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学科	教育文化学科	ゼミ教員名	WILLIAM ROBERT STEVENSON III	年度	2016年度
タイトル	Habitat for Humanity in Japan: Potential and Future

内容	Housing poverty is on of the big issue in the world today. Habitat for Humanity International, a Christian non-governmental organization, has built affordable homes for more than 6.8 million people to eliminate housing poverty, and is enlisting its vision that to make a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Since Habitat for Humanity Japan was founded as an affiliate in 2001, it has committed to eliminate the poverty mostly in Asian-Pacific region, so-called ‘developing countries’ by mobilizing volunteer labors from Japan. Although those who in need of adequate housing and housing poverty issues are existed in Japan, Habitat is launching no project for Japanese citizen while Habitat in the U.S. executes bunch of projects both domestically and globally at the same level. Habitat Japan has legal barriers to access lands and construction. Study will show Habitat in the U.S has made advocacy efforts to enable them to access land by changing laws or policies. Because Habitat Japan has enough volunteer participants for GV trips abroad, it would learn from the works Habitat in the U.S has done, and it may have enough potential to launch its domestic projects.

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Housing poverty is on of the big issue in the world today. Habitat for Humanity International, a Christian non-governmental organization, has built affordable homes for more than 6.8 million people to eliminate housing poverty, and is enlisting its vision that to make a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Since Habitat for Humanity Japan was founded as an affiliate in 2001, it has committed to eliminate the poverty mostly in Asian-Pacific region, so-called ‘developing countries’ by mobilizing volunteer labors from Japan. Although those who in need of adequate housing and housing poverty issues are existed in Japan, Habitat is launching no project for Japanese citizen while Habitat in the U.S. executes bunch of projects both domestically and globally at the same level. Habitat Japan has legal barriers to access lands and construction. Study will show Habitat in the U.S has made advocacy efforts to enable them to access land by changing laws or policies. Because Habitat Japan has enough volunteer participants for GV trips abroad, it would learn from the works Habitat in the U.S has done, and it may have enough potential to launch its domestic projects.

講評	Befitting a seminar dedicated to examining educational developments on a global scale, this year’s graduation theses span a world of topics. Several examine how cultures change (or remain the same) as they cross traditional borders. Some focus on educational practices specific to Japan, looking to place them in a global context. Others look at global trends that, for one reason or another, have yet to be fully integrated into Japan. Two papers are comparative studies, contrasting policies across national borders. The most popular theme this year was ESD, with a total of four related papers. Several papers rely heavily on newspaper archives, while others are based primarily on interviews. All of the papers contain sections that are thoroughly original, evidencing the effort of seminar members to either work with new topics or take new approaches to more familiar themes. Naturally, in addition to the normal challenges of researching and writing, all of the students wrote their final papers in English using at least some English-language materials. I am proud of the students’ work and convinced that the process of researching and writing has enrichened their intellectual growth. Well done!

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Befitting a seminar dedicated to examining educational developments on a global scale, this year’s graduation theses span a world of topics. Several examine how cultures change (or remain the same) as they cross traditional borders. Some focus on educational practices specific to Japan, looking to place them in a global context. Others look at global trends that, for one reason or another, have yet to be fully integrated into Japan. Two papers are comparative studies, contrasting policies across national borders. The most popular theme this year was ESD, with a total of four related papers. Several papers rely heavily on newspaper archives, while others are based primarily on interviews. All of the papers contain sections that are thoroughly original, evidencing the effort of seminar members to either work with new topics or take new approaches to more familiar themes. Naturally, in addition to the normal challenges of researching and writing, all of the students wrote their final papers in English using at least some English-language materials. I am proud of the students’ work and convinced that the process of researching and writing has enrichened their intellectual growth. Well done!

キーワード1	Habitat for Humanity
キーワード2	Housing Poverty
キーワード3	NGOs
キーワード4	Advocacy and Volunteer
キーワード5