内憂外患の欧州：NATO首脳会議とEU欧州理事会を終えて

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Trust in Media: Critical Review of the Concept and the Measure

Along with the diversification of information gathering through online news and social media, research studies dealing with trust in media have increased. Declining trust in media may have a negative impact on democratic society as well as the erosion of media companies. This article reviews media trust or media credibility research, especially how they have been measured, and discusses how to analyze media trust in the age of information. Although many studies have pointed out that media trust is multidimensional, the items of these scales are constructed from a journalistic perspective and have an assumption that respondents are familiar with the media in question. However, applying the dual-process model of information processing, it is highly likely that information consumption in modern society is processed through peripheral rather than central routes. Developing a scale to analyze this pattern of information consumption and clarifying the different criteria for different media are needed for future research. It is also important to recognize that trust in media is affected by social contexts.departmental bulletin pape

An Examination of Asymmetry in Social Work, Focusing on Intersectionality: With Reference to Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice (AOP)

The aim of this paper is to examine anew how social work should be through the use of Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice (AOP), which has been introduced in Japan as well as a means to counter the paternalism. Multiple ‘not guilty’ sentences delivered in April, 2019, in Japan over sexual crimes are taken up in order to show how differences in people’s experiences affect their views and ways of thinking, which is also reflected on the different environment in which the privileged and the unprivileged are placed within the social structure. As a result, AOP, which, by the use of intersectionality, requires scrutinization to make sure supporters are not reenacting a part of oppression, has been found to benefit them in assuming the role of being allies to their clients.departmental bulletin pape

李在明新政権と日韓首脳会談

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Cross-Cultural Situation Awareness in Cognitive Linguistics: Negation and Affirmation Perspectives with Pedagogical Implications

This article investigates how native speakers of Japanese and English profile situational construal in the target world within the framework of “negation” versus “affirmation.” For instance, the Japanese expression kankeisha igai tachiiri kinshi (Donʼt enter if youʼre not an authorized person.) construes the situation negatively, whereas its English counterpart Staff Only frames it affirmatively as permission. Such differences in situational construal, shaped by underlying cultural and social value systems, raise important pedagogical questions concerning how they can be effectively taught and what educational significance such instruction entails.departmental bulletin pape

トランプ関税ドラマ：雨降って泥沼

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誰のためのアメリカか：DEIの行方

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“Play” and “Morals” in ECE Practice Theory :The idea of a curriculum that embraces uncertainty

Excessive “protection” by practitioner (educator) providers can sometimes leave children who are not able to think for themselves as “immature.” This is nothing but a warning bell that “protection,” which is supposed to encourage human development, can have the opposite effect to its intended purpose, as Kant asked in “What is Enlightenment?” (1784) and “Lectures on Padagogy” (1803). This question continues to this day, for example, as a search for a ECE curriculum that contains uncertainty and does not invite excessive “protection.” It is necessary to take a good-hearted anticipation to “protect” children who are concerned about their safety, but if we insist on ensuring certainty that does not allow any accidents, an unnecessary level of control will be strengthened, and the path to growth that encourages childrenʼs free thinking may be alienated. In this way, the search for the ideal form of “protection” in ECE (education) has continued since the establishment of modern education. Based on the above concerns, this paper reconsiders the image of “protected”“play” in which childrenʼs “play” is divided into “good play” and “bad play” and only “good play” is selected for the development of good people. Specifically, by looking back at the discussions of the Childcare Problems Study Group, which has shaped a corner of ECE theory in Japan, we examine the fact that “protection” to avoid physical danger and to avoid negative influences on childrenʼs morality and ethics can hinder childrenʼs autonomy and acquisition of knowledge and skills, which should be the original purpose of ECE (education). Here, we first look back at the practice of “persimmon thief” proposed to the play subcommittee of the Childcare Problems Study Group (Chapter 1) and consider what “protection” means in “play”. Next, we consider a childcare practice theory that creates an ECE curriculum that incorporates uncertainty based on the discussions of the play subcommittee on this practice (Chapter 2).departmental bulletin pape

地雷より危険な「規範の崩壊」

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Christian Kindergarten Teacher Training by the Woman’s Missionary Society(W.M.S.) at Toyo Eiwa：Focusing on the Normal Class

The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of the Christian kindergarten teacher training program at Toyo Eiwa, which began as a W.M.S. project. I examined the students’ class notes from the 1947 school year. The Normal Class was a mock Sunday School class that could be interpreted as “a class and a training to prepare students for their lifelong responsibilities as Christians and members of the society in which they live, as well as promote the qualifications and attitudes appropriate for kindergarten teachers”. The classes embodied theory and practice. The Normal Class was also placed in the curriculum as part of Toyo Eiwaʼs characteristic Christian teacher training program for early childhood educators. The reason for this can be found by examining the characteristics of the W.M.S. I examined the placement of missionary activity at that time and considered it in terms of the characteristics of the Methodist Church of Canada, to which the W.M.S. belonged. It is suggested that this Normal Class was fundamental in the development of the unique Christian kindergarten teacher training program at Toyo Eiwa.departmental bulletin pape