現場と共に動いていく異文化間教育について考える―就学前教育と初等教育の接続の立場から―

抄録

This paper is intended as an investigation of intercultural education generated by interaction of theory and practice by analyzing the practices of Yamato pre-school called “Nihongo Hiroba” for students who are not used to Japanese culture. In this paper, based on extended fieldwork and interviews with teachers in Mie Prefecture I describe their anti-bias approach, and consider educational practices from the viewpoint of articulation between pre-school education and elementary school education.

Teachers of “Nihongo Hiroba” prepare fully worked-out plans using first graders’ textbooks, modified for non-Japanese students. On the other hand, in Japan, the experience of playing and learning in a cooperative manner is very important for linking pre-school education and elementary school education.

The findings on intercultural education dealing with early childhood highlights the following three points: 1) for researchers and educators, it is important to learn from what is going on in activities at school, i.e. the wisdom created in practice; 2) both pre-school and elementary school teachers need to devise ideas on how to transfer students from pre-school to elementary school smoothly; 3) majority students also need to learn how to accept different people, i.e. create an understanding each other and fostering of tolerance.