A New Approach of the Education for the Children from Abroad in Thailand by the Collaboration with NGO - A Investigation of 'Designing the Children's Time'

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590235
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: Shiga Mikio 電気通信大学, 国際交流センター, 准教授 (70272747)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KOIKE Ako (田中 亜子) 国士館大学, 政経学部, 准教授 (10439276) ; TANAKA Mari 群馬大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10302449) ; MAEDA Akiko 群馬大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00286692)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 比較教育 / 教育社会学 / 外国人子女教育 / 国際研究者交流（タイ） / NGO

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A significant difference exists between Thailand and Japan concerning the education for the children from abroad. In Thailand, it is not widely developed under the control of educational administrations, but is partly improved with the supporting activities of NGOs for the people from abroad. This situation leads a consequence that there is disparity between regions and schools according to the interventions of NGO. We focused on a Thai NGO which seeks to offer the schooling and learning opportunities to the children of immigrant workers from Myanmar or Cambodia. It is impressive that they manage the education for the children abroad with the perspective of children's daily life and whole life. It should be called 'designing the children's time'.

Free Research Field

比較教育学、言語教育、外国人子女教育、日本語教育