Due to circumstances related to the career and/or marital/familial situations of their guardians, the number of students from Asian nations entering Japanese schools has increased in recent years. These students not only face difficulties with language barriers, but also uneasiness with adjusting to a new school environment and life within a culture different to their own. Presently, many Japanese primary and secondary schools provide interpreters to help students in the area of academic/school-related issues, but it cannot necessarily be said that supporters knowledgeable of the foreign student's culture are available.
There is a clear necessity for the development of supporters/volunteers who are not only proficient in a foreign language, but who are also capable of helping to sustain a child's identity and help maintain good, healthy relations within the student's family.Consequently, in 2006 the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education will be conducting seminars that cover the clinical psychology aspects of educational counseling, school systems, and also those geared towards furthering understanding and multicultural-friendly education.
The aforementioned seminars will be geared towards volunteer foreigner supporters, particularly those who requested assignments in the field of education, have prior volunteer experience with international exchange organizations and/or interpreting. The goal of these seminars will be to cultivate supporters capable of conducting educational counseling that acknowledges the cultures of other Asian nations. Also, seminars geared towards improving teacher's methods of teaching Japanese to immigrants are in the works.
Further details covering the seminars will be posted on the Board Of Education's Student Support Division webpage near the end of May.
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