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Takahiro Sato; Takahiro Waku; Cathy McKay; Isamu Nakamura; Taku Yamaguchi; Shinichi Nagata; Takafumi Tomura; Yu Furuta – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate Japanese adult learners' experiences in online recurrent education modules with a focus on race, ethnicity, disability, assessment, and multicultural education to raise social justice and diversity awareness among adult learners, and promote positive change through sport and physical activity. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Student Experience, Social Justice
Emma Richardson; Shinichi Nagata; Cynthia Hall; Shigeharu Akimoto – Quest, 2023
There have been increasing calls within critical disability studies to move beyond ethnocentric Global North/Western interpretive lenses, especially when doing work in countries that have historically been oppressed by such cultures. These lenses rarely embrace the unique cultural nuances and social structures of different communities such that…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Physical Education, Inclusion, Educational Philosophy
Emma V. Richardson; Shinichi Nagata; Cynthia Hall; Shigeharu Akimoto; Lerverne Barber; Yukinori Sawae – Quest, 2023
Ethnocentric models of disability have resulted in an ontology that rarely embraces the cultural nuances and social structures of specific countries. There have been increasing calls from scholars to expand understandings of disability beyond this hegemonic focus and develop new ways to do culturally specific and respectful inclusive work.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Physical Education, Inclusion, Conflict
Sato, Takahiro; McKay, Cathy – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2023
The purpose of this study was to describe how Japanese adapted physical education (APE) graduate students engage themselves in learning research skills through masters' research thesis projects. In this study, andragogy theory was utilized, which allowed the researchers to understand Japanese graduate students' learning experiences of master's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Adapted Physical Education, Student Research
Kim, Mijoo; Rivera, Christian Martínez; Arroyo-Rojas, Fabián; Sánchez, Omar; Watanabe, Rio; Hodge, Samuel R. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2023
In this article, five different traditional activities from Chile, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and South Korea will be shared. For each traditional activity, the following four questions will be addressed: (1) What is the culture and language background of the activity? (2) How is it played? (3) What modifications can be made to be inclusive of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Multicultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Cultural Activities
Ho, Walter King Yan; Ahmed, Md. Dilsad; Kukurova, Klaudia – Cogent Education, 2021
It is important to identify suitable parameters to measure and assess the quality of physical education. This paper aims to understand such measuring tool by focusing on professional perceptions and areas of concern of quality physical education (QPE). The research survey includes data gathered from 799 professionals in 11 cities in Asia. These…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Educational Quality, Physical Education
Takafumi Tomura; Takahiro Sato; Ryan T. Miller; Yu Furuta – European Physical Education Review, 2024
The purpose of this study was to analyse Japanese elementary school teachers' learning experiences during professional development (PD) regarding immigrant parental involvement in physical education (PE) at public schools in Japan. Based on andragogy theory, this study used an explanatory case study research design. Nine Japanese elementary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Electronic Learning
Tsuda, Emi; Sato, Takahiro; Wyant, James D.; Hasegawa, Etsushi – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary teachers' experiences of physical education professional development in depopulated rural school districts in Japan to provide future directions to offer effective support for teachers in unique teaching contexts. The study was situated in the framework of andragogy theory. Participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Physical Education
Kanaya, Mariko; Sato, Takahiro; McKay, Cathy; Braun, Saori I.; Takagi, Hideki – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2023
The purpose of this article is to explain an international perspective on strategies to increase college students' empathy in gymnastics courses. One of the most popular basic physical activity courses in Japan is a trampoline-based gymnastics course that helps college students practice the safe use of the trampoline based on their own…
Descriptors: College Students, Empathy, Athletics, Foreign Countries
Shiraishi, Tomoya; Saito, Kazuhiko; Kuga, Alexander; Yamahira, Yoshimi – International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 2022
Purpose: This study examined the factors that facilitated and obstructed the dissemination of a physical education lesson study (PELS) project in Peru, conducted in collaboration with Japan. Design/methodology/approach: Adopting a qualitative approach, five Peruvian stakeholders in the field of physical education (PE) were interviewed. All the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Stakeholders, International Cooperation
Takafumi Tomura; Takahiro Sato; Ryan T. Miller; Yu Furuta – Education 3-13, 2024
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain in-service Japanese elementary classroom teachers' experiences with parental involvement of immigrant parents as it pertains to physical education (PE). The study was framed using the theory of teacher development. This study used a descriptive-qualitative methodology and an explanatory case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Parent Participation, Immigrants
Takahiro Sato; Ryan T. Miller; Randeep Rakwal; Takafumi Tomura; Koyo Fukasawa – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2024
The purpose of this study was to analyze international graduate students' study abroad experiences at a university in Japan. In this qualitative study, in-depth, semi-structured interviews (Seidman, I. (1998). "Interviewing as qualitative research: A guide for researchers in education and the social sciences" (2nd ed.). Teacher College…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Graduate Students
Tsuda, Emi; Olsen, Edward B.; Sato, Masanobu; Wyant, James D.; Watanabe, Rio – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2022
This study aimed to explore in-service and pre-service teachers' experiences of conducting an online international collaboration unit, called CULTURE (the Culture Unit of Learning to Understand, Respect, and Empathize) in elementary school physical education in the U.S. and Japan. The study used a narrative research design using semi-structured…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Physical Education, Electronic Learning, International Cooperation
Yulong Chen – Cogent Education, 2023
Life skills (LS) training programs help individuals develop their mental health and stress-related attitudes. This study aims to build a versatile physical education program (PEP) to promote LS and examine its effectiveness. The subjects were first-year Japanese university students. We conducted the LS survey in April (pre-semester) and August…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Athletics, Daily Living Skills
Wyant, James D.; Tsuda, Emi; Voelker, Dana K.; Bulger, Sean M.; Barnicle, Scott P. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2023
Higher education institutions are constantly being challenged to equip graduates with relevant knowledge and skills for entering an increasingly diverse and globalized economy and workforce. The authors summarize internationalization efforts in higher education as an alternative to the traditional study abroad experience, and they describe how one…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, International Cooperation, College Faculty