Creating Ibasho for Immigrant Children: Community Engagement and Collaboration in Japan and the United States

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K17387
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Tokunaga Tomoko 慶應義塾大学, 国際センター(三田), 特任講師 (60751287)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 居場所 / 移民 / 協働 / コミュニティ / 教育支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research explored the ways in which communities build network and provide educational support for immigrant children in the United States and Japan. The NPOs in the United States took strength-based approach and provided child-centered educational support, often in collaboration with various educational actors. This study also took action research approach and the researcher collaborated with local communities to create ibasho for immigrant children and examined the possibilities of community based participatory research.

Free Research Field

教育社会学