The “reflection” of “contextualizing self in society”

An attempt at long-term multilayered collaborative reflective writing through the exchange of e-mails and the tracing of practice

Abstract

In the forum of the Fifth Annual Conference of the Association for Language and Cultural Education, we the presenters reexamined the practice of “Contextualizing Self in Society” advocated by the Hirayama Ikuo Volunteer Center, Waseda University. This paper describes how we considered the practice of “Contextualizing Self in Society” and developed the practice following the forum. To open up the “personal” learning to society, we have conducted a multilayered reflection in two ways: the exchange of e-mails (reciprocal letters), and the description of each development related to the practice following the forum presentation based on this exchange of e-mails.