The Socialising Roll of Brazillian Schools in the Age of Transmigrants

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285233
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Fukuoka University of Education
• Principal Investigator: HAYASHIZAKI Kazuhiko 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (10410531)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KOJIMA Akira 鳥取大学, 地域学部, 准教授 (90366956) ; YAMANOUCHI Yuko 関西大学, 文学部, 教授 (00388414) ; NAKASHIMA Yoko 岐阜聖徳学園大学, 教育学部, 講師 (30637872) ; YAMAMOTO Kosuke 大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 研究員 (30710222)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: トランスマイグラント / 往還移民 / 日系ブラジル人 / デカセギ / ニューカマー / 外国人教育 / 移住労働者 / 外国人学校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The researchers analysed and revealed the employment situation, cultural orientations and identities, and the educational experiences of Japanese Brazilian youth who have attended schools in Japan and then returned to Brazil, focusing especially on the specific characteristics of transmigrants. The research also considered the impact of their schooling in Japan, either at schools for Brazilians or Japanese public schools. It was found that not a few Brazilian youth utilised their experience of education and living in Japan in various ways, and generally had better success in Japan-related businesses in Brazil. The research also found hybrid mixtures of renewed Japanese culture and identities combined with older Japanese culture and identities still preserved from the early generations of Japanese migrants to Brazil.

Free Research Field

教育社会学