カワマタ　タカノリ   KAWAMATA Takanori   川又　孝徳    所属   人文学部 国際コミュニケーション学科    職種   教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2025/12
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Non-STEM Students' Intercultural Communication Learning for Society 5.0.
執筆形態	共著
掲載誌名	I-LanD Journal - Identity, Language & Diversity
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	Issue 1/2
担当範囲	137-157
担当区分	筆頭著者
国際共著	国際共著
著者・共著者	Takanori Kawamata, Hiromasa Tanaka, Ani Demetrashvili
概要	Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 envision a future that is both technologically integrated and human-centred, calling for a transformation in humanities and social sciences education. To thrive in globally connected, digitally advanced, and culturally diverse work environments, students -- particularly those in non-STEM fields -- must develop interdisciplinary competencies, foundational technological literacy, and intercultural communicative abilities. This study explores how workplace discourse, as a dynamic space of co-constructed meaning across cultural, linguistic, and disciplinary boundaries, can be cultivated through project-based learning (PBL). Rooted in the framework of Expanded Communities of Practice (ECoP), a transdisciplinary and intercultural PBL programme was implemented with participants from Georgia and Japan, including students from two universities and two high schools. An ethnographic approach was used to collect qualitative data via interviews, parti cipant observation, and document analysis. Findings reveal that participation in the programme fostered a deeper, more nuanced understanding of culture, shifting perspectives from touristic views to more complex, interacti onally constructed identities. The programme also enhanced empathy and respect, particularly through collaborative discourse strategies such as interpretive negotiation and linguistic accommodation. However, challenges remain in balancing cultural interest with sustained learning and mutual understanding. The study concludes that meta-teaching of empathy and cultural transparency off ers a promising strategy for preparing students to actively engage in and contribute to the evolving landscape of intercultural workplace discourse.