Socialization & Communication in the Community (Kawagoe city)

Research Project

Project/Area Number	05451037
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research Institution	TOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	TOYODA Toshio Tokyo International University, School of International Studies and Human Relations, Professor, 教養学部, 教授 (80143155)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	ENDO Katsuya Tokyo International University, School of International Studies and Human Relati, 教養学部, 助教授 (80129072) NITO Takao Tokyo International University, School of International Studies and Human Relati, 教養学部, 助教授 (30140916) OGAWA Bunya Tokyo International University, School of International Studies and Human Relati, 教養学部, 教授 (70177137)
Project Period (FY)	1993 – 1994
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1994)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000) Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000) Fiscal Year 1993: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Keywords	Kawagoe City / Social Process / Large sample survey / Communication Structure / Information-intensive society / Industrial development & Vocational education / 生活体験 / 産業化と実業教育
Research Abstract	This research is aiming to study the socio-cultural change in the community (Kawagoe City), especially through the communication and education. In the aspect of communication, we observe the "Social process" in this community at the relationship of local people and society, which is in rapid urbanization. Some of the finding in the study is summarized as follows : 1. Personal communication is characterized & directly related to human Total communication. 2. The type of life-experience is closely rooted in the situation of communication. 3. The relationship between Life style and Communication structure is very interesting matter. 4. What decides the friendship to foreigners is the life consciousness of person, with his occupation and school career. In the aspect of education, we have studied the role of vocational education in the industrial development of Kawagoe, especially focused on Kawagoe School of Industry which was founded first in Saitama Prefecture, comparing similar schools in another prefectures. Many of findings in these studies are providing us the important knowledges in "Vocational Education in the Industrialization of Japan".