Considering the expertise of Japanese language teachers

This book examines the question of Japanese language teachers' expertise in an increasingly diverse Japanese language education environment. "There is no fixed method for a certain field. Methods are organized between the teacher's philosophy and the field." This book questions the conventionally fixed understanding of "expertise" and proposes a "trinity model" in which philosophy, method, and field are consistently linked. It also includes examples of practice in a variety of fields. Each practitioner reflects on their practice while being conscious of the relationship between their own philosophy, field, and method, exploring the nature of "expertise.