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Maruyama, Hideki – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2015
This article describes how a language minority student developed through flexible online learning assistance for the entrance examination of a Japanese public high school. The simple camera function of a digital tablet helped the isolated Thai student attain success in developing academic skills and self-esteem. The case also shows the insight…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Geographic Isolation, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities
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Sato, Takahiro; Hodge, Samuel R. – Journal of International Students, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the views of exchange students from Asia about their academic and social experiences at an American university. The participants were eight exchange students from Japan (four men and four women). This study was descriptive-qualitative (Patton, 2002). The data sources were a demographic survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, Student Exchange Programs, International Educational Exchange
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Burgess, Chris; Gibson, Ian; Klaphake, Jay; Selzer, Mark – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2010
The Global 30 Project, a new Japanese Government initiative that aims to upgrade a number of existing universities to form a select hub of elite universities for receiving and educating international students, has come in for considerable criticism. Using the dual concepts of "kokusaika" (internationalisation) and "gurobaruka"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Students
Umesao, Tadao – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1975
On the premise that the fundamental character of international interchange lies in a cruel and merciless collision of mutually suspicious and distrustful cultures, the historical resistance of the Japanese to cultural interchange is examined, the consequences of international trade without interchange noted, and the means of escape outlined. (JT)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Isolation
TSUJI, ISAO – 1964
FROM 1962 TO 1963, THE JAPAN BROADCASTING CORP. CONDUCTED A STUDY TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION ON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ISOLATED AREAS OF JAPAN, WHO HAD SCORED BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ON NATIONWIDE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. 4 PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE CHOSEN FOR THE EXPERIMENT. THE STUDENTS WERE PRETESTED FOR INTELLIGENCE,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conventional Instruction, Cultural Isolation, Educational Television
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Gluck, Carol – Social Education, 1991
Discusses contact between the United States and Japan. Comments that the history of the relationship is a long one that becomes increasingly interdependent. Describes the relationship as characterized by a disparity of power and interest now shifting toward Japan. Emphasizes that changes in the relationship have always depended on the world…
Descriptors: Asian History, Capitalism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Muro, Osamu – 1980
Unique economic, social, and cultural conditions explain why Japan, as one of the leading industrialized nations, has no organization which specializes in or is concerned with development education. Contributing factors are: (1) economic success is so recent (late 1960's) that people are involved internally enjoying hard won affluence; (2)…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Isolation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations