Research on a new trend of the education for overseas children in East-Asian area

通过三年的研究，我们得出了以下的发现和结论：根据对台湾三所日本学校的研究，我们发现了一些重要的问题，这些问题是思考日本学校教育未来的关键。日语教育应该走什么方向？在日本学校应该培养什么样的技能和能力？我们如何调整职业教育的目标，以满足日益多样化的职业选择的需求？如何在多元文化共存的理念下发展国际教育？简而言之，作为中心问题出现的似乎是“多维性”。“日本学校最重要的目标之一是了解如何将这种多维性融入其系统和教育中。为期三年的研究还指出了日本留学生的一些核心问题。日本海外学校的教育目标从“成长中的日本国民的教育”扩大到“亚洲学生的教育”，这已成为必然。最近，在经济领域提出了“东亚共同体”的概念。教育界也注意到这一趋势，特别是在高等教育方面，例如，“大学联盟”的建议就是这种努力之一。然而，这一理念只能通过长期的范围和人民来实现，能够实现这一目标。要做到这一点，我们需要提供场所，让不同背景的学生在一个连贯的教育理念下相互交流。日本学校可以提供这样的场所。这项研究表明，日本海外儿童教育的未来应该重新审视日本学校的目标。

The results of this three-year research led us to the following findings and conclusions.Several issues and questions emerged as essential in considering the future of education at Japanese schools based on the study at three Japanese schools in Taiwan. What is the direction Japanese language education should take? What are the skills and competencies that should be fostered at Japanese schools? How do we adapt the objectives of career education in the way that would satisfy the demands from growing varieties of career choice? In what way can we develop international education with the idea of multi-cultural coexistence in mind? In short, what has emerges as the central issue appeared to be that of "multi-dimensionality." One of the most important objectives for Japanese school is to know how we can integrate this multi-dimensionality into its systems and education.The three-year research also indicated some of the central issues regarding Japanese students overseas. It has appeared inevitable that we need to expand the objective of education at Japanese schools overseas from "education for growing Japanese nationals" to "education for Asian students." Lately, the concept of "East-Asian community" has been proposed in the field of economy. The field of education also has observed this trend especially in higher education; for example, the proposal of "college consortium" is one of such efforts. However, this philosophy can be realized only with a long term scope and people, competent in carrying out this goal. To do so, we need to provide places where students with various backgrounds interact each other under one coherent educational philosophy. Japanese schools can provide such places. This study suggests that the future of education for Japanese children overseas should review its objectives for Japanese schools.