Development of a JSL Teacher Training Program Based upon Education for Sustainability

本研究的目的是在可持续发展教育的基础上，为将日语作为第二语言(JSL)教学的人制定一个培训方案。开发的计划侧重于以下领域：为研究生院做准备的人，文科系的班级，以及为已经活跃的JSL教师提供的培训课程。定性研究分析了讨论的过程和参与者在这些领域的反思。研究结果表明，研究对象的学习方法包括准备、讨论和反思三个阶段。通过这种方式，参与者不仅了解了当今的全球化社会，而且专注于思考自己在这样一个社会中作为个人的角色。基于这一结果，这种方案也可以应用于相关领域的研究以及JSL教师培训方案。

The purpose of this research is to develop a training program for people who teach Japanese as a Second Language(JSL) based upon the education for sustainability. The developed program focuses on these following fields: people who preparing for a graduate school, a class in liberal arts department, and a training course for already active JSL teachers. The process of discussion and the reflection of the participants in all these fields were analyzed in qualitative studies. The results show that the participants' method of study comprised of 3 stages; preparation, discussion, and reflection. In this way, the participants learned not only about today's globalized society but were focused to think about their own role as individuals in such a society. Based on this result, this kind of program may also be applied to related area of study as well as a JSL teacher training program.