表題番号:2023C-029 日付:2024/02/29
研究課題Language Education Policy in Hawaii
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 文学学術院 文化構想学部 教授 ホサイン タニア
研究成果概要

This research aims to describe and examine the present educational situation in Hawaii. The emphasis was on the medium of instruction regarding language use in the classrooms (both English and Hawaiian). What types of English are used in the school? Whether children are learning Hawaiian Creole or Standard English? The result suggests that the Hawaiian language was revitalized, although this language was about to become extinct. There are several schools where the medium of instruction is only in Hawaiian, and Hawaii gives importance to learning the native language for immigrant children. Several policy planner interviews were taken, two Hawaiian medium schools were observed, and many historical data were analyzed. One of the exciting findings of this research is that Hawaiian Creole English exists, and it is different from standard English, and local people feel comfortable using that form of English. The Hawaiian Bilingual education project started in 1980, and it gave importance to Hawaiian-speaking teachers; the program was terminated in 1983. The result is expected to provide an in-depth picture of challenges facing the children (immigrants and indigenous) in an educational context. This research will provide to the researchers inside the classrooms regarding the language and education policy in Hawaii and also help them to understand the complexities and difficulties that exist in the educational system in Hawaii. This research may draw the attention of the policy planners to formulate a policy that would support every child in Hawaii. Much research has been done on educational policy issues, but very few have worked on the gap between policy and practice issues. This research is unique at this point. This is entirely original research. 

A multi-method approach was used to collect data, utilizing four types of instruments: historical books and documents, interviews, data from government census and other government sources (secondary data), and also data from journals and newspapers. The research will be largely based on the data that will be collected from historical books and documents, newspapers, and other government sources. The interview data was used to illuminate and enrich the discussion of the quantitative findings. This research is mostly administered in Honolulu. Since the arrival of Europeans in Hawaii, social, political, and economic forces were involved in the formation of language and education policy in Hawaii, and it is continuing. But one of the greatest achievements of the language policy is the revitalization of the Hawaiian Language.