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\"Goldstein
Goldstein holding the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team’s mascot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dr. David Goldstein, teaching professor in the University of Washington Bothell\u2019s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences<\/a>, said his one regret from college was not studying abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought I couldn\u2019t afford it, but I never looked into financial aid, scholarships or anything like that. If I did, I am sure I would have gone,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I could go back in time and change one thing, that is what it would be. I would study abroad.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Goldstein didn\u2019t get that experience as a student, through the Fulbright Program<\/a> he got it as an educator. Each year, this prestigious U.S. government exchange program offers approximately 8,000 grants for U.S. citizens to go abroad and non-U.S. citizens to come to the United States to study, teach and conduct research. 足彩app哪个是正规的 goal, through these experiences, is to build a mutual understanding between people in the United States and those in other countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goldstein received one of eight Fulbright awards given to U.S. scholars and went to Japan to teach U.S. studies during the 2021-22 academic year. It was his eighth trip to Japan, as he had gone seven times before for various UW projects, including a UW Study Abroad Exploration Seminar program in fall 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This trip, however, the first time he would be teaching American studies courses in a foreign country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramatic differences <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Goldstein was placed at three different institutions for his Fulbright experience, including the University of Tokyo, Aoyama Gakuin University and Kanda University of International Studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was an opportunity of a lifetime,\u201d he said. \u201cI absolutely love Japan, and I have learned so much \u2014 about the country, about myself and about student learning. All of that has made me a better professor and will inform my teaching when I get back.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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足彩app哪个是正规的 famous Shibuya Scramble Crossing seen from Goldstein’s hotel room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to Goldstein, the student experience in Japan is quite different from the student experience in the United States. For starters, in Japan, grades in middle and high school are taken far more seriously. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 goal is to get into the best university possible because once accepted, the grades don\u2019t matter much,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf you get a degree from a respected university you are set for life, even if you have a low grade point average.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching at the University of Tokyo, considered by many to be Japan\u2019s most esteemed university, Goldstein assumed he would have to find new ways of motivating students to take their course work seriously. \u201cThankfully it was less of a problem than I expected because the students were very interested in American history and culture,\u201d he said. \u201cMost were majoring in English or North American studies and were more accustomed to active learning, such as contributing to small-group discussions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also unlike the higher education in the United States, in Japan it\u2019s uncommon for individuals to return to college later in life. \u201cI started teaching at UW Bothell 25 years ago, and back then 60 to 75 percent of the population consisted of women who were returning to finish the degree they started decades ago but left to raise children,\u201d Goldstein said. \u201cThat just really doesn\u2019t happen in Japan. If you don\u2019t go straight from high school, it is likely you won\u2019t go at all.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, there is less diversity within Japanese classrooms as most students are not only the same age but are often also the same ethnicity. Goldstein said that 97 percent of his students were Japanese and the other three percent were either European or Chinese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJapanese society tends to emphasize conformity, and students often hesitate to share opinions that they think are outside the norm,\u201d Goldstein said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open for interpretation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the homogeny, the classroom conversations were enlightening. For example, Goldstein taught roughly the same curriculum in Japan that he teaches at UW Bothell but found the students reacted to the material in vastly different ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy background is in reader-response criticism,\u201d he said, \u201cwhich means that I am interested in reader response. Two people can read the exact same story and come away with two totally different understandings because the stories are interpreted differently based on experience.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goldstein had his students in both the U.S. and Japan read Recitatif by Toni Morrison, a story about two girls who grow up together in an orphanage. One of the girls is Black and one of the girls is white, but Morrison does not establish who is which. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的re are clues in the story, but it\u2019s interesting that people only pick up on those that relate to their own background,\u201d said Goldstein, whose Ph.D. dissertation was inspired by this very story. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 Japanese students didn’t share the same background as either character, but they often reacted similarly to the white, U.S. students as their understanding is largely shaped by American media.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalled an example from the text in which the mothers return to the orphanage to visit their daughters and take them on a picnic. \u201cOne of the mothers brought a thermos full of milk. Generally speaking, only white descendants from Western Europe can digest milk. Most everyone else has intolerance to it,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a clue that many readers from different ethnicities pick up on, but that white readers miss because they assume everyone drinks milk.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another clue that is often interpreted differently depending on the reader\u2019s background is a reference to one of the mothers wearing a big cross necklace. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 white readers tend to think of the stereotype of an African-American mother from a Black, Baptist church and assume that it\u2019s the Black mother,\u201d he said. \u201cBut none of the clues are conclusive \u2014 and it was meant to be that way,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the Japanese students understanding is largely based on American media, Recitatif reveals how harmful stereotypes are shared. \u201cMorrison uses this technique to bring readers\u2019 preconceptions to the surface,\u201d Goldstein said. \u201cImplicit biases are difficult to overcome because, by definition, we are unaware of them. We can\u2019t counter our own biases if we are unaware of them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seize the opportunity <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 new experiences and insights Goldstein gained in Japan have furthered his passion for study abroad, and he is now planning to lead a 2023 spring break trip for UW Bothell students<\/a> to Ehime Prefecture, located on the island of Shikoku in Southwestern Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Japanese
Goldstein holding a cartoon beer in front of Japanese “kawaii” character Rilakkuma while visiting Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEhime is similar to the Puget Sound region in many ways. It is an intriguing blend of urban and rural spaces, away from the largest cities in Japan and surrounded by beautiful mountains and sea,\u201d Goldstein said. \u201cLike Western Washington, it is home to a unique culture that also has countless connections to the rest of the world. In fact, the founder of Uwajimaya, a popular Japanese food and goods stores in the Northwest, was from Ehime.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goldstein highly encourages current students to participate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want them to be like me \u2014 living with regret, wishing they would have taken the chance when they had it. 足彩app哪个是正规的s, here is your chance. Seize the opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cAll UW-approved study abroad programs are eligible for financial aid, not to mention there are other supports at UW Bothell, especially through Global Initiatives<\/a>, that can also make your trip possible.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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