The study on which this article is based aimed to discover the meanings of international education at the high school level from the perspective of students and parents in Japan and Indonesia. Two research questions are addressed: How do Indonesia and Japan balance their international education policy in relation to the need to foster globally competent workers, global citizenship, and nation-building? What are the respective meanings of international education for students and parents? A policy analysis was undertaken based on documents as well as class observations, and individual and group interviews with international education students and parents. The study found that while both the Indonesian and Japanese governments have attempted to build human capital with global competence and national identity, they have utilized different strategies. While Indonesian and Japanese students and parents found similar meanings in university preparation, there were different meanings regarding national language usage, social responsibility, self-identification, life after university, and neo-colonialism.

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印尼和日本国际高中教育的意义

本文所基于的研究旨在从日本和印度尼西亚的学生和家长的角度发现高中阶段国际教育的意义。解决了两个研究问题：印度尼西亚和日本如何在培养具有全球能力的工人、全球公民和国家建设的需要方面平衡其国际教育政策？国际教育对学生和家长的意义分别是什么？政策分析是根据文件、课堂观察以及与国际教育学生和家长的个人和团体访谈进行的。研究发现，虽然印度尼西亚和日本政府都试图建立具有全球能力和民族认同感的人力资本，但他们采用了不同的策略。