Study on Accepting Foreign Students with Disabilities from Southeast Asian Countries

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25381295
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Special needs education
Research Institution	Tsukuba University of Technology
Principal Investigator	ISHIDA Hisayuki 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 教授 (50151379)
Research Collaborator	OOBU Norie
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	障害学生 / 留学 / 日本語学習 / キャリア / 高等教育 / 国際情報交換 / 東南アジア / 台湾 / マレーシア / シンガポール / ベトナム / インドネシア
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study discusses ways to facilitate studying in Japan for students with disabilities who have been educated in universities in Southeast Asian countries by surveying the current status of studying abroad for the students and clarifying the necessary information for improving the environment. A total of 55 out of the 83 participants wanted to study abroad, which indicated that over 66% of the students with disabilities wished to study overseas. Japanese culture, inclusive of animated cartoons, games, and traditions, the acquisition of communicative ability, especially English ability in view of globalization, and circumstances in which disabled students could study easily at universities were discussed as the background to go and study overseas. Three problems faced by disabled students were as follows: (1)Difficulty of getting information on studying abroad, (2) Difficulty of learning Japanese, and (3) Difficulty of applying the overseas study onto career development.