Education Research Conversations:
Lessons from a multimodal participatory inquiry into student life at an English medium university in Japan
Overview
This talk shares insights gleaned from an inquiry, at a English medium liberal arts university in Japan, that involved undergraduate students as co-researchers into their own learning trajectories. By representing their experiences multimodally, and interpreting the results collaboratively, they were able to take alternative perspectives on experiences that had challenged their identities, and produce knowledge that informed the development of the university’s curriculum. During the talk, I will give details of the methods used and provide examples of their representations and discuss implications for learning and identity in a linguistically and culturally diverse educational context.
Objectives
- Describe a multimodal participatory methodology used to engage university students in inquiry into their learning lives.
- Share examples of students’ representations of their experiences at an English medium university in Japan and discuss their implications for learning and identity in a linguistically and culturally diverse educational context.
Facilitators
Assistant Professor Joe Sykes (Visiting Professor)
V1 respect individual learners and diverse groups of learners
V2 promote engagement in learning and equity of opportunity for all to reach their potential
V3 use scholarship, or research, or professional learning, or other evidence-informed approaches as a basis for effective practice
V5 collaborate with others to enhance practice
K1 how learners learn, generally and within specific subjects