary to focus on the differential in children' s ability, what was produced in the irinfancy, to accommodate to a school environment. For accurate recognition of the "Futoko", it is not enough to focus merely on school factors.
I executed the interview research to identify the influence of family factors, especially mother's cultural factors. Interviewees consisted of 5 children who had the experience of "Futoko", and their respective mothers. In this research it was found that the child's various "orientation to school " was parallel their mother's. And such facts suggest that the mother's orientation had reproduced to the child's. To show the major characteristics of investigated mothers and children in this study, aweak orientation to studies, a strong orientation to autonomy, father's absence, changing estimation on their own experiences of "Futoko", are of most significance. Besides, it was found that such orientation had risen from mother's family of orientation. To borrow Pierre Bourdieu's theory, such orientation is recognized as "habitus". Hence, this study pointed out that the mother's "habitus" about school and education, produced in her infancy, was found as a major factor for the "Futoko".
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