Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter.
Foreign Female English Teachers in Japanese Higher Education: Narratives From Our Quarter.
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日本高等教育中的外籍女英语教师：来自我们这个季度的叙述。
DOI：
10.47908/11
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2020
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Sarah
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D. Nagatomo;Kathleen A. Brown;M. Cook;Sarah
这本书的目标是提供信息，灵感，并指导教师（即外国妇女，但不限于此），因为他们航行的性别沃茨教学英语在日本高等教育。这样一本书很及时，因为外国大学女教师的数量与外国男同事的数量几乎是三比一。然而，这种不平衡很可能会改变，因为招聘政策的改革（直到最近，这些政策通常有利于男性申请人）已经广泛实施，以鼓励更多的女性教师和研究人员。本书作者的叙述提供了一个万花筒般的经历，贯穿了几个松散联系和重叠的主题。这本书，在某种意义上，是一个“女朋友的指南，在日本大学教学”，因为它提供了许多实用的信息，从那些已经在该领域。它涵盖的领域，如进入日本高等教育教学，寻找和获得终身教职，管理一个长期的职业生涯，并承担领导责任。教学的个人方面进行检查，与作者描述个人利益如何塑造他们的教学实践。家庭问题，如协商产假，重新进入劳动力市场，以及平衡家庭和工作的困难，都是由那些“去过那里并做过”的人讨论的。介绍了工作中的黑暗问题，如骚扰、种族主义和母语主义，并包括几个章节，其中包含有关如何打击这些问题的实用和法律的信息，以及一系列宝贵的资源。本书的撰稿人利用了他们自己独特的经历，并将他们的故事置于对个人非常重要的领域。个人的叙述，当放在一起，不仅突出了EFL教师的职业身份的复杂性，但也塑造了在日本高等教育的女性职业生涯的无数问题。这些问题将引起所有女性EFL教师的共鸣，无论其地理位置如何。
The goal of this book is to provide information, inspiration, and mentorship to teachers (namely foreign women, but not restricted to such) as they navigate the gendered waters of teaching English in Japanese higher education. Such a book is timely because foreign female university teachers are outnumbered by their foreign male colleagues by nearly three to one. This imbalance, however, is likely to change as reforms in hiring policies (which have until recently generally favored male applicants) have been widely implemented to encourage more female teachers and researchers. The narratives by the contributors to this book offer a kaleidoscope of experiences that transverse several loosely connected and overlapping themes. This book is, in a sense, a “girlfriend’s guide to teaching in a Japanese university” in that it provides much practical information from those who are already in the field. It covers areas such as gaining entry into Japanese higher education teaching, searching for and obtaining tenure, managing a long-term professorial career, and taking on leadership responsibilities. The personal side of teaching is examined, with authors describing how individual interests have shaped their teaching practices. Family matters, such as negotiating maternity leave, reentering the workforce, and difficulties in balancing family and work are discussed by those who have “been there and done that”. The darker issues of the job, such as harassment, racism, and native-speakerism are introduced, and several chapters with practical and legal information about how to combat them are included, as well as a list of valuable resources. The contributors to this volume have drawn upon their own unique experiences and have situated their stories in areas that are of great personal importance. The individual narratives, when taken together, highlight not only the complexity of the professional identity of EFL teachers but also the myriad of issues that shape the careers of women in Japanese higher education. These issues will resonate with all female EFL faculty, regardless of their geographical location.