Practice and Evaluation of Video Production Project by Collaborative Learning of Japanese Students and Foreign Students for the Purpose of Forming Career Consciousness

The author coordinated a short movie-making project to introduce the good characteristics of Akita. The project aimed to develop the "Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons" proposed by the Ministry of Economy in 2006. There were 26 participants: 17 foreign students and 9 Japanese students. They were divided into five groups consisting of foreign and Japanese members. This paper examines whether group diversity contributes to the development of the "Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons." Interviews with the four student managers and the teacher in charge suggested that the project did contribute to the development of these competencies.