Constructing, Reconstructing and Reclaiming Learner Identities : Academically Successful 1. 5 Generation Filipino Students in Japan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Motohashi, Ellen Preston.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filipino students--Japan--Social conditions.

Filipino students.

Immigrant students--Japan--Social conditions.

Immigrant students.

Filipinos--Education (Higher)--Japan.

Filipinos.

Education--Philippines.

Education.

Education--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2025.

Summary:

This book focuses on the experiences of 1.5 generation Filipinos in Japan, charting their educational experiences in both the Philippines and Japan. The participants use their educational histories and learner identities as an intangible resource to help overcome the differences in the teaching-learning environments they encountered in Japan.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part 1

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Living in the In-Between: Transnational Lives of Overseas Filipino Workers

1.2 Scholarship on ‘Newcomer’ Immigrant Children in Japan

1.3 Guiding Theoretical Frameworks

1.3.1 Ogbu’s positive dual frame of reference theory: Reconceptualized

1.3.2 Academic resiliency and learner agency: The fight to not just survive but to thrive

1.3.3 Funds of identity: Carrying the past into the future

1.4 Methodological Considerations

1.5 Organization of the Book

Chapter 2: Japan’s Diverse Populations: Ethnic Minorities, Immigrants and a Rapidly Changing Social Landscape

2.1 Domestic Ethnic Minorities in Japan

2.2 Immigrants in Japan: Long-existing or Oldcomer Immigration (1905–1970)

2.3 Shifting Demographics and the Rising Need for Foreign Labor: The ‘Newcomer’ Immigration Stream (1990–)

2.4 The Technical Intern Training Program

2.5 The Specified Skilled Workers Visa Program

2.6 Internationalizing Higher Education

2.7 The Long Road Ahead

Chapter 3: Japanese in the Philippines, Filipinos in Japan and Schooling in the Philippines

3.1 Japanese Migration to the Philippines: Farmers, Construction Workers, Karayukisan and Wives

3.2 Filipino Migration in Japan: From Musicians and Boxers to ‘Entertainers’

3.3 Geopolitical Policies and Economic Drivers of Filipino Immigration to Japan Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

1-80041-544-3

OCLC:

1534192207