Diversity in Japanese Education

ISBN: 9789463510585 出版年：2017 页码：156 Naoko Araki Brill

Diversity in japanese educationexplores ‘self-experience’ of individual learners and educators in japan. The word ‘diversity’ is not limited to one’s ethnic background. Here, diversity refers to one’s pedagogical experiences and life experiences; to the norms, beliefs and values that impact such relations. These experiences and relations are fluid as they are shaped and reshaped in global and glocal settings. They are also reflected in praxis of english language learning and teaching in japan. The authors’ educational backgrounds vary but they all share the common ground of being educators in japan. Through being involved in learning and/or teaching english language in japan, they have witnessed and experienced ‘diversity’ in their own pedagogical context. The book focuses on shifting critical and reflexive eyes on qualitative studies of pedagogical experiences rather than presenting one ‘fixed’ view of japanese education.