Survey of Trends in Australian Studies and Education in Japan Report
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豪日交流基金助成 Survey of Trends in Australian Studies and Education in Japan Report 日本におけるオーストラリア研究・教育の動向に関する調査 報告書 Australian Studies Association of Japan/オーストラリア学会 February 2018/2018 年 2 月 Table of Contents/目次 English version/英語版 ................................................................................................ 1 日本語版/Japanese version ....................................................................................... 22 【English version/英語版】 Overview of Survey This survey was conducted with a grant from the Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF), in order to understand how Australian Studies and education relating to Australia are currently carried out in Japanese universities; it will serve as basic information in order to stimulate Japanese-Australian research and educational exchanges. The following is an overview of the survey. Survey period: September to November 2017 Survey method: questionnaire-type survey carried out online (using Google Forms) The questionnaire is included at the end of this paper (Appendix 1 on p.11). Survey participants: The survey was aimed at members of academic societies thought to be directly linked to Australian Studies. Firstly, members were requested to give answers to the web survey through the member's mailing list of the Australian Studies Association of Japan. Following this, members of the Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies, the Society of Oceanian Education Studies, and the Australia and New Zealand Literary Society of Japan were also asked in a similar fashion. Total number of replies: 43 Members of the survey/writing and division of labour This survey was implemented by a working group of the Australian Studies Association of Japan. The following lists the members of the group and the division of labour: Keiji Sawada (Waseda University): Public relations, supervision of work, creating the questionnaire Yuka Ishii (University of Shizuoka): Supervision of work, creating the questionnaire, writing the report 1 Jun Tsutsumi (University of Tsukuba): Creating the questionnaire, creating and managing the web survey page, statistical processing, writing the report, creating the figures in the report Tomoko Fujita (Kyushu University): Creating the questionnaire, writing the report Overall analysis and discussions about the text were carried out by all members of the working group. 2 Survey Results 1.The academic societies with which the respondents are affiliated (academic societies related to Australian Studies only) Figure 1: Please tell us which academic society you are affiliated with (academic societies related to Australian Studies only). ASAJ (Australian Studies Association of Japan) JSOS (Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies) JAAE (Japanese Association for Asian Englishes) LSJ (Linguistic Society of Japan) JSOES (Japan Society of Oceanian Economic Studies) JSCA (Japanese Society for Cultural Anthropology) ANZLSJ (Australia and New Zealand Literary Society of Japan) JSSJMC (Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication) Respondents were able to give multiple responses when asked which academic society they are affiliated with. Of those who responded, 34 (79.1%) replied that they are only members of the Australian Studies Association of Japan, and 3 (7.0%) said that they are only members of the Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies. In terms of memberships of other academic societies, one person (2.3%) gave the name of a single association (The Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication). Four respondents (9.3%) belong to multiple societies, with two (4.7%) belonging to both the Australian Studies Association of Japan and the Japanese Society for Oceanic 3 Studies. One person (2.3%) responded that they do not belong to any society. This result (that more people belong to the Australian Studies Association of Japan) may have been influenced by the fact that the survey was an Australian Studies Association of Japan survey, but it can also be said that there is a high level of awareness of the Australian Studies Association of Japan and the Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies as academic societies relating to Australian Studies, based on their names (Figure 1). Among the answers showing multiple societies to which respondents are affiliated, the Australia and New Zealand Literary Society of Japan, the Japanese Association for Asian Englishes, the Linguistic Society of Japan, the Japan Society of Oceanian Economic Studies, and the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology were included, in addition to the Australian Studies Association of Japan and the Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies. As the question limited answers to "academic societies related to Australian Studies only," there were few respondents who gave the names of multiple societies to which they belonged. However, Australian Studies is area study, simultaneously requiring multidisciplinary methods, and from these responses it is possible to glimpse the wide-ranging methodologies, and perceptions of the region, of those academic societies made up of interested people. (Yuka Ishii) 2.Courses including content relating to Australian Studies When respondents were asked whether there are courses that include content relating to Australian Studies in either undergraduate or post-graduate programs of their universities, 20 people (46.5%) said “Yes,” and 23 people (53.5%) answered “No” (Figure 2). Those who had answered “Yes” were asked for the specific content and the course titles; courses which focus mainly on Australia with their titles including the term "Australia" were the most common (Appendix 2 on p. 14). Such courses included "Modern Australia," "Learning Australia," and "Australian Society and Culture." In addition, there were subjects that covered Australian culture such as "Theories of Australian Culture A," "Theories of Australian Culture B," "Australian Culture," and "Australian Minority Cultures and Education," and subjects seem to handle international relations between Australia and other regions such as "Australia and the International Community" and "Theories of Asia-Australia Relations." "Economic Theories of Australia," "Language Education Policies in Australia," and "The Study of Colonialism and Multiculturalism Through Cultural Expression in Australia and New Zealand" were also noted. 4 Figure 2: Are there any courses that include content relating to Australian Studies in either undergraduate or post-graduate programs of your university? Courses in which content relating to Australia is taught as part of Oceanian studies were the second-most prevalent. They were "Introduction to Oceanian Studies 1," "Introduction to Oceanian Studies 2," "Topics in Oceanian Studies," "Oceania and Japan," "Theories of Oceanian Culture and Society," and "Regional Studies (Oceania)," as well as "Pan-Pacific Immigration" and "Oceanian Security Studies" and others. In addition, Australia is covered as part of the English-speaking world in courses such as "International Relations between English-speaking Countries." Some content relating to Australia is covered even within subjects related to specific fields of study, such as cultural anthropology, sociology, earth sciences, and tourism. These courses include "Cultural Anthropology," "An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," "Cultural Sociology," "Sociology of Cultures in Transition," "Earth Sciences," "Environmental and Geographic Information System Theories," "Urban Tourism," and "Theories of Cross-cultural Communication." Courses such as "Comparative Culture Theories," "Theories of Ethnicity," and "Foreign Journalism Ia" were also mentioned. In addition, some respondents answered that content relating to Australia is even covered in "Southeast Asian Geographical Features" and "Globalization and Culture," as well as in seminars and research for graduation. In terms of more specific topics addressed in these courses, indigenous people, immigrants and refugees, and multiculturalism were the most prevalent. Australian 5 nature, geography, history, tourism, education, and whaling issues were also given. Additionally, content that broadly covers Australia in general, such as history, economics, politics, culture, and society, was noted. (Tomoko Fujita) 3.Official partnerships with Australian Universities When asked whether their affiliated university or research institution has an official partnership (e.g. international exchange agreement, joint degrees) with an Australian university, 27 (63%) of the 43 respondents said there is a partnership, and the remaining 16 (37%) answered that there is not a partnership (Figure 3). Looking at the responses that say there is a partnership, the majority are exchange agreements with universities/faculties (Appendix 3 on p. 16). In the main, these are agreements that focus on mutual student exchange between partner schools, such as mutual acceptance of students (including overseas exchange), joint degrees, and the acceptance of students for language training. There are many cases where there is only one partnered university in Australia. However, there are also cases where there are agreements with multiple universities, including agreements with three universities (University of Tsukuba, The University of Kitakyushu), seven universities (Otemon Gakuin University), and nine universities (Waseda University). (Jun Tsutsumi) Figure 3: Does your university or research institution have an official partnership with an Australian university? 6 4.Accepting researchers from Australia based on official