Constructing, Reconstructing and Reclaiming Learner Identities
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Constructing, Reconstructing and Reclaiming Learner Identities

Academically Successful 1.5 Generation Filipino Students in Japan

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Constructing, Reconstructing and Reclaiming Learner Identities

Academically Successful 1.5 Generation Filipino Students in Japan

About this book

This book focuses on the experiences of 1.5 generation Filipinos in Japan, charting their life histories and educational experiences in both the Philippines and Japan. Against a background of transnational migrations between both countries, and varying levels of Japanese as a Second Language and educational support for immigrant/non-Japanese speaking children in Japanese schools, the author uses a narrative, life history approach to consider how the participants use their educational histories and learner identities as intangible resources upon which they drew to overcome the structural and cultural differences in the teaching–learning environments they encountered in Japanese schools. The book ends by recounting the participants' regained sense of confidence as learners upon entering university, where they reclaim their learner identities as active participants in the classroom, with several receiving awards for academic excellence.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Prologue
  9. Part 1
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 Japan’s Diverse Populations: Ethnic Minorities, Immigrants and a Rapidly Changing Social Landscape
  12. 3 Japanese in the Philippines, Filipinos in Japan and Schooling in the Philippines
  13. 4 Ethnically, Racially and Linguistically Diverse Students in Japanese Schools: An Overview
  14. Part 2: Preface
  15. 5 Participant Narrative Portraits: Life and Schooling in the Philippines and Beyond
  16. 6 Experiences of School and Learning in Japan: The Good, the Bad and the In-between
  17. 7 Coming Full Circle University Life: Back on Top and Bringing Things to a Close
  18. Epilogue: The Where I Am from Poems
  19. References
  20. Index