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Rapley, Douglas J.; Skyrme, Gillian – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2022
This article examines the experiences of a group of Japanese study abroad students in response to the purposeful replication of a Japanese environment by the New Zealand-based institution where they studied. Data were collected from 12 students via interviews spread over approximately 20 months, and revealed that management provided specifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes, Student Adjustment
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Hasegawa, Atsushi; Shima, Chiharu – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2020
The present study examined differential social experiences of international students living in a residential hall called 'Nihongo House' (Japanese language house) at a Japanese university. By conducting social network analysis (SNA), as well as making use of ethnographic data collected through participant observation and semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Dormitories, Educational Experience
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Hofmeyr, Ana Sofia – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2021
In 2014, 24 Type B universities were selected as part of the Top Global University Project to act as institutional role models of internationalization in Japan and as gateways for the development of global human resources, that is, globally competent human resources. The increasing pressure to internationalize, perceived as a major solution to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Human Resources
Kafai, Yasmin B., Ed.; Heeter, Carrie, Ed.; Denner, Jill, Ed.; Sun, Jennifer Y., Ed. – MIT Press (BK), 2008
Ten years after the groundbreaking "From Barbie to Mortal Kombat" highlighted the ways gender stereotyping and related social and economic issues permeate digital game play, the number of women and girl gamers has risen considerably. Despite this, gender disparities remain in gaming. Women may be warriors in "World of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Play, Topography
Mizuno, Jitaro – Moral Education Forum, 1988
Examines Japan's Reitaku University (Chiba-ken, Japan) and its goal of producing students who have a good balance between technical intelligence and morality. Discusses in detail how the university uses foreign-language instruction, moral education coursework, and dormitory living experiences to further the students' moral education. (GEA)
Descriptors: Dormitories, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Ethical Instruction
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Miura, Kazuhisa; Inada, Tomomi; Nomura, Kensaku; Yokotani, Masaaki; Kubota, Tetsuya; Akagi, Tetsuya – International Journal of Educational Management, 2005
Purpose: Aims to offer some ways of improving and developing the residents in the dormitory of Tsuyama National College of Technology, Tsuyama, Japan. Design/methodology/approach: Describes how in order to calm the dormitory atmosphere, strict regulations had been adopted since the foundation times for the college, which sometimes led to…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, College Housing, Quality of Life