Welcome to NANZAN 2020
- ページ： 29
- NANZAN KOKUSAI JUNIOR & SENIOR
The Education of Overseas Returnees
Division was established in Nanzan Junior High School in 1981. This was expanded to include the Senior High School in 1982. Year after year, the number of applicants increased steadily and again with the support of the business and local community, an independent Nanzan Kokusai Junior and Senior High School was established in Kamekubi-Cho, Toyota City in 1993.
Meeting the Needs of Returnees
Toshihiko Yamada, SVD Principal of Nanzan Kokusai Junior & Senior High School
Kokusai Junior and Senior High School has played a unique role among the schools of Nanzan School Corporation. In the late 1970s, as the pace of globalization began to quicken, more and more Japanese firms started sending employees and their families abroad for extended periods, often several years at a time. When the families returned at the completion of the assignment, many of the children experienced difficulty in fitting back into the Japanese educational system.
FROM ITS VERY INCEPTION, Nanzan
From its origins in the International Division of Nanzan Junior and Senior High School, Nanzan Kokusai shares a commitment to the three-fold goals on which Msgr. Joseph Reiners, SVD, founded the first of the Nanzan schools: solid character, broad education, and a strong sense of responsibility. Nanzan Kokusai also shares the educational motto of Nanzan School Corporation, “Hominis Dignitati,” which fosters a deep respect for the dignity of each individual. At the same time, however, Nanzan Kokusai has developed a program to meet the needs of its unique student body composed entirely of overseas returnees and children of international families. Building on Previous Experiences, Emphasis on Language Education Nanzan Kokusai aims to help students build on their previous overseas or cross-cultural experiences, fostering in them open-mindedness
Nanzan Rises to the Challenge: the Birth of Nanzan Kokusai
With its strong emphasis on international education and its close ties to the local community, it was only natural that Nanzan School Corporation would rise to the challenge of meeting the educational needs of these overseas returnees as well as children of international families, who experience similar problems in adapting smoothly into the Japanese school system. With encouragement and support from the local community, a special class was established in the Girls’ and Boys’ Division of Nanzan Junior High School in 1979 to accommodate the overseas returnees. However, demand soon outpaced capacity, and a separate International
29
- ▲TOP
