Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan: An Interactive Perspective Book

1. Introduction: An interactive perspective in understanding minorities and education Kaori H. Okano and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi Part 1 2. Long-existing minorities and education Kaori H. Okano 3. The schooling of Buraku children: Overcoming a legacy of stereotyping and discrimination Sarane Boocock 4. Schooling and Identity in Okinawa: Okinawans and Amerasians in Okinawa Naomi Noiri 5. Ethnic Koreans in Japanese schools: Shifting boundaries and collaboration with other groups Kaori Okano Part II 6. The "newcomers" and the Japanese society Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 7. The 'new' foreigners and the social reconstruction of difference: The cultural diversification of Japanese education Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 8. Schools, communities, and newcomer children: A case study of a public housing complex Mutsumi Shimizu 9.(Mis)Managing diversity in non-metropolitan public schools: The lack of state-sponsored support for ‘newcomer’ children Chris Burgess 10. The Kikokushijo: Negotiating boundaries within and without Misako Nukaga and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 11. Concluding remarks: Implications for educational research and reform Sarane Boocock