Type of Credit: Elective
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by the United Nations in 2015, has become a shared blueprint for peace and well-being of all human beings and the planet. Education, either as a goal and a means for achieving the global goal for sustainable development, has been given special attention by both global and local society.
This subject provides a platform for participants to understand and reconsider the relationship between education and sustainable development goals in East Asia. It starts with an introduction to the basic knowledge of sustainable development goals (SDGs) for a more balanced development of the world by 2030. Then, it moves to discuss about the educational perspectives of the SDGs in the context of East Asia. In the third part of the subject, it gives focus on achievement and challenges of education and SDGs in Japan’s context. It closes by making group presentations on how to frame a new social contract for futures of education in/for SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region by participants.
能力項目說明
Objectives of this subject are to enable students to:
1. obtain knowledge of sustainable development goals for the global society by 2030.
2. have a more comprehensive and more in-depth understanding of the relationship between education and sustainable development in the global community and the context of East Asia.
3. reconsider critically about the current policies and practices of education in/for sustainable development in East Asia.
4. raise a blueprint to frame a new social contract for education and development in/for SDGs in Asia-Pacific region.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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Participants are supposed to take part in the class through, lectures, group work, field visit (online), and presentations.
Day 1
Session 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Session 2-3: Understanding Education & SDGs
Session 4-5: Reimagining futures of education: Communication with students in Japan
Day 2
Session 6: Education and SDGs in Asia-Pacific Region
Session 7: Group discussion and presentation
Session 8: Workshop at JICA Tohoku Center
Session 9: Group discussion and presentation
Session 10: Group work
Day 3
Session 11: Education & Sustainability in Japan (Field work in Higashimatsushima City)
Session 12-13: Education & Sustainability in Japan (Field work in Higashimatsushima City)
Session 14: Group work
Session 15: Final presentation: Framing a new social contract for futures of education in Asia-Pacific region
• Please read the references below in advance.
• Please consider progress and challenges relevant to education and sustainable development goals in your country and East Asia before the class. These information and knowledge will be used for presentation(s) in the class.
• Please bring your laptop to the class for both individual and group work.
[本課程為國際課程採密集授課形式，故無16週課程進度安排。上課時間8/18-8/20，合併共計18小時。上課地點：日本東北大學。授課教師：劉靖]
Active participation (50%); Group works (30%); Group video making (20%)
This course does not involve the use of AI.
Please read the following references before your departure. PDF files of Reference 1-4 will be provided to participants by the mid of June, 2024. Please download Reference 5-7 from the links below.
1. Wulff, A. (Ed.). (2020). Grading Goal Four: Tensions, Threats, and Opportunities in the Sustainable Development Goal on Quality Education. Leiden: Brill Sense.
2. Tokunaga, T. (2018). Breaking in or dropping out? Filippina immigrant girls envisioning alternative lives in a globalized world. In R. Tsuneyoshi (Ed.), Globalization and Japanese "Exceptionalism" in Education: Insiders' Views into A Changing System (pp. 95-111). Abingdon: Routledge.
3. Tsuneyoshi, R. (2018). "Exceptionalism" in Japanese education and its implications. In R. Tsuneyoshi (Ed.), Globalization and Japanese "Exceptionalism" in Education: Insiders' Views into A Changing System (pp. 19- 42). Abingdon: Routledge.
4. JICA (2004). The History of Japan’s Educational Development. Tokyo: Institute of International Cooperation, JICA
5. United Nations (2015) Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. New York: United Nations. (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld/publication)
6. UNESCO (2021) Global Education Monitoring Report: Inclusion and education: All Means All. Paris: UNESCO. (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000373718)
7. UNESCO. (2021). Reimagining Our Futures Together: A new social contract for education. Paris: UNESCO. (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379381)
8. UNESCO. (2023) Global Education Monitoring Report: Technology in education: A tool on whose terms? Paris: UNESCO. (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385723 )