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Global education in practice: a case study of one Japanese high school

Kasai, Masataka
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173109492

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Teaching and Learning.
This study aims at answering several questions concerning the practice of global education in a Japanese high school, which I refer to as Fuji School. The research reveals how teachers at this high school teach global perspectives and what contextual factors affect high school teachers’ instructional decision-making. In order to answer the research questions, I conducted a naturalistic case study to explore Fuji School, which is the high school of the comprehensive educational institution from kindergarten up to graduate school, in the suburban area of a major city in Japan. I employed three data collection methods; observations, interviews, and documentary analysis over a period of four months. I utilized the constant comparative method for data analysis to find core categories in terms of the elements of global perspectives that Fuji School’s five selected courses and extracurricular activities offer and to identify the contextual factors that affect the teachers’ instructional decision-making. The results of the study disclosed that through the five courses and the extracurricular activities, Fuji School teachers offered instruction of five elements of global perspectives; self-knowledge, diverse cultures and cross-cultural communication skills, world problems and local actions, global/local connections, and critical thinking skills. In the process of instructing these five elements, they infused notions of global history and multiple perspectives. The study also showed that the five teacher participants taught these elements of global perspectives under different contexts, in which some of the following eight factors positively or negatively affected their instructional decision-making: curriculum and testing; human resources; resources and funds; events; school climate; teachers’ contexts; students; and time.
Merry Merryfield (Advisor)
387 p.
Education, Secondary
Global Education; Case Study; Japan; Secondary School

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  • Kasai, M. (2007). Global education in practice: a case study of one Japanese high school [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173109492

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kasai, Masataka. Global education in practice: a case study of one Japanese high school. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173109492.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kasai, Masataka. "Global education in practice: a case study of one Japanese high school." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173109492

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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