(1) Japanese universities have an important role in the sustainability of the students who are “oppressed” by social norms, while some of the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) practices take a conventional approach. The purpose of this study is to take an educational programme as a case study on sustainability of oneself, others, and nature at a university in Tokyo, to compare the programme before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to illustrate what elaboration is required for the future programme. (2) This study used literature on the ESD framework for deeper learning and the Japanese youth as well as descriptive data such as observation and reflection of the participants in the ESD practice. (3) The relationships are confirmed among experiential, social, and transformative learnings in the formal and informal settings. The dynamics in the education about, in, and for sustainability is shown with education theory. The study shows a deeper dimension of self-transformation of the students in the online and offline learning environments. (4) The study suggests that the ESD programme with participatory and transformative approaches as socialisation and subjectification can lead the emancipation from “business as usual” for the Japanese university students when they accept new perspectives through the process of self-discovery and dialogues with others.
Journal of International Cooperation in Education 16(2) 139-155 2014年4月 招待有り
We believe education is important across the world. Education equals to schooling in many contexts, especially development cooperation, and EFA prioritized basic education. It is however true that we need to continue learning for new things and changes and present school system can hardly provide wide variety of educational needs no more. If school education produces the labors who match the present system, it makes sense that educated adults feel a disparity between what is required and what is learned. This article does not point out reasons why schooling means education but tries to show a different role of education and learning in various settings for sustainable future. First, it reviews how education is understood in scale of effectiveness. Second, what lies beyond high performance or good results shown by international surveys? Finally, taking Japan as an example, this article shows what direction we could choose for the future in the discussion about the rights to education.
The Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) are members of a project that the JICA designed and orga-nizes to provide national aids to technologically developing countries. This study attempted to analyze culturalexperiences of JOCV who were sojouring in Syria and Zambia in 2001. Specifically, the purpose of research wastwofold: 1) To examine whether or not there were, if any, difficulties or problems that JOCV experienced during thesojourn, and 2) how their experiences changed while they stayed in the countries. A questionnaire was adminis-tered over 104 JOCV from August to October, 2...
Education as a concept has long been taken for granted. Most people immediately think of schools and colleges, of classes and exams. This volume aims to highlight non-formal education (NFE) in its various forms across different historical and cultural contexts. Contributors draw upon their experience as educators and researchers in comparative education and sociology to elucidate, compare, and critique NFE in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the USA.
By mapping out NFE’s forms, functions, and dynamics, this volume gives us the opportunity to reflect on the myriad iterations of education to challenge preconceived limitations in the field of education research. Only by expanding the focus beyond that of traditional schooling arrangements can we work towards a more sustainable future and improved lifelong learning.
This book will appeal to researchers interested in non-formal education and comparative education.
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