| Project/Area Number |
23K02514
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 09050:Tertiary education-related
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| Research Institution | Kansai University of International Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
Shorb Patrick 関西国際大学, 国際コミュニケーション学部, 教授 (10866320)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
林 透 金沢大学, 教学マネジメントセンター, 教授 (20582951)
大関 智史 旭川医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (40831582)
川脇 康生 関西国際大学, 経営学部, 教授 (80806737)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-04-01 – 2027-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Keywords | Higher Education / Quality Assurance / Quality Enhancement / Southeast Asia / Collaborative Projects / Engineering Education / Learning and Teaching / SE Asian Education / Japanese ODA |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This project evaluates the benefits of international collaborations in higher education from the standpoint of quality enhancement. It will study recent collaborations between Japanese and Southeast Asian institutions. This project also concentrates on engineering education due to the extensive bilateral cooperation between Japan-Southeast Asian universities in this field, and its well-developed quality assurance framework both domestically and
internationally. By taking a quality enhancement approach, this study explores education reform from a grass-roots perspective.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Through Zoom meetings and in-person interviews, the research project interviewed several Japanese researchers and administrators familiar with and/or involved in collaborative quality assurance efforts in Southeast Asia. A research trip to Jakarta also allowed the research team to interview Indonesian educators and officials. Researchers came to understand better the way Japanese institutions have helped Indonesia university-level engineering education improve quality, such as through its recent signatory status in the Washington Accord. Combined, these interviews helped the research project clarify its aims and key questions. Lastly, the project received approval to conduct interviews of human subjects from the Research Ethics Committee of the Primary Investigator’s affiliate institution.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The project is generally on-track to complete its goals. Through two online interviews and three research trips (two within Japan and one overseas) researchers solidified their understanding of the topic. Project researchers now understand the quality assurance issues of Southeast Asian higher education systems thoroughly and have managed to contact key quality assurance organizations and collaborative institutions. Although the final questionnaire has not been created, researchers have begun finding answers to the first two research questions listed in the original project proposal. By obtaining approval from the Primary Investigator’s home institution’s Research Ethics Committee, the project now can conduct interviews of relevant educators, administrators, and officials more easily.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The researchers will publicize their preliminary findings regarding Japanese quality assurance collaborations in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. One conference presentation has already been confirmed for June and at least one more conference presentation is being planned for the upcoming winter. The research team will make at least two international research trips over the summer of 2024. One trip will visit higher education institutions and quality assurance-related organizations in Kuala Lumpur and one will visit similar places in Hanoi. Another two domestic research trips will occur in the fall to visit quality assurance organizations and education institutions. Researchers will draft a survey asking Japanese and Southeast Asian educators about their collaborative experience.
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