2022 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Development of Japanese customs as citizenship formation in Latin America: Evaluation of the linkage between curriculum and practice of citizenship formation in Peruvian-Nikkei- and non-Nikkei-schools
| Project/Area Number |
19K23302
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| Research Institution | Kansai Gaidai University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Japanese school / Japanese project / Peruvian education / Peruvian citizens / Local community / recycling / cleaning / Volunteer |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This study addresses the lack of practice of non-cognitive activities in Latin America and the impact that these have on the development of educative competences. These activities are relevant to develop a holistic education that have been a positive experience on Japan in its unique Tokkatsu model. In the first phase, my project extracted and adapted non-cognitive activities from Japanese (Kakari, Osoji, and Recycling) to be implemented in students’ homes and communities in Peru. In the first result, my innovative program helped Peruvian children and their families acquired new customs, especially during the Pandemic covid-19. Describing and evaluating students changing behavior as a part of citizenship education through applying these three activities for five months, we analyzed day-by-day behavior and identified factors contributing to students changing behavior. In the second phase, we implemented the project in a public Peruvian school, we proved that promoting student autonomy, developing leadership and decision-making, family, and teachers’ commitment with cohesion among its members, and the practice of learning by doing, increased student motivation to practise non-cognitive skills. Therefore, linking theory and practice through learning by doing is relevant to changing students' habits. Furthermore, this study identified the factors that affect the motivation or participation of students by implementing three non-cognitive activities (cleaning, recycling, and volunteering) in a Peruvian local community and in a Peruvian public secondary school.
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