On Dec. 21, 2016, we had an opportunity to invite Prof. Seiji Utsumi of Kyoto Women's University based on his years of experience of working on education in post-conflict situation.The talk touched on various issues faced by youths and chi…
Another great news. Elisabeth got married in Australia during the summer break.
Victoria OKoroji, our seminar member, has just delivered a baby in a hospital in Nagoya! Congratulations, Victoria! Photo by Xuemei.
Hi. This is Xuemei. As most of you have already known, I’m a “pure” Korean who was born in China. I had been educated in China for almost twenty years from kindergarten until college, but I was trained in a traditional Korean manner, which…
Thanks for the surprise celebration of my birthday... I am so touched...Shoko Yamada
Krishna-san got his PhD degree! Congratulations!! You were such a great Senpai who had guided other seminar members! Your kind advices and encouragements always helped us. We were very lucky to have you in our seminar. Thank you very much!…
We had a wonderful and meaningful 2-day open lecture by Dr.Yasuno Saito on Nov.6 and 7. On the first day, Dr. Saito kindly gave a lecture on the whole history of modern education system development in Japan from a socio-political perspecti…
はじめまして。 M1の近藤菜月です。先月、２月１２日から２８日までの約二週間、ガーナに行ってきました。 今回の目的は、北部ガーナの唯一の大学であるUniversity of Development Studies(UDS)のWaとTamaleにあるキャンパスの訪問でしたが、その他にも一人…
Hello. This is Xuemei. I would like to report Achi village trip on the blog.This year, seven students (Yuki, Zhang Ling, Lan, Lyn, Nikki and I), Yamada sensei and Dr. Desalegn (a visiting scholar from Ethiopia) participated in this trip. N…
The seminar members celebrated my --th birthday! I am so happy to be your teacher.Thanks Yuki for baking delicious cake with Funasshi and my face on it. Thanks everyone for touching messages...Shoko Yamada
We had a wonderful lecture about “New approaches to higher education in Africa: Example of University for Development Studies, Tamale” given by Prof. Kranjac-Berisavljevic(Prof.KB) on October 30. At first, I would like to introduce the lec…
Hello. This is Xuemei, who will be a D1 student from next semester. Since Liu Jing was selected as one of the winners of 12th Asia Pacific Research Prize, I attended the prize giving ceremony to witness his achievement on August 2. I would…
Hello, we are Shasha from China and Yoon from Korea, on behalf of participants of Achi village trip 2013, we would like to post our impression of Achi village trip on here.We visited Seinaiji primary school on the 1st of Febrary, which is …
こんにちは、M2の竹内です。たまには、気分を変えて日本語で書きたいと思います。長かった協力隊活動ももうすぐ終わろうとしている。今回は紹介がてら、今までのマラウイでの生活を少し振り返って見ようと思う。 マラウイに初めて着いたのは2010年6月23日、…
Hello, this is Ayaka, an M2 student taking a break and working in Senegal as a JICA volunteer right now. As Yuki wrote in the last entry, I would like to write about my life here. It has been almost one year and the half of my stay has alr…
Hello, this is Yuki Shimazu, a D1 student at Yamada seminar and currently studying at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. I saw the previous blog article which was posted by Kyohei and I decided to write “Ethiopia 便り”.It has been 2 months …
Hi, this is Kyohei Takeuchi working as a JOCV in Malawi. As I briefly introduced last time, my work here in Malawi is to promote “情操教育” at primary school, which is similar to Ayaka’s activity in Senegal. My current activities are to co…
Hello, my name is SENG Vanmaren, a current graduate student in GSID. I am very fortunate to be able to join the Achi village trip organized by Prof. Yamada. I would like to share my experience and my feeling about this two-day trip. On the…
This is Shoko Yamada. I am just back from Senegal where I visited to evaluate the Japanese assistance in the field of techical and vocational education dispatched by Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During my stay, I met with Ayaka Iwatsuki, m…
I was so glad to meet Prof. Fuchs and listen to his lecture in GSID, because the topic of his lecture, “Children's Rights in Historical Perspective”, researching education from historical perspective, was new for many students in GSID. In …
Thank you for your very kind comments about my presentation on education sector analysis, Sorana. I hope it continues to stimulate you and your classmates to think about the complexities of policy making and motivates you to acquire the to…
It was one of the greatest opportunities for class members and me to participate in a very fascinating lecture on "Education Sector Analysis" delivered by a long-year experienced professor from University of Pittsburgh.Prof. Weidman has of…
Hello, this is Megumi. I would like to share the impressive seminar, “Post-disaster Psychosocial Care for Children” conducted by Ryoko HONDA san who is a friend of Yamada sensei. This seminar was mainly about her experience of psychosocial…
Hello, this is Yuki. How is your summer holiday? I hope you don't suffer from this thick and humid air + summer heat!!This time, I would like to write about GSID Open Campus which was held on July 16. Liu-san and I attended "Meetings by De…
Hello my dear friends in GSID! This is Ayaka Iwatsuki from Senegal. Hope you are having a good time in there. It has been about 4 months since I left Japan and came to this warm-hearted country, Senegal. Time flies! I am doing great and en…
Hi this is Ichi. As we know, we had a wonderful visitor, prof. Fatuma Chege, who is specialized in memory work in researching, from Kenya. During her stay in Nagoya, I took her a one-day sightseeing tour with Jacob to introduce some parts …
Hello, this is Megumi Fujimoto, M1 student. Please let me share my experience in Garissa, Kenya. Grissa is located in North-Eastern part of Kenya, which is known as a very hot place. I visited and stayed with International NGO (Mikono Inte…
Graduation ceremony was held on March 25, 2011 at Nagoya University. 7 students finished their master in Education and Human Resource Development program.They attended that ceremony with their own traditional costumes. They start new chall…
GSID celebrated 20th anniversary and hosted a symposium on March 3, 2011. The panelists are the founding members of GSID, Prof. Eiji Ogawa, the first dean; Prof. Chujo, the third dean, and Prof. Ushiogi (program is available at the followi…
