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Education for Immigrant Children in Japan A Frame Analysis of the Successful Cases of Hamamatsu and Kani City

Kato, Ryo LU (2021) WPMM43 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Japan currently faces a rapid increase in labor immigrants due to the decrease of the population. The number of immigrant children is expected to increase because of the open labor immigration policy. Although the education of immigrant children is very complex, Hamamatsu city and Kani city have implemented successful educational policies to solve the problems of out-of-school children. This research aims to determine how immigrant children's education is represented as a problem and how the policymakers are motivated to provide education to immigrant children. The theory of frame and frame analysis are proposed by the different scholars. The inductive frame analysis is conducted on the public documents from the two cities. The results... (More)
Japan currently faces a rapid increase in labor immigrants due to the decrease of the population. The number of immigrant children is expected to increase because of the open labor immigration policy. Although the education of immigrant children is very complex, Hamamatsu city and Kani city have implemented successful educational policies to solve the problems of out-of-school children. This research aims to determine how immigrant children's education is represented as a problem and how the policymakers are motivated to provide education to immigrant children. The theory of frame and frame analysis are proposed by the different scholars. The inductive frame analysis is conducted on the public documents from the two cities. The results indicate the relevant frames. The policymakers' moral views are highlighted as understanding immigrant children as a part of the local community, enforcing children's education rights, providing opportunities to learn mother language and culture, promoting educational opportunities despite the lack of school information, economical situation and parents' interests. The important findings are the policymakers' value of future benefits from investing in immigrant children's education and the strategic use of frames. (Less)
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author
Kato, Ryo LU
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organization
course
WPMM43 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
immigrant children's education, framing devices, reasoning devices, policymakers, Japan
language
English
id
9045137
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 10:39:45
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2021-07-06 10:39:45
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  abstract     = {{Japan currently faces a rapid increase in labor immigrants due to the decrease of the population. The number of immigrant children is expected to increase because of the open labor immigration policy. Although the education of immigrant children is very complex, Hamamatsu city and Kani city have implemented successful educational policies to solve the problems of out-of-school children. This research aims to determine how immigrant children's education is represented as a problem and how the policymakers are motivated to provide education to immigrant children. The theory of frame and frame analysis are proposed by the different scholars. The inductive frame analysis is conducted on the public documents from the two cities. The results indicate the relevant frames. The policymakers' moral views are highlighted as understanding immigrant children as a part of the local community, enforcing children's education rights, providing opportunities to learn mother language and culture, promoting educational opportunities despite the lack of school information, economical situation and parents' interests. The important findings are the policymakers' value of future benefits from investing in immigrant children's education and the strategic use of frames.}},
  author       = {{Kato, Ryo}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Education for Immigrant Children in Japan A Frame Analysis of the Successful Cases of Hamamatsu and Kani City}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}