Higher education in Japan: internationalization, the Sustainable Development Goals and survivability
Higher education in Japan: internationalization, the Sustainable Development Goals and survivability
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DOI：
10.1108/ijced-09-2020-0061
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发表时间：
2020-11-18
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0.8
通讯作者：
Ashida, Akemi
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作者：
Edwards, Sachi;Ashida, Akemi
目的 本文回顾了日本高等教育部门的国家和机构国际化活动，并考虑了这些努力在多大程度上试图纳入和/或促进实现可持续发展目标 (SDG)。设计/方法/途径 本文是基于对日本国际化现有人口数据（英语和日语）的回顾、对有关该主题的最新学术文献的调查以及与全国各地高等教育机构中从事国际化问题的众多教职员工的对话而编写的。研究结果 国家和机构层面都在国际化方面做出了大量努力，但高等教育的学者和从业者对真正的国际化发生的程度提出了质疑。此外，用于跟踪国际化的指标有些有限，而且在许多情况下，可用数据的解释可能很复杂。在日本大学中，支持国际化运动的人和认为国际化运动只是昙花一现、侵犯其学术自由和/或作为西化幌子的人之间也存在着一些紧张关系——一些人将这种紧张关系与语言障碍和制度失调一起视为对国际化的挑战。原创性/价值 许多学者讨论日本高等教育的国际化。本文的原创性在于将日本的高等教育国际化努力与实现可持续发展目标的运动进行了比较——无论是在日本还是作为全球的努力。
Purpose This paper reviews the national and institutional internationalization activities in Japan's higher education sector and considers the extent to which these efforts have attempted to incorporate and/or contribute to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach This paper was developed based on a review of available demographic data on internationalization in Japan (in both English and Japanese), a survey of recent scholarly literature on this topic and conversations with numerous faculty and staff members working on internationalization issues in a wide range of higher education institutions throughout the country. Findings There are substantial internationalization efforts being made at both national and institutional levels, yet scholars and practitioners of higher education question the extent to which genuine internationalization is occurring. Moreover, the metrics used to track internationalization are somewhat limited and the available data, in many cases, can be complicated to interpret. A bit of tension also exists in Japanese universities between those who support the movement to internationalize and those who see it as a passing fad, an intrusion on their academic freedom and/or as a guise for Westernization - a tension that some cite, along with language barriers and system misalignment, as a challenge to internationalization. Originality/value Numerous scholars discuss the internationalization of higher education in Japan. The originality of this paper is in the comparison of Japan's higher education internationalization efforts to the movement to achieve the SDGs - both in Japan and as a global effort.