2014 Ochanomizu Summer Programme in english
Theme I: Contemporary Perspectives on Social Policy,Education, Family and Development
テーマⅠ： 現代日本の社会政策、教育、家族、発達に関するパースペクティブ

Teaching staff:

Masako ISHII-KUNTZ(Professor, Human Sciences Division, Graduate
School of Humanities and Sciences,
Ochanomizu Univ.)

Marcelo DE ALCANTARA (Associate Professor, ditto)
Yuko Nonoyama-TARUMI (Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study,Waseda Univ.)

Mika OMORI(Professor, Human and Social Sciences /Psychology, Faculty of Letters and Education,
Ochanomizu Univ.)

Yoichi SAKAKIHARA(Professor, Human Developmental Sciences /Child Studies, Graduate School of Humanities
and Scientes, Ochanomizu Univ.)[Outline]
This course, taught by an interdisciplinary team of five professors, will present various
perspectives on social policy, education, family law and child development in contemporary
Japan. Each session consists of lectures and discussions. Students are expected to actively
participate in class discussions.

[Lecture Summaries]** Time table is to be announced **Masako ISHII-KUNTZ
Gender and Families（ジェンダーと家族）
In this class, I will focus on how Japanese families are gendered in terms of the division ofhousehold labor. Various studies including my own will be read and discussed fromsociological perspectives. Contents include paternal involvement in child care andhousework, mother’s child care stress and career development. Students’ active participationin discussions is encouraged throughout the sessions.

Marcelo DE ALCANTARA
Contemporary Issues in Family Law（現代家族法の諸問題）
The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of Japanese family law and explore anumber of current issues in family law from a comparative perspective. Topics covered
include marriage, divorce, parent and child relationship, same-sex marriage, internationalchild custody disputes, and international surrogacy.

Yuko Nonoyama-TARUMI
Mechanism of Educational Inequity: Parents’ Cultural and Social Capital（教育格差のメカニズム: 親の文化的資本および社会関係資本）
In this section, we will focus on mechanism of inequity in educational outcome in Japan. The
first part will cover key sociological theories that explain the mechanism of why inequitypersists. The second part will review comparative data from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan
to examine the effects of parents’ resources, such as cultural and social capital, on student
achievement. The third part will be discussion on the concept of cultural and social capital
based on local context of participants.

Mika OMORISociocultural Influences on Psychological Health（心理的健康への社会文化的要因の影響）
There is no question at all about the fact that psychological health is a key to make our lives
satisfying and productive. This section invites participants to gain better understandings on
psychological health/distress and sociocultural influences on the development andmaintenance of psychological problems. In particular, the class introduces issues of body
image and pathological eating behaviors of young women. Other forms of psychologicalproblems will be also introduced in conjunction with sociocultural aspects of psychologicalproblems.

An additional goal of this section is to discuss the importance of integrating

cultural/diversity issues into understanding human behaviors in various settings.

Theseaims will be accomplished through class discussions, group exercises, and film clips as wellas lecturing. Active participation is strongly encouraged.

Yoichi SAKAKIHARA
Child Abuse and It’s Effects on Child Development（子どもの虐待とその発達への影響）
Child abuse is among the most devastating problems surrounding contemporary children.
Although physical abuse was once regarded as the most prominent form of child abuse,neglect, child labor and trafficking in children are now also regarded as forms of child abuse.
In my lectures, after talking on general overview of child abuse, discussions on possible
measures for the prevention of child abuse will be made among the students.

General Discussion(Saturday 9 August, 9:00-10:30 & 10:40-12:10)** Detail is to be announced **FIELD STUDY(Friday 8 August, 13:00-17:30)** Detail is to be announced **