Development of E-teaching Portfolio for Professional Learning of Japanese Language Teachers Domestic and Overseas

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23300296
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: KATO YUKARI 東京農工大学, 大学教育センター, 准教授 (90376848)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWAJI Yuka 東京外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00272641) ; ISHIKAWA Masatoshi 東京成徳大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (90332973) ; WATANABE Kenji 広島大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (00220880) ; HAYASHI Toshihiro 徳島大学, 総合情報センター, 教授 (90264142) ; NAMIKI Mitaro 東京農工大学, 工学研究院, 教授 (10208077) ; OOTANI Takashi 名古屋大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (50128162) ; FUKAGAWA Miho 金沢大学, 留学生センター, 准教授 (00583171)
• Research Collaborator: FURUYA Noriaki 早稲田大学, 日本語研究教育センター, インストラクター ; FUJIKAWA Miho 学習院大学, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本語教育 / 日本語教師養成 / 遠隔教育 / 教員養成 / 教育実践研究 / 協同学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project promotes teacher collaboration for the professional development of Japanese language teachers. Practical activities in an e-portfolio and Learning　Management System for six months, following which a focus group interview and questionnaires revealed the following: (1) participants did not have sufficient pportunities to communicate with each other; (2) young teachers were hesitant to express their ideas and opinions to senior participants; (3) continuing discussion among participants was needed to build and sustain a community of practitioners; and (4) e-teaching portfolio was the effective tools for focusing on and analyzing their own practices. Based on this practice, participants were divided into eight sub-groups and were collaboratively conducting project work for student exchange and planning the seminar for local teachers through web sites.

Free Research Field

教育工学