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- 27 -(2) Dunedin College of Education（Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand）(ⅰ) Professor Val Maxwell’s sabbatical year in MiyazakiMr. Val Maxwell, professor of Sociology of DunedinCollege of Education (hereafter DCE) in the South Islandof New Zealand, happened to choose MU as the place tospend his sabbatical year (for one academic year fromApril 1983). He taught geography, education ofgeography and Japanese history at DCE. He was deeplyinterested in the Meiji Restoration. As he was not goodin the cold weather, he was looking for some warm placein Japan. Then he found out that MU in southernKyushu had a sociology department and wrote a letter to Dean Jiro Nishida.Dean Nishida considered Mr. Yoshihiko Tanimoto (Education of SocialScience) to be the best partner for Mr. Maxwell. After Mr. Tanimoto talkedabout the acceptance with Mr.Guy Butterworth, whose office was next to Mr.Tanimoto’s, he decided to accept Mr. Maxwell as a visiting professor.Mr. Maxwell came to Miyazaki in January 1983 with his wife, who was aprofessor (Psychology) of Otago University. They had to leave Miyazaki forEngland in February, because his wife had some research to do there. Duringhis short stay in Miyazaki, he talked with Mr. Butterworth about the possibilityof student exchange.At that time, two senior students were interested in studying in New Zealand.They got the chance to study at Dunedin for one academic year with the tuitionwaiver, thanks to DCE:Name Period1 Kaoru Kojima 1986.2.～11.2 Mayumi HosokawaThere was another student who was encouraged by the presence ofMrs.Maxwell to study abroad. She could have a chance to study in New Zealandbefore the student agreement was concluded. When Mikie Yamauchi, a seniorof the teachers’ training course for handicapped children, was going to write hergraduate thesis with the title “Education of Handicapped Children in NewZealand,” Mr. Takasu, a teacher of English, told her that a professor ofpsychology of Otago University, Mrs. Maxwell, was then at MU. From sometalks with Mrs. Maxwell, Ms. Yamauchi learned that a friend of Mrs. Maxwell’s
