Overview
Explore a comprehensive online seminar lecture examining the ethical and political challenges of education export through a comparative analysis of Japan and Finland. Delivered by Professor Keita Takayama from Kyoto University and Professor Taeko Okitsu from Otsuma Women's University, this Japanese-language presentation with simultaneous interpretation delves deep into EDU-Port Nippon, Japan's educational export initiative. Learn about the fundamental structure and emergence of EDU-Port Japan, its core functions, and the underlying policy contexts that shaped its formation. Examine the ethical considerations in international educational development through field interviews and analysis of Japan's traditional approach to international development assistance. Gain insights into the Japanese model of international educational development and its implications for global education initiatives. The lecture draws from extensive research documented in the 2020 final report on "Research Project on Japanese-style Education Overseas Development" and represents a collaborative effort between Kyoto University's Graduate School of Education Global Education Development Office and the University of Tampere's EDUKNOW/TRANSIT Research Center.
Syllabus
| はじめに
| "EDU-Port Japan - What is it and how it emerged?"
| What is EDU-Port Japan?
| Main functions of EDU-port
| Policy contexts and Behind the formation
| "Excavating 'good' sense in EDU-Port: Towards the ethics in International Educational Development"
| Ethics in international educational development
| Interviews
| 'Tradition': Japan's international development assistance
| Ethics at the field level
| Conclusion: Japanese 'model' of international educational development?
Taught by
Kyoto-U OCW - Unofficial