Organic Theorization of PICT Anchored in Interdisciplinary Integration and Its Application in English Teaching Methodology

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00882
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: KANAOKA MASAO 鹿児島大学, 総合科学域総合教育学系, 教授 (00311118)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 英語学習者 / 自己形成 / 動機づけ / スピリチュアリティ / 人格 / 公共哲学 / 叡智 / 大学英語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project focuses on Ema Ushioda's (2015) L2 motivation theory, i.e., Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) and aims to construct its application model by employing university English classes. Research rationale pertains to forging a tangible model of interdisciplinary fusion, such as CDST = PICT + spirituality + character forming + public philosophy. started to transform. The first year was utilized in building a theoretical framework prior to following classroom-based pedagogical implementation. Second year was used for pilot study using college EFL classes for a one-semester period. The third year was spent for examining teaching and learning effects from the pilot study and follow-up classroom-based actual teaching practices, also for conference presentation. The final year was employed for symposium, also for wrapping up the whole content of the project via research reports.

Free Research Field

英語教育（カリキュラム、学習者自己形成、教授法）

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Ema Ushiodaの英語動機づけ理論（PICT, CDST）の研究と応用実践については応用言語学と外国語としての英語教育の世界に限られていた。そこに人格形成、スピリチュアリティといった教育学と心理学、さらには公共哲学（政治学と倫理学と哲学）という別の学域を巻き込むことで、彼女の動機づけ理論をより正統的（学際的）な観点から検証することを試みた。同時その融合モデル（理論構築）を作りあげて大学英語授業に還元していくことは、教育ならびに学術的に意義がある。加えて大学英語を取り巻く流れに新たな視点（例．英語学習スタイルの見直し）を差し込むことができた。