Omi, Y.（尾見康博） (2015). The potential of the globalization of education in Japan: The Japanese style of school sports activities (Bukatsu). 日本における教育のグローバル化の可能性：日本式学校スポーツ活動（部活） Educational contexts and borders through a cultural lens. ISBN: 978-3-319-18764-8
A series of culturally shocking events have happened around me since I returned to Japan after a two-and-a-half year experience in the United States with my family. I have readjusted to the size of dishes and drinks, the driving lane, the punctuality, and the working styles. The school environment surrounding my children, however is still frustrating me，although it appears that their education is proceeding well.
This chapter will introduce bukatsu, which is a unique school sport activity in Japan and one of the most frustrating things for me, along with a junior high school environment, to show an aspect of Japanese culture. It does not adopt a style of cross-cultural studies on physicaI education (e.g.，Pühse and Gerber 2005) to avoid a superficial comparison of different societies. On the basis of an autoethnographic study (Ellis et al. 2012) on bukatsu, some tasks of the globalization of education in Japan wiII be discussed. Another study of educational settings in the United States from a parent ‘s perspective (Omi 2012) will be reflected in the discussion.
世界的にも希有なシステムである部活。その独自性を国際的な観点から描写し，昨今の教育のグローバル化論に照らしながら論ずる。