A Comparative Study of Education Strategies among Transnational Japanese Families and Development of 'Global Competencies'

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780517
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo (2017); Wako University (2013-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Nukaga Misako 東京大学, 大学院教育学研究科(教育学部), 准教授 (60586361)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: トランスナショナリズム / 教育戦略 / 日本人家族 / グローバル型能力 / 若者 / 子ども

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to elucidate the process of children’s 'global competencies' development by focusing on transnational education strategies among Japanese families living abroad. The data encompasses fieldwork in three communities in the United States, as well as semi-structured interviews with 25 youths who returned from overseas. It reveals that Japanese parents develop different education strategies that are contingent on the host society community context. It also finds that the degree to which returnee youths develop and use ‘global competencies’is constrained by how Japanese schools and companies understand the concept of ‘global talent’ and how they allow transnational social spaces.

Free Research Field

教育社会学