2011-01-01から1年間の記事一覧

Reunion with current and former students in Senegal and France

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…

Open Seminar on Children's Rights in Historical Perspective given by Prof. Fuchs

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 …

Dr. John Weidman's self-introduction and response

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…

Open Seminar on Education Sector Analysis (ESA) given by Dr. Weidman

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…

Post-disaster Psychosocial Care for Children

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…

Open Campus

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…

Senegal便り

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…

Nagoya sightseeing with Prof. Chege

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 …

Volunteer work in Garissa, Kenya (3/5-3/20 in 2011)

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

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…

Prof. Ushiogi, the founder of Education and Human Resource Development program, has visited

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…

Achi village visit reported on the newspaper

Earlier this month, 9 students and myself visited Achi Village in Nagano Prefecture. Achi is a small depopulating village in mountainous area and we visited a primary school which has only 34 students. Students also stayed overnight with l…

Malawi 便り

Hi, everyone! This is Kyohei. How are you? I hope you are all fine, also being truly sure that everyone, especially M2 students, must have been mentally and physically released from his/her own thesis.I strongly want to say “Otsukare samad…

Special Presentation by Dr. Gerald W. Fry

Hi! Friends! This is Liu Jing. I guess everyone is fighting for something by the end of the semester. Today, it is our honor to have a distinguished guest, Dr.Gerald W. Fry at GSID, Professor of educational policy and administration at Uni…

Two Open Seminars by Dr. Ampiah

This is Liu Jing. As Yuki introduced, we were also happy to have Dr.Ampiah, Dean, Faculty of Education, Univesity of Cape Coast, Ghana, to give us two open seminars regarding education issues and the role of research in Ghana on Jan.20, 20…

Nagoya city sightseeing with Prof. Ampiah

This is Yuki. I went to Nagoya city sightseeing yesterday with Prof. Ampiah at Cape Coast University, Ghana, and Kensuke-san, M2 student at GSID. Prof. Ampiah and Kensuke-sanAt first, we went to Nagoya Castle which was constructed on the o…