Japanese Language Education and Multiculturalism in the Context of Postcolonial Theory: Innovative Applications in the Classroom

这个项目的目的是考虑后殖民理论如何使我们能够使日本学校对移民儿童的日语教育和日本版的多元文化主义产生问题。后殖民研究已经认识到在分析中包括不同文化和历史之间每个接触点的特殊性的重要性。“占主导地位的”文化适应移民存在的过程，以及每个文化接受、拒绝和与生活在其中的“其他”人交融的方式是非常不同的，这取决于接受国以及接受移民的独特的历史和价值观。作为该项目的一部分，对日语教育进行了深入的教学分析。教育学被广泛地定义为教学的方法和实践，指的是学习理论，以及这个过程如何影响学习者的社会、政治和心理发展，并受到其影响。此外，还对日语对外汉语教育的发展变化进行了历史回顾。研究发现，日语可以作为日本文化独特性的象征，当外国人能够理解和使用日语进行互动时，日语往往会导致困惑。已经进行了日语课堂观察。部分和正在进行的研究成果已经发表，并在国际会议上提出。

The purpose of this project to is to consider how postcolonial theory can enable us to problematize Japanese language education for immigrant children in Japanese schools and the Japanese version of multiculturalism. Postcolonial studies have come to recognize the saliency of including the particularities of each point of contact between different cultures and histories in analysis. The processes by which “dominant” cultures adapt to the presence of immigrants in their midst, and the ways in which each of them embrace, reject, and hybridize with the “others” who are living among them is very different depending on the unique histories and values of the receiving nations, as well as those of the immigrants being received. In-depth pedagogical analysis of Japanese language education has been conducted as part of this project. Pedagogy is broadly defined as the method and practice of teaching, and refers to theories of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Furthermore, historical reviews of the development and changes of Japanese language education for foreigners have been undertaken. It was found that the Japanese language can be used as a symbol of the uniqueness of Japanese culture, and often results in bewilderment when foreigners can understand and interact using the Japanese language. Japanese language class observations have been conducted. Partial and in progress research outcomes have been published and presented at international conferences.