Group Supervision and Japanese Students' Successful Completion of Undergraduate Theses

Autor/in	Yamada, Kiyomi
Titel	Group Supervision and Japanese Students' Successful Completion of Undergraduate Theses
Quelle	In: Education Research and Perspectives, 40 (2013) 1, S.30-57 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1446-0017
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Sociocultural Patterns; Undergraduate Students; Supervision; Theses; Supervisory Methods; Group Activities; Seminars; Group Dynamics; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Ethnography; Interviews; Transcripts (Written Records); Participant Observation; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Soziokulturelle Theorie; These; Gruppenaktivität; Seminar; Gruppendynamik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Ausland; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	This paper explores, from a sociocultural perspective, the nature and functions of "zemi" or seminars in which Japanese undergraduate students received group supervision for research and thesis writing. The study also investigates how the "zemi" contributed to completion of their theses. It was found that the "zemi" provided contexts for teaching and learning in which, via assigned tasks, formal teaching, oral presentations and discussions, students acquired new knowledge and skills for undertaking research and completing a thesis. The solidarity, friendship and close bonds which were built among the members of the zemi motivated and encouraged them to achieve their goals. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10