Developing a Model of the Global Awareness for Global Leaders at High Schools: A Comparative Investigation of Language Teacher Cognition in Japan and China

• Project/Area Number: 15K16807
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Soka University (2017); Waseda University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: JING Hongtao 創価大学, 学士課程教育機構, 講師 (80732940)
• Research Collaborator: Nick Jungheim
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: グローバル意識 / 言語教師認知 / 異文化間能力 / グローバル市民教育 / global awareness / intercultural competence / global citizenship / teacher cognition / 外国語教師養成 / 異文化間コミュニケーション能力 / 中国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to develop a theoretical framework of global awareness for cultivating global leaders in Japan and China. It investigates English teachers’ global awareness in terms of beliefs, factors, and classroom practices. The research questions are: (1) What are the beliefs about global awareness of foreign language teachers? (2) What are the teachers’ classroom practices about global awareness? (3) What factors affect teachers’ beliefs and practices about global awareness? The main outcome is a book with Springer Nature (Jing, Hongtao, contracted in 2016): “Developing global awareness for global citizenship education: English language teachers’ beliefs and practices in China.”

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Developing Intercultural Citizenship Education in Foreign Language Classroom Practice (2016)
  • Author(s): Jing Hongtao
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 21st Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics Volume: 1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Teachers’ classroom practices regarding global awareness: A case study of three native speakers of English (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Journal Title: JACET Language Teacher Cognition Research Bulletin Volume: 2015 Pages: 103-129
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] A Curriculum for Intercultural Citizenship in a Japanese University (2017)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: The 1st International Conference on Intercultural Dialogue through the Arts
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Developing Intercultural Citizenship in an Intercultural Communication Course: An Action Research Case Study in a Japanese University (2016)
  • Author(s): Jing Hongtao
  • Organizer: 大学英語教育学会第 55 回(2016年度)国際大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北星学園大学
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Creating a Global Community through Active Intercultural Learning: A Case Study of a Course (2016)
  • Author(s): Jing Hongtao
  • Organizer: 第 31 回(2016 年)異文化コミュニケーション学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋外国語大学
• [Presentation] Developing intercultural citizenship education in foreign language classroom practice (2016)
  • Author(s): Jing Hongtao
  • Organizer: the 21st Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] English teachers' beliefs about global awareness at high school in China (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: the 15th International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Peking University, China
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Developing intercultural competence through using the Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters (AIE) in one intercultural communication course (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: the Durham Intercultural Studies Group: ASIAN CULTNET. U.K.
  • Place of Presentation: Peking University, China
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Developing intercultural competence in the classroom and beyond: teachers’ beliefs and practices. In Sasajima, S., (Chair), Intercultural awareness and teacher cognition in the age of globalization (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: JACET 54th (2015) International Convention
  • Place of Presentation: Kagoshima University, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Assessment of intercultural competence and intercultural citizenship in Cross-Cultural Distance Learning (CCDL) Course. In Nakano, M., (Chair), Developing intercultural communicative competence through ICT (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: the JACET 54th (2015) International Convention
  • Place of Presentation: Kagoshima University, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Self-assessment of intercultural communicative competence in Cross-Cultural Distance Learning course (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: the 7th Cross-Cultural Distance Learning (CCDL) Teacher’s Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Waseda University, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Assessment of intercultural communicative competence in Cross-Cultural Distance Learning (CCDL) Course. In Nakano, M., (Chair), The present and future of E-learning (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: the 2015 Japan Association of Teaching Language and Culture
  • Place of Presentation: Waseda University, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-25
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Evaluating intercultural citizenship in an online intercultural exchange course in a Japanese university (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Organizer: the 2015 TESOL International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-15
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] Developing Global Awareness for Global Citizenship Education: English Language Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in China (2018)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Total Pages: 200
  • Publisher: Springer
• [Book] Developing Global Awareness for Global Citizenship Education: English Language Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in China 【発行確定】 (2017)
  • Author(s): Jing Hongtao
  • Publisher: Springer
• [Book] Developing global awareness for global citizenship education: English language teachers’ beliefs and practices in China (2017)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media.
• [Book] From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship (2016)
  • Author(s): Michael Byram, Irina Golubeva, Han Hui, and Manuela Wagner
  • Total Pages: 296
  • Publisher: Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters
• [Book] Exploring perceptions of intercultural citizenship among English learners in Chinese universities, In Byram, M. (ed.) Education for intercultural citizenship: Principles in practice (2016)
  • Author(s): Han, H., Song, L., Jing, H. T., & Zhao, Y. Q.
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• [Book] Exploring factors affecting foreign language teachers’ beliefs about global awareness in a Chinese high school. In Jia, Y. X. (Eds.), Intercultural communication research (2015)
  • Author(s): Jing, H. T.
  • Publisher: Higher Education Press