Basic Research on the possibilities of the establishment of Intercultural Education as an independent field of Academic Study.

本研究的目的是探讨跨文化教育作为一个独立的学科的发展趋势和可能性。整合并整理跨文化教育研究各个领域的研究成果，并检查它们相互关系的理论框架。通过对这一框架工作的分析，研究迄今为止收集到的关于跨文化教育的信息和技术的系统化。明确跨文化教育理论的各个领域之间的密切关系，如教育学，心理学，语言学，人类学和传播理论。本研究的目的不仅在于阐明跨文化教育理论的理论意义，也在于阐明其实践意义。福尔斯今年是本研究的最后一年，我希望通过整理第一年以来的资料，将国际教育理论的变化系统化。在对收集到的资料进行分析的基础上，今后将继续对留学生教育、留学生教育、跨文化理解教育、日语教育、外国人子女教育等跨文化教育的各个领域的研究成果进行整理和整合。建立一个基于此框架的重要文献书目列表。建立和改进一个框架，以建立一个汇编数据的数据库，这项研究的结果以下列两种形式提供给任何关心上述主题的人：（a）这一研究领域的附加说明的参考书目（数据库）;（B）包括15篇论文的总体研究结果的最后报告（1999年3月出版）。

The aim of this research is to look for the trend towards and possibilities of the establishment of Intercultural Education as an independent field of Academic Study.In concrete terms,1. To integrate and put in order the results of research done across the varied fields of Intercultural Education Research, and to examine the theoretical framework for their mutual relationships.2. To examine the systemization of the information and techniques gathered until the present about Intercultural Education through the analysis of this framework work.3. To make clear the closeness of the relationships of the varied fields of Intercultural Education Theory ; such as Educational Studies, Psychology, Linguistics, Anthropology, and Communication Theory.4. This research also aims to equally make clear not only the theoretical significance of Intercultural Education Theory, but also the practical significance of this theory.In this year, which falls on the final year of this planned three-year project, I aim to systemise the changes in International Education Theory as I compile and order all the data collected since year one.1. Based on the analysis of this data collection, I plan to continue the arrangement and integration of the results of research into each in these various fields of Intercultural Education, such as Overseas-Returning Children Education, Foreign Student Education, Education for Intercultural Understanding, Japanese Language Education, Education of Foreign Nationals' Children, etc.2. To create a Bibliographical list of important Literature based on this framework.3. The creation and improvement of a framework geared towards a database of the compiled data.The results of this research are made available in the following tow forms to anyone who is concerned with the above subjects : (a) an annotated bibliography of this field of research (database) ; (b) a final report of the overall research outcome which includes 15 papers (published in March, 1999).