多元教「思」 計劃

DIVERSITY THROUGH UNDERSTANDING EQUITY IN TEACHING (DUET)

EDUCATION FOR MULTICULTURAL FUTURES OF ASIA RESEARCH (EMFAR) DIALOGUE SERIES

9 FEBRUARY 2021 (TUE) | ENGLISH | ONLINE

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (HKG) | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (JPN)
As Japan undergoes multiculturalisation from below, the number of immigrant children
and youth has increased by 25% in the last decade. Research has revealed their
educational struggles such as high dropout rates in high school. Drawing on the
participatory action research (PAR) approach that perceives local actors as having
expert knowledge and values collaboration, I have experimented with ways to build
partnerships with high school and NPOs to nurture youth leadership, amplify youth
voice, and create ibasho (places of comfort and acceptance) for and with immigrant
youth. In collaboration with community partners and youth researchers, this
presentation examines the opportunities and challenges of PAR projects:
1) creating ibasho through extracurricular activity at a part-time high school in
Tokyo; and
2) conducting youth participatory action research (YPAR) on the impact of Covid-19
on the lives of immigrant high school students.
We hope to reimagine traditional research and examine how PAR could bring positive
changes to communities, including immigrant youths.

For enquiries, please contact us Dr Tomoko TOKUNAGA is an Assistant

at duet@eduhk.hk or 2948 7219. Professor of the Faculty of Human
Sciences at the University of Tsukuba,
Japan. She received her PhD in
Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies as a Fulbright Scholar at the
University of Maryland, College Park.
She has conducted ethnographic
research with immigrant girls in Japan
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they construct identities and belonging.
She also conducted participatory action
research (PAR) projects in
collaborationwith high schools, NPOs,
and immigrant youth.