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An Ethnography of Higher Education

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24530604
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionMeisei University

Principal Investigator

Zhang Xiao Rui  明星大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30409528)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords大学教育 / エスノグラフィー / ディスコース分析 / 社会文化 / 質的研究 / ナラティブ / エスノグラーフィー / ソーシャルメディア
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this longitudinal ethnographic study is to explore the practical process of higher education on university campus in different social cultural contexts. Qualitative data including classroom activity video and audio recording, observational field-notes, interviews with students and faculty members, etc. were collected in four countries including Japan, China, the United States, and Belgium. Discourse analysis was conducted for data interpretation. The research result reveals that the overall social cultural environments, students’ and educational professionals’ beliefs on education interact in the practical process. Students’ subjectivities, their views of themselves and their relations to others in the environment, play a key in directing their educational behaviors. Cross-cultural referencing on the diversities of educational practices in the four target countries provides useful information for higher education in Japan.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Situating Learning in a Project-based Program2014

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Journal Title

      International Academic Conference on Social Sciences Conference Proceedings

      Volume: 1 Pages: 265-270

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Deconstruction of Japanese Higher Education through Narrative Inquiry2013

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Journal Title

      Annual Conference on Social Studies, Communication and Education Conference Proceedings

      Volume: 1 Pages: 131-139

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] LEARNING ONLINE AND OFFLINE: HOW DO THEY GO TOGETHER2016

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Organizer
      The 10th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Illinois, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] INVESTIGATING VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY2015

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Organizer
      The 8th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
    • Place of Presentation
      Sevilla, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Situating Learning in a Project-based Program2014

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Organizer
      International Academic Conference on Social Sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-15 – 2014-10-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A Panorama Picture of Educational Practice Through Mixed-Methods2013

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Organizer
      The Ninth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Deconstruction of Japanese Higher Education through Narrative Inquiry2013

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Organizer
      Annual Conference on Social Studies, Communication and Education
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄カフー リゾート フチャク コンド・ホテル
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] How they know who they are: Japanese university students’ narrative reflection on their “selves”2013

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Organizer
      3rd European Conference for Academic Disciplines
    • Place of Presentation
      Freiburg, Germany
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] University Education: What does it mean to my participants?2013

    • Author(s)
      Xiao Rui Zhang
    • Organizer
      The 34th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Pennsylvania, USA
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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