Inclusive remote sports club activities between Japan and Vietnam, facilitated by university students and students with special needs! (2023)
© TOKYO KASEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY.
【Summary】
As part of the Demonstration study of inclusive remote sports club activities by university students and students with special needs between Japan and Vietnam, a university student coach, who is a javelin thrower in track and field events, remotely coached one student with intellectual disabilities and four university students in Vietnam between Japan (Tokyo and Hiroshima Prefecture) and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), 4000 km away, by using ICT equipment.
【Project Objective】
The project aimed to establish a platform unaffected by physical distance. It sought to deepen cross-cultural understanding, disability awareness, and knowledge of physical education through inclusive remote club activities across national borders.
【Activities/projects】
Japanese university student coaches remotely coached one student from a special-needs school with intellectual disabilities and four university students from Vietnam in javelin throw, connecting Japan and Vietnam using ICT equipment.
【Outcome】
From the perspective of sports inclusion, which is not limited by nationality, language, location, or disability, international remote club activities were implemented. This created a space where participants could learn from each other by utilising their areas of expertise.
▶ For University student coaches
For university student aiming to become physical education teachers, this was an opportunity to train in understanding disability, cross-cultural understanding and improving their physical education teaching skills.
▶For Student with special needs
For student with special needs who are good at javelin throwing participated in the coaching, and this collaborative and interactive activity provided an opportunity to increase their self-esteem and deepen their cross-cultural understanding.
▶For Students from the Faculty of Physical Education at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
For student from the Faculty of Physical Education at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education learnd how to teach javelin throwing, which is not a major sport in Vietnam, and deepened their knowledge of physical education.
▶For Students from the Faculty of Japanese language at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
For student from the Faculty of Japanese at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, it provided an opportunity for practical training in interpreting through sport.
【URL】
Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, President Prof. Huynh Van Son, Ph.D.
Feedback from Local Contacts :
This research project demonstrates the humanistic spirit of the researcher and the great potential for scientific and technological cooperation between Japan and Vietnam. Associate Professor Naoki Matsuyama, with his enthusiasm, has overcome many difficulties to come to Ho Chi Minh City University of Education and carry out an interesting study. This study has proven that language barriers or geographical distances in scientific and technological cooperation do not exist. Furthermore, the researcher's idea about the application of information technology in a very traditional subject like physical education and sports education is also very fascinating. I also want to commend and highly appreciate the quality, methodology, and expansive potential of this study. Japan and Vietnam have always had friendly relations in many fields, and this collaboration between Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University and Ho Chi Minh City University of Education is a concrete example of that cooperative relationship. On behalf of Vietnamese researchers and students, I wish Associate Professor Naoki Matsuyama good health, and I hope that the research cooperation programs in the future between the two universities will achieve many successes as expected.
- Time Period
- December 2023
- Region
- Online (Japan and Vietnam)
- Sport/Programme Category
- javelin thrower in track and field events
- Implementer
- Matsuyama Laboratory, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University
- Co-Implementer
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
- Number of Individual Beneficiaries
- Japanese university student (coach): 1, Japanese student with special needs: 1, Vietnamese university students: 4, Vietnamese university students (interpreters): 2