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The Korean ethnic church and Korean Immigrants to the United States
Get PDFIn the United States, Korean immigrants enthusiastically dedicate and commit themselves to the activities of the Korean ethnic church. The role of the church as a central part of the Korean community has been important since they started to immigrate to the States in the late 1960s.
They go to church not only for religious purposes but also for seeking the unity to accommodate themselves to American life and secure social resources.
The majority of Korean immigrants to the States are Christians and depend deeply on the ethnic church since it provides them with a wide range of services and social resources and serves a variety of social functions, which other Korean organizations in the States cannot. These functions and the characteristics of Korean immigrants are inseparable, which, in turn, enable the church to function.
However, the second-generation immigrants, who are born in the States, speak English as a native language and receive American higher education, find less need for the church to provide them with such functions as mentioned above.
The future and transformation of the Korean ethnic church is noteworthy as the second-generation immigrants will have children, and the number of the second and third generations of immigrants will eventually exceed that of the first.departmental bulletin pape
Psychological Changes of Characters Described in the Japanese Folklore Tale Hebimukoiri : From the Perspective of a Snake Killed with Needles
Get PDFThe Japanese folklore tale “Hebimukoiri” has various versions that have been classified into different types of tales such as “Odamaki-gata,” ”Mizukoi-gata,” and so on. It is a story that has undergone much symbolic transformation as it has been handed down orally over a long period of time. The story is alive and continues to develop because of people’s changing social, cultural, and psychological lives. At the same time, it includes a significant psychological theme for not only people of old, but also for people living nowadays. In this article, the author analyzes how the initiation of the “inner woman” occurs in this folklore tale from the perspective of the mother, the father, and the daughter who are its main characters. In addition, the author suggests a new, contemporary version of the tale that contains both the symbolic significance of the action of pulling out needles and the rebirth of the snake.departmental bulletin pape
Financial Governance of UNHCR Part 1:UNHCR’s Changing Environment
Get PDF本論文ではUNHCR（国連難民高等弁務官事務所）を巡る財政的ガバナンスの態様を論じる。そこでは、難民・国内避難民保護という国際公共財供給のための難民レジームの中核であるUNHCRを、「本人」（Principal）である加盟国の「代理人」（Agent）として位置づけ、その関係からUNHCRの財政ガバナンスの態様とその変化を論じる。以下の第一部では、難民・国内避難民の発生状況と加盟国の反応を中心としたUNHCRの外部的環境を論じ、次号の第二部ではそれに対するUNHCRの内部的反応、特にその財政戦略とメカニズムを論ずる。departmental bulletin pape
An Exploratory Study of Mobile Phone Use among Japanese Elderly
Get PDFDespite an increasing number of mobile phone users among the elderly in Japan, research in media studies has focused exclusively on adolescents or children.By analyzing a nationwide survey conducted in 2011, this exploratory study examined the barriers against ownership, uses and gratifications, and functional alternatives of mobile phone use among elderly Japanese. The results show that the mobile phone can fortify a digital divide among the elderly. Furthermore, elderly people mainly use the mobile phone for family communication, not as multi-media. Additionally, mobile phone owners use the home telephone and the Internet more than non-owners. This article also discusses and proposes how we can better understand media use by the elderly in future research.departmental bulletin pape
Reflecting on Our Shared Experience of Exploring Women’s Studies
Get PDFOver the course of more than 20 years I have had the pleasure of teaching courses related to women’s/feminist studies to students (both female and male) enrolled in the master’s and doctoral degree programs at Toyo Eiwa University. Nearly all of the students enrolled in the programs were working in various professions, including in the fields of nursing, midwifery, mental health, social work, business, legal work, local and national government, and education (teaching at levels ranging from pre-school to university). For many of the students, my courses were their first introduction to the content, principles, and goals of women’s studies. Equally novel to them were the teaching and learning approaches, as well as the styles and practices of feminist pedagogy. These include valuing and integrating personal experiences and emotions as sources of knowledge in the learning process, as well as promoting interactive, cooperative learning whereby students and instructor learn from one another, in place of the domi ant lecture format in which teacher-talk predominates and knowledge flows in one direction, from teacher to student.
In this, my final year of full-time teaching at the university, I would like to reflect on what these experiences have meant for me as well as what impact my classes might have had on my students. As part of this reflection, I have chosen excerpts from end-of-term papers written by students enrolled in my women’s studies classes between 2001 and 2015, in which they answered questions about how the course(s) 1) transformed or deepened their attitudes towards and understanding of gender issues, including awareness of their own internalized sexist attitudes and prejudices, 2) provided a new or different perspective on their thesis research topics, their personal lives, and issues related to the workplace, 3) clarified their understanding of feminism and its goals, 4) helped them to see how gender-based discrimination is inextricably related to racial, class-based, and other forms of discrimination, and 5) challenged their views regarding teaching and the structure of classroom relationships, both between instructor and students and among students. After reading through the reports that my students had written over the years, I chose 43 excerpts from reports written by 34 students and grouped them into nine categories.departmental bulletin pape
Developing Can-Do Lists for Stay-over Type Language Programs
Get PDF文科省提言「国際共通語としての英語力向上のための5 つの提言と具体的施策」（文部科学省, 平成23 年）を受けて、外国語教育の専門家や教育現場はそれに基づく実践や研究に鋭意努力している。５つの提言のうち、教育現場においては、生徒に求められる英語力に言及した提言1 が最も多くの関心を集めている。提言１の「学習到達目標を「Can-Do リスト」の形で具体的に設定する」という文言に基づき、中高を始めとする多くの教育現場ではCan-Doリストを作成し、使用する試みが行われている。しかしながら、提言3「ALT、ICT等の効果的な活用を通じて生徒が英語を使う機会を増やす」、より具体的には「教育委員会や学校は、ALT や民間人材等を活用してイングリッシュ・キャンプなど、生徒が集中的に英語に触れる機会を設ける」といった具体的施策を踏まえると、学校外での外国語学習活動においてもCan-Do リストを用いた到達目標の設定を行うのが望ましいと考えられる。残念ながら現状では、イングリッシュ・キャンプの実践もさることながら、学術的な実証研究は皆無である。本稿では著者自身がイングリッシュ・キャンプにて行ったCan-Do リストを用いた調査研究を元に、滞在型外国語プログラムにおけるCan-Do リストの開発およびデータ収集の結果について論じたい。departmental bulletin pape