Adult learning centered on Brazilian parents`s experiences: Pursuing personal development

• Project/Area Number: 23653122
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Lucia Emiko 静岡大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (20451495)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): UTSUNOMIYA Hiroaki 静岡大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30276191)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 自己啓発 / 在日ブラジル人保護者 / 成人学習 / トランスナショナル空間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Research on the Brazilian children education conducted before financial crisis focus on the children’s adaptation to school and their academic achievements. According to these studies, family’s geographic mobility affects the children’s school performance negatively. After the crisis, academics shift their focus to `non-attending school` and `junior high school children leaving school` issues. Going beyond simplistic understanding of the educational issues we need also emphasis on parent’s role as one of the key players in the children education issues. In this research, we focus on parents’ empowerment through adult learning and changing consciousness about their children education.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Empowering local community through diversity (2015)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, Lucia E.
  • Organizer: ESD Forum: Promoting Sustainable Development through University and School Education
  • Place of Presentation: Gajaｈ Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-05 – 2015-03-07
• [Presentation] Brazilian children’s education in Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, Lucia E.
  • Organizer: Antropology of Japan in Japan
  • Place of Presentation: Nanzan University, Nagoya
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-29 – 2014-11-30
• [Presentation] 多文化共生教育・ESDを担う教員の養成に向けて (2013)
  • Author(s): 池田恵子；ヤマモト・ルシア・エミコ
  • Organizer: International Conference on Teacher Education: Professional education for teachers in Asia-Pacific Region
  • Place of Presentation: Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia
• [Presentation] Brazilian migrant families in Japan: a qualitative study on occupational mobility (2013)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, Lucia Emiko
  • Organizer: International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: University of Manchester, (UK)
• [Presentation] Migrant children educated in a transnational context: strategies and dilemmas (2012)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, Lucia Emiko
  • Organizer: British Association for International Comparative Education
  • Place of Presentation: Churchill College, (UK)
• [Presentation] Brazilian migrant children`s education in a transnational context (2012)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, Lucia Emiko
  • Organizer: Asia Studies Conference in Japan
  • Place of Presentation: Rikkyo University, (Tokyo)
• [Presentation] Migrant children educated in a transnational context (2012)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, Lucia E.
  • Organizer: British Association for International and Comparative Education
  • Place of Presentation: Churchill College, Cambridge, UK