2017年7月28日金曜日

2017年7月28日(金)第64回全国国公立幼稚園・こども園教育研究協議会

山形・福島合同大会第 in コラッセふくしま(プログラム:リンク)


第5分科会「命を守る防災・危機管理」に助言者として参加


------ 福島を中心に全国から集まった、およそ130名の園長・教頭先生が、防災・危機管理を学ぶ。「わが園、わが市町村の取り組み」と「課題」について、熱心に語り合う。

グループ協議の様子

2017年7月23日日曜日

On July 14 2017, Dr R. K. Pachauri came to my class @ MUE

The powerful Speech by Dr. Pachauri PhD on Climate Change




“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”- Mahatma Gandhi


It was unbelievable pleasure to meet Dr. Pachauri, the former chairman of IPCC that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, and to have dinner with him.



He is a vegetarian for 20 years.

I will join the POP Movement that has the direct link to the education for disaster risk reduction and to the philosophy of  The Imperative of Responsibility by Hans Jonas. 

Link to POP(Protect Our Planet) Movement

On June 29 2017, the UHM team came to schools in Miyagi

The UHM team visited to an elementary, a junior high and a high school in Miyagi. What a wonderful intercultural day it was!




On June 28 2017, UHM came to MUE

20 members including 12 students of University of Hawaii at Manoa(UHM) came to our seminar in MUE.


Aaron-sensei in UHM gave a distinctive presentation on the Math Adventures that he created and developed as the inquiry based mathematic lesson for students in an elementary school. 


The students in MUE gave presentations on the Japanese language education, the English language education in Japan, the special support education and the education of disaster risk reduction.



The Wonder-full Speech by Dr. J on June 24 2017

"When does the wonder start in our lives?" asked Dr. J.

"It may be start before our birth ……", a young lady answered, "because my baby in the womb kicked me just now, when you asked the question!"


In this exchange program from 19 to 24 June, the p4cHI team visited to:


Wakabayashi ES/ Kogota JHS/ Yagiyama ES/ Yamada JHS/ MUE/ Nishinakada ES/ Katsura ES/ Shiroishi 1st ES/ Shiroishi-higashi JHS/ Shiroishi JHS/ Ootakasawa ES/ Shiroishi 2nd ES/ Zao HS/ Moniwadai ES/ Sendai 1st JHS.


It was a hard schedule but very fruitful and wonderful.

On June 21 2017, p4cHawaii Came to MUE

Three p4cHawaii members came to the seminar for the 1st grade of the pedagogy course in MUE.

We discussed in p4cHI/M style dialogue.


Q.1 If the border between nations had disappeared, what could happen?


Q.2 What do the Hawaiian people think about the Pearl Habor Attack in 7 December 1941?


The later is a serious and political question that MUE students usually do not like to ask. The p4c dialogue stimulates our various interests deep in our hearts.