2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A study about transnational strategies in education taken by Japanese students overseas

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530908
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology of education
Research Institution	Tokyo Gakugei University
Principal Investigator	SATO Gunei 東京学芸大学, 国際教育センター, 教授 (20205909)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	多文化教育 / 海外子女教育 / 補習授業校
Research Abstract	This study investigated how the experiences of attending to a Japanese Saturday school affected the students in their later career. First, it was found that many of them considered the experience as a positive factor in their later career; they reported that the learning experiences and the personal network they had formed at the Saturday school helped them in making career choices. Second, it appeared that a Saturday school was serving those children of long-term sojourners and/or permanent residents a place to acquire Japanese languages and cultural practices and to check their "Japanese identity."

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