Frederic Erickson's Visit to Japan in October and November 1999

In October and November 1999 Professor Frederic Erickson from UCLA visit Tokyo and Hokkaido and held workshops and lectures. This visit was sponsored by the Kakenhi Project (headed by Dr. Dominic Berducci from Toyam Prefectural University). Many thanks to all the participants in the workshops and lectures. [AN]

Schedule

• October 30 and 31 Workshop (at the National Institute of Educational Research, Tokyo)
  
  • 30th
    1. Kazuhiro Naoi (Musashi University)
       　　"What makes students willing to speak English: TA as Talking Assistants."
    2. Yuri Hosoda (Temple University, Tokyo)
       　　"Other-repair sequences in non-native speaker - native speaker and native speaker - native speaker coversations in Japanese." 　
    3. Fredrick Erickson,
       　　"What's not on the screen: Interpretive commentary in ethnographic reporting."
  • 31st
    1. Dominic Berducci (Toyam Prefectural University)
       　　"Relevance for the ethnographic outside."
    2. Aug Nishizaka (Meiji Gakuin University)
       　　"Interactional organization of space and participation identities."
    3. Fredrick Erickson,
       　　"Interaction construction of hyperexplanation:　A story in listening and speaking."
• November 3 Lecture (at Tsukuba University, Tokyo)
  "Cognition and Learning: A Qualitative Analysis"
• November 4 Workshop (at Hokkaido University)

References

• Erickson, F. (1986) Qualitative methods in research on teaching. In M. C. Wittrock (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching, 3rd edition: A project of The American Educational Research Association. (New York: Macmillan).
• Erickson, F. (1996) Going for the zone: the social and cognitive ecology of teacher-student interaction in classroom conversation. In D. Hicks (Ed.), Discourse, learning, and schooling. ( Cambridge, Cambridge University Press) .
• Erickson, F. and Shultz, J. (1982) The counselor as gatekeeper: Social inter actio in interview. (New York: Academic Press).