Friendship-related Issues of Newcomer Students: Focusing on Experiences in Japanese Elementary and Junior High Schools

ニューカマー コウコウセイ ノ ユウジン カンケイ ニホン ノ ショウ チュウガッコウ デ ノ ケイケン ニ チュウモク シテ

ヒガ, ヤスノリ

Higa, Yasunori

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ キョウイクガクケイ

Department of Education, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

英語

In this paper, I examined various issues concerning newcomer high school students’ friendship with others in Japanese elementary and junior high schools. Recent studies indicated that the boundary between Japanese and foreigners can operate on suppression or resource for newcomer students. Thus, I focus on newcomer student’s experiences centering on the boundary between Japanese and foreigners in Japanese elementary and junior high schools. I address this by means of network maps and interviews. High school students who sat for a special entrance examination in Osaka prefecture are considered as examples.　In conclusion, newcomer students are friendlier with foreigners than Japanese. Further, the experiences of expulsion relate to fewer friendships, irrespective of the friendships being with Japanese or foreigners. Expulsion due to lack of Japanese skills may form a posture to take the distance from the friendship. This calls for intervention in the relations of newcomer children with others by a class unit.

英語