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学科 教育文化学科
年度 2014
ゼミ名 William.R.STEVENSONⅢ
タイトル A Comparative Analysis of School Caste System in Japan and the United States
内容 A school caste system is an informal social hierarchy among students, that is created by students, and which impacts students behavior and classroom performance. Most scholars describe the system as having three categories: higher or top groups, middle groups, and lower groups. Each group has their own characteristics, and responds to like situations in unlike ways. However, as it is not a formal system, researchers have defined these relationships in various ways. Especially in the United States, psychologists and sociologists have shown how peer relationships have caste-like divisions. Japanese research in the field has a shorter history than in the United States, but peer relationship research has received increased attention in recent years. This thesis begins with a comparison of Japanese and American school caste systems, focusing in particularly on cultural differences. The results show that some researchers in both the United States and Japan have concluded that peer relationships are not hierarchies but rather flexible systems that change according to the situation. In other words, students can simultaneously belong to cliques of various orientations, or belong to crowd, with loose divisions. Examining these connecting ideas places the existence of a school caste system in doubt. Thus, this study conducts that the concept of a school caste system is too narrow to fully understand peer interaction and dynamics in the classroom environment.
講評 This is the first year for our department to have a “Globalization and Education” seminar. The seminar has covered a broad range of topics from multiple perspectives, and this is reflected in the tremendous diversity of graduation thesis topics. In addition, all students wrote their theses in the language of globalization, English. Despite this challenge, they produced a well-researched and well-written collection of papers that addresses the impact of globalization on education from various angles using a wide variety of sources. Congratulations to all of you!
キーワード1 school caste system
キーワード2 peer relationship
キーワード3 clique
キーワード4 hierarchy
キーワード5 student
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