Eisuke Saito
Biographic Data
| ID | 174860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eisuke Saito |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eisuke |
| FAMILY NAME | Saito |
| SIGNATURE | SAITO E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1689-1210 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Invisible disjunctions: Expectation structures and communicative reconfiguration in international higher education
Successful adaptation in the early stages of university study is critical for international students entering new educational systems. This study examines the challenges experienced by international postgraduate students during their transition, particularly in digitally mediated learning environments. Using in-depth interviews with 10 participants, the study applies Niklas Luhmann’s theory to analyse the interplay between individual expectations…
“I am rooted, but I flow”: A photovoice investigation into the (re)construction of professional identity among immigrant early childhood educators in Australia
Immigrant ECEC educators in Australia navigate unique personal, cultural, and institutional conditions as they (re)construct their professional identities in a new sociocultural context. This study employs Photovoice and two rounds of in-depth interviews with twelve immigrant ECEC educators to explore the factors that facilitate or impede this identity construction process. Using a “garden elements” metaphor developed through constructivist groun…
Refugee-background students’ biographical perspectives as the enablers of praxis in Australia’s EAL/D classrooms: A scoping review
This scoping review explored refugee-background students’ biographical perspectives, including their lived histories, experiences, and linguistic, cultural, and social capital, as enabling praxis in Australia’s English as an Additional Language/Dialect EAL/D classrooms. Guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and PRISMA-ScR guidelines, 25 studies (010-2025) were systematically reviewed. Grounded in a praxis-oriented and intra-categorical unders…
Responding to multicultural classrooms in Bangkokian schools based on school as learning community (SLC)
Refugee education in Australia: Reflections on resettlement policy, educational provision, and schooling practices
Contributions of Employability Capitals to the Employability of Chinese International Graduates in Australia
Although increasing attention has been paid to the importance of different forms of capital in graduate employability, few studies have investigated the contribution of capital to the employability of international graduates in the host labor market. This study aimed to explore how six forms of capital (human, social, cultural, psychological, identity, and agentic) contribute to the employability of Chinese international graduates in Australia. T…
A boundary-crossing journey: From a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (Cald) student to a Cald teacher, then becoming a Cald researcher—An autoethnography of an Australian immigrant teacher
This autoethnographic research article explores the author’s journey from a student from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background to a teacher from a CALD background and then a researcher from a CALD background. The autoethnography unfolds in three interconnected stages, analysed through the lens of Boundary Crossing Theory, which highlights the learning and identity formation that occur when individuals move across diverse educa…
Forms of agency enacted by international Ph.D. holders in Australia and Ph.D. returnees in China to negotiate employability
The notion of agency has been widely used in various disciplines but is relatively new in the field of employability of international graduates and returnees. This discussion paper addresses this gap by unpacking the determinants that influence the enactment of agency of international Ph.D. graduates in Australia and Ph.D. returnees in China. In essence, the key determinants in Australia include permanent residency, high expectations and discrimi…
Transition of pre-service teacher education in Myanmar: A comparative institutional analysis about Spring Normal University
In Myanmar, the pandemic had a heavy impact on the national universities of teacher education, almost stopping all classes for a year. The army launched a coup in February 2021, exacerbating the situation. Those who engaged in the civil disobedience movement eventually decided to establish an alternative online university of teacher education in-hiding, called ‘Spring Normal University’ (SNU). Few studies have investigated the situation of SNU. T…
Conceptualizing student wellbeing in secondary education: A qualitative systematic literature review
A growing body of academic literature recognizes the importance of supporting students’ wellbeing in school settings. Approaches to supporting students’ wellbeing tend to focus on students’ subjective wellbeing, largely focusing on individuals’ mental health and advocating positive psychology. However, some studies have shown that socio-cultural factors, such as social equity, stigmas, and cultural norms also significantly impact students’ wellbe…
Preparing future teachers for multicultural classrooms: The state of play in Australia
Purpose The study aims to explore how multicultural education is understood in Australia, the extent to which initial teacher education (ITE) programmes prepare pre-service teachers (PSTs) with the necessary skills and knowledge and the perceived readiness of PSTs to engage with students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a systematic review of studies on multicultural…
Problematising Aspirations, Transformations, and Societal Expectations: Revisioning Academic Success and Wellbeing Through Cross-Cultural Autoethnographic Exploration
Having aspirations and goals to strive for provides a sense of purpose and motivation, which can greatly contribute to one's overall happiness and satisfaction. However, there is a lack of in-depth understanding of how individual aspirations interact with societal expectations and constructs, potentially resulting in feelings of anxiety and frustration. This collaborative cross-cultural autoethnographic study examines the interplay between the in…
Conceptual typologies of learning communities for master’s course students using a publications exemplar: A comparative institutional analysis
With an increased emphasis being placed on the importance of postgraduate students publishing articles in international journals, many students may feel a need to organise learning communities with faculty members or their peers to support this aspirational activity. Most research in this area is related to doctoral students, but places relatively little focus on master ones. This study aims to conceptualise possible patterns for the formation of…
Information economics of teaching: A transactional perspective on pedagogical reasoning to provide a typology of pedagogical equilibrium
By assessing student engagement with learning tasks along with students’ understanding of subject matter before and during teaching, teachers are able to shift their teaching approaches through improvisational pedagogical reasoning in real time. However, if a teacher does not know how to respond to students’ cues, their capacity to effectively adapt their teaching actions is reduced. This perspective resonates with the notion of pedagogical equil…
Professional adaptation of international academics: A critical discussion through the lens of complexity theory
The number of international academics in universities has increased steadily over the past decades, driven by universities’ internationalisation strategies to enhance their competitiveness in the global market and the academics’ desire for career advancement through broadening global experiences, international networks and collaboration. Despite their growing number, little attention has been given to the professional transition of international …
Professional identity and agency in immigrant teachers’ professional transition to work in Australia
Immigrant teachers in Australia: Experiences of differential adaptation
The transnational movement of teachers has affected the education environment worldwide.Using a qualitative approach and conceptualising immigrant adaptation based on the differential adaptation theory, we examine the adaptation experiences of immigrant teachers in Australia.Our findings revealed that immigrant teachers' professional identity, the tension experienced in the adaptation process, and their sense of belonging are critical constructs …
Rohingya students’ voices on the experience of inclusion/exclusion in the non-formal schooling: How do issues about being displaced, with(out) disability, having behavioral problems, and gender itself…
It wasn’t just Japanese’: A tertiary language programme to help students prepare for the next stage of life
The decline in foreign language learners in tertiary education is a concern in many countries. While factors influencing students’ persistence in second language learning have been explored, there has been limited discussion on the potential of language programmes that develop students’ self-formation alongside language learning. This study aimed to understand student experiences in a tertiary Japanese language programme that incorporated languag…
Belonging in Australian primary schools: How students from refugee backgrounds gain membership
Schools, globally, have experienced an influx of culturally and linguistically diverse students, due to voluntary migration and forced displacement. To respond to the needs of these students, particularly those from refugee backgrounds, schools must understand how these students navigate their pathways to membership and belonging within their new school environments. This study, therefore, examines the experiences of belonging among five children…
Being-well-in-relationships: Re-Conceptualising Students' Wellbeing in Secondary Education
To address youth mental health needs, student wellbeing has traditionally referred to caring for individuals' psychological health and subjective emotions.However, an individual subjective psychological approach is insufficient in addressing society's responsibilities to enable individuals to live a happy and fulfilling life.A more comprehensive conceptualisation of student wellbeing is needed to understand the needs of individuals to stay well i…
Online ‘ games ’: Conceptual discussion on the expectations of international students and lecturers in host universities
Owing to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid increase in the number of international higher education students, online academic programmes have become more centralised and became the main, sometimes only, form of education. Although the online environment offers flexible access to education, it can cause concerns and difficulties for both international students and the host universities as they may not be well informed of each oth…
Dialogues between Ivan and Smerdyakov after the murder of their father from The Brothers Karamazov: Their educational implications
In the modern world, alienation and marginalisation are serious issues that make people doubt the existence of God. Due to the development of science and technology, which allows humans more space to act as they desire, society has become even more secularised. Fyodor Dostoevsky foresaw and struggled with these problems – as represented in his literary masterpieces, such as The Brothers Karamazov. However, his works are rarely discussed in educat…
Language and belonging in Australian schools: Perspectives and experiences of families from refugee backgrounds
With increased attention on the school belonging experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds, there is limited understanding of how parents construct and respond to their children’s experiences. Given the important role that parents play in their children’s education, this study explored the perspectives of three mothers from newly arrived refugee backgrounds, as they responded to drawings created by their children about their schooling …
Collateral damage in education: Implications for the time of Covid-19
The Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted the world immensely in terms of both global health and economy. It has exacerbated the gap between the economically advantaged and disadvantaged groups in terms of access to various resources and opportunities across the world. This situation has been described as 'collateral damage', which represents unexpected and unintended negative impacts that deprive the poor of certain opportunities a…
Problems on primary school-based in-service training in Vietnam: A case study of Bac Giang province
A conceptual discussion of lesson study from a micro-political perspective: Implications for teacher development and pupil learning
The international education experience: Identity Formation and Audibility Through Participation, Adjustment, and Resistance
For international students undertaking higher education in English-speaking countries, often social and academic competencies are at odds with the expectations of the classroom discourse communities and the normative behaviours and practices of these communities. This conceptual paper argues that despite some scholarly studies seeing such international experience as a process of adjustment in a one-way transmissive exchange, international student…
Collateral damage in education: Implications for the time of Covid-19
The Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted the world immensely in terms of both global health and economy. It has exacerbated the gap between the economically advantaged and disadvantaged groups in terms of access to various resources and opportunities across the world. This situation has been described as 'collateral damage', which represents unexpected and unintended negative impacts that deprive the poor of certain opportunities a…
Culturally relevant pedagogy: Developing principles of description and analysis
Being-well-in-relationships: Re-Conceptualising Students' Wellbeing in Secondary Education
To address youth mental health needs, student wellbeing has traditionally referred to caring for individuals' psychological health and subjective emotions.However, an individual subjective psychological approach is insufficient in addressing society's responsibilities to enable individuals to live a happy and fulfilling life.A more comprehensive conceptualisation of student wellbeing is needed to understand the needs of individuals to stay well i…
Catering to children and youth from refugee backgrounds in Australia: Deep-rooted constraints
Refugee-background youth in the Australian context have long been confronted with a series of challenges surrounding their living and educational conditions. However, limited research has been conducted to examine the underlying factors of such problems. This paper critically explores possible factors that contribute to or intensify the challenges that refugee-background children and youth face in Australia by scrutinising related legal documents…
Lesson study for learning community (LSLC): Conceptualising Teachers' Practices Within a Social Justice Perspective
Under neo-liberal policies in many countries, there has been an extensive trend of educational reform which intensifies competition. Such educational reform is underpinned by direct government control, seen in centre to periphery forms of policy administration and implementation with strong emphasis on managerialism and test-oriented accountability models. There are critical views and opinions about such neo-liberal reforms, but a need still exis…
Challenging common sense: Cases of school reform for learning community under an international cooperation project in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam
A study of the partnership between schools and universities to improve science and mathematics education in Indonesia
Belonging in Australian primary schools: How students from refugee backgrounds gain membership
Schools, globally, have experienced an influx of culturally and linguistically diverse students, due to voluntary migration and forced displacement. To respond to the needs of these students, particularly those from refugee backgrounds, schools must understand how these students navigate their pathways to membership and belonging within their new school environments. This study, therefore, examines the experiences of belonging among five children…
Language and belonging in Australian schools: Perspectives and experiences of families from refugee backgrounds
With increased attention on the school belonging experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds, there is limited understanding of how parents construct and respond to their children’s experiences. Given the important role that parents play in their children’s education, this study explored the perspectives of three mothers from newly arrived refugee backgrounds, as they responded to drawings created by their children about their schooling …
A study of the partnership between schools and universities to improve science and mathematics education in Indonesia
Problems on primary school-based in-service training in Vietnam: A case study of Bac Giang province
Challenging common sense: Cases of school reform for learning community under an international cooperation project in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam
A conceptual discussion of lesson study from a micro-political perspective: Implications for teacher development and pupil learning
Lesson study for learning community (LSLC): Conceptualising Teachers' Practices Within a Social Justice Perspective
Under neo-liberal policies in many countries, there has been an extensive trend of educational reform which intensifies competition. Such educational reform is underpinned by direct government control, seen in centre to periphery forms of policy administration and implementation with strong emphasis on managerialism and test-oriented accountability models. There are critical views and opinions about such neo-liberal reforms, but a need still exis…
Going upstream: The experiences of women in leadership in Myanmar
This study conducted an appreciative investigation of the experiences of Myanmar women in leadership. Specifically, the focus was on what sustains them, how they negotiate the complexity of their context, and what propels them. Drawn from the experiences of three Myanmar women leaders, the findings indicated that ‘their formal and informal learning’, ‘the influence of their female role models’, and ‘their religion’ were the most important aspects…
Culturally relevant pedagogy: Developing principles of description and analysis
Embodied dispositions towards learning: Reading students’ embodied practice
This paper presents a cross-cultural discussion of three episodes where students’ embodied dispositions serve as indicators of, and barriers to, learning. These episodes are drawn from a longitudinal study into school reform in Asia. Framed around a shared understanding of embodiment within practice approaches, and employing a unique method of translation, each author shares their understandings of embodied practices. In the broader field of prac…
Catering to children and youth from refugee backgrounds in Australia: Deep-rooted constraints
Refugee-background youth in the Australian context have long been confronted with a series of challenges surrounding their living and educational conditions. However, limited research has been conducted to examine the underlying factors of such problems. This paper critically explores possible factors that contribute to or intensify the challenges that refugee-background children and youth face in Australia by scrutinising related legal documents…
The international education experience: Identity Formation and Audibility Through Participation, Adjustment, and Resistance
For international students undertaking higher education in English-speaking countries, often social and academic competencies are at odds with the expectations of the classroom discourse communities and the normative behaviours and practices of these communities. This conceptual paper argues that despite some scholarly studies seeing such international experience as a process of adjustment in a one-way transmissive exchange, international student…
A comparative institutional analysis on strategies deployed by Australian and Japanese universities to prepare students for employment
The notion of employability has become a focal point of higher education in many countries’ strategies to prepare students for employment. Responses to this notion can differ largely from country to country and from university to university, based on their historical, political, and economic contexts. However, very little has been researched in terms of these differences. More investigation in this area is needed to conceptualise patterns of univ…
Agency and hysteresis encounters: Understanding the international education experiences of Japanese students in Australian universities
There has been increasing attention given to the notion that international education consists of non-linear and multi-directional transmissive exchanges between existing institutional academic conditions and international students. Despite the role of international students’ agency being paramount, there is a dearth of research on the relationships between these students’ agency and their experiences of international education, which are intertwi…
Exploring, negotiating and responding: International students’ experiences of group work at Australian universities
Ethical challenges for teacher educators in Myanmar due to the February 2021 coup
On 1 February 2021, a junta launched a coup against the civilian government in Myanmar, causing strong backlash against the coup among civilians and leading the junta to suppress those who protested in an extremely aggressive way. While the citizens, including teachers, teacher educators, and student teachers, have participated in the civil disobedience movement, they have not achieved civilian sovereignty. The revival of the junta’s rule has imp…
Multi-vocal voices of refugees: A case study of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
The inflow of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar experiencing trauma and torture is a major global issue. This article explores relationships with local communities as they are represented in the multi-vocal voices of Rohingya refugees. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with a group of Rohingya refugees based in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh along with observations of camp life. Twenty participants were interviewed. The observati…
Voices from the developing nations of Asia and the Pacific: Deliberations on the problematisations by the editors about the Global South
Some of the problems addressed by the editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (APJTE) refer to the issues concerning the Global South. This commentary elaborates upon the problematisations by the editors with reference to the ethical challenges arising in contexts of political turmoil; issues related to the power, or lack of it, of transnational organisations; and challenges faced by researchers from developing countries to publi…
History of subjectivity in dispositif: Changing arrangements of Vietnamese teachers’ meeting through lesson study for learning community
This study examined research–practice partnerships (RPP) as a place where teachers (re)shape their discourses in a distinctive working arrangement through our case in Vietnam. In particular, it explored the concept of subjectivity in dispositifs, focusing on a heterogeneous ensemble of discursive and nondiscursive arrangements of collective activities formulating its members’ patterns of thought, practice, and identity. We present the historical …
Educational polyphony for a contemplative under tragic tension: Implications from the early life of Smerdyakov in The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote masterpieces describing the exploitation and victimisation of the socially disadvantaged who were affected by industrialisation in the 19th century. In The Brothers Karamazov, Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov (hereafter, Smerdyakov) plays a critical role in various spheres of the story. His birth was the result of the rape of Lizaveta Smerdyastchaya by Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov (hereafter, Fyodor). Tragically, Lizaveta died …
Risk factors of suicide among Chinese college students: A literature review
Suicide is a serious public health issue worldwide. In China, suicide is the fifth leading cause of death and the second leading cause of death among 15- to 34-year-olds. Research has shown that the suicide rate among college students is higher than their non-college peers. This study aims to review the literature on the risk factors of Chinese college students’ suicide and suicidal behaviours (i.e. suicidal ideation, attempt and plan). Existing …
Transition of schooling education in Myanmar: A comparative institutional analysis
Pedagogical reform is an institutional change that involves revising the rules of the game in practice, the legitimacy of which depends on political and legislative contexts. In the context of Myanmar’s experience transitioning into a democratic society, this study discusses the changes in theoretical equilibria concerning pedagogical practices with reference to the changes in the links between the national regime, education policies, and teacher…
Online ‘ games ’: Conceptual discussion on the expectations of international students and lecturers in host universities
Owing to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid increase in the number of international higher education students, online academic programmes have become more centralised and became the main, sometimes only, form of education. Although the online environment offers flexible access to education, it can cause concerns and difficulties for both international students and the host universities as they may not be well informed of each oth…
Dialogues between Ivan and Smerdyakov after the murder of their father from The Brothers Karamazov: Their educational implications
In the modern world, alienation and marginalisation are serious issues that make people doubt the existence of God. Due to the development of science and technology, which allows humans more space to act as they desire, society has become even more secularised. Fyodor Dostoevsky foresaw and struggled with these problems – as represented in his literary masterpieces, such as The Brothers Karamazov. However, his works are rarely discussed in educat…
Language and belonging in Australian schools: Perspectives and experiences of families from refugee backgrounds
With increased attention on the school belonging experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds, there is limited understanding of how parents construct and respond to their children’s experiences. Given the important role that parents play in their children’s education, this study explored the perspectives of three mothers from newly arrived refugee backgrounds, as they responded to drawings created by their children about their schooling …
Collateral damage in education: Implications for the time of Covid-19
The Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted the world immensely in terms of both global health and economy. It has exacerbated the gap between the economically advantaged and disadvantaged groups in terms of access to various resources and opportunities across the world. This situation has been described as 'collateral damage', which represents unexpected and unintended negative impacts that deprive the poor of certain opportunities a…
Conceptual typologies of learning communities for master’s course students using a publications exemplar: A comparative institutional analysis
With an increased emphasis being placed on the importance of postgraduate students publishing articles in international journals, many students may feel a need to organise learning communities with faculty members or their peers to support this aspirational activity. Most research in this area is related to doctoral students, but places relatively little focus on master ones. This study aims to conceptualise possible patterns for the formation of…
Sociology (37 works) · Political science (29 works) · Pedagogy (27 works) · Psychology (24 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (12 works) · Mathematics education (12 works) · Social science (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works)