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Learning Opportunities Since the Great Earthquake of 2011

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Japanese Education in a Global Age

Part of the book series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ((EDAP,volume 46))

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Japan experienced one of the largest earthquakes and tsunami in March 2011. While its strong social systems, including the school system, recovered to a relatively normal situation soon after the tsunami and nuclear crisis, a number of citizens started to stand up and take action for their own futures more than ever before. This chapter illustrates changes in education in and out of schools after the great earthquake of 2011. Firstly, it briefly describes facts surrounding the event itself and its impact on the education environment in Japan. The following sections focus on preparations for disasters. The necessity of an inclusive approach also arose for those who have different cultural and ethnic backgrounds and those with either physical or mental challenges in the disaster and survival. The chapter also describes disaster education and the participatory role of academic researchers with other citizens. Education researchers are more actively involved in the ongoing recovery process.

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  1. Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideki Maruyama

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  1. International Strategy Office, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

    Akiyoshi Yonezawa

  2. Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Yuto Kitamura

  3. Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Beverley Yamamoto

  4. Faculty of International Communication, Gunma Prefectural Women’s University, Tamamura, Gunma, Japan

    Tomoko Tokunaga

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Maruyama, H. (2018). Learning Opportunities Since the Great Earthquake of 2011. In: Yonezawa, A., Kitamura, Y., Yamamoto, B., Tokunaga, T. (eds) Japanese Education in a Global Age. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 46. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1528-2_11

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