A seminar entitled “21st Century Counseling: The Whole School Program Approach” was held on July 30, 2011. Lecturer Dr. Carol Dahir (Associate Professor, New York Institute of Technology) is well known for her work on the “Transformed　School Counselor Initiative” in the US.

Part 1 was a lecture about the importance and the efficacy of collaboration between school counselors and other people associated with a case, for example, the school principle, other teachers, or local citizens.














Part 2 was a workshop; the participants were required to work in several groups and do brainstorming on the issues introduced by the lecturer.

In the Japan Educational Longitudinal Study (JELS) research project, a survey was conducted in Hong Kong. In this symposium, five researchers reported on parents’ educational aspirations and investments for their children in Hong Kong, China and Japan.Cheng Kai-Ming and Ma Fang Fang explained the educational system in Hong Kong and China.













　 Although the systems in the three countries are quite different, the results of the analysis from Hong Kong, China and Japan showed similar results; parents in a high social class tend to invest in out-of-school education for their children’s educational attainment.（Feb. 24. 2011）

On 15 November, Jane Nicholson (Executive Officer, Complementary Learning Division, Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, California) gave a presentation on the complementary learning program practiced in Oakland.


The Oakland Unified School District established the first official department of complementary learning in the United States in 2007. They contribute a variety of services to support children’s learning inside and outside the classroom. These services are free, and only children from low-income families are permitted to access them.

Educational administrators and inspectors of central or local government and professors of teachers college from five Francophone Central and West African countries – Cameroon, Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso – presented their future action plans for improvement of early childhood development and in their countries. The action plan was based on what they had learned in the three-week JICA-Ochanomizu University training course, and Japanese participants provided helpful suggestions to the action plans.(Oct. 19. 2010）

The Global COE Program of Ochanomizu University will invite Prof. S. B. Merriam and hold a seminar on “Globalization: New Challenge and Opportunities for Adult and Higher Education” under joint sponsorship of National Institute for Educational Policy Research.
We cordially invite you to participate in this seminar.

Date:
Saturday, October 16th, 10：00～12：30

Venue:
Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Building 1,
Conference Room 1

Lecturer:
MERRIAM, Sharan, B., Professor emeritus Ph.D, Georgia University
　"Globalization: New Challenge and Opportunities for Adult and Higher Education"

Registration:
Not necessary (Please come to the venue directly)

Translation will be provided.

Sponsor:
Ochanomizu University Global COE Program Educational & Social Inequality Research Group

Contact:
Ochanomizu University
Kenji MIWA (Lifelong Learning)

EVENT REPORT
On Oct. 16. 2010 we held a lecture on "Globalization: New Challenge and Opportunities for Adult and Higher Education".















Dr. Merriam stated at the symposium that in the very rapidly changing, global society, the role of adult education and higher education must also change. She said the following three approaches were necessary for our rapidly changing society: 1. Non-Western (Asian and African) perspectives, 2. a holistic learning perspective (learning using the body), and 3. a critical perspective (gender perspective, etc.).
About 40 participants listened earnestly to her presentation and asked questions actively in the Q & A session.

Ochanomizu Univ. Global COE the 4th International Symposium
Children’s Development and Child-Rearing Environment: Parenting and the QOL of Children

International Comparative Study of Child-Rearing Environment and the Children’s QOL (Quality of Life) is currently under way in collaboration with the GCOE International Disparity Group.

Dr. Sarah L. Friedman, Ph.D. is a developmental psychologist who has served as Scientific Coordinator of the NICHD(National Institute of Child and Human Development) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. She is now a Research Director for Health Care Research and Policy Center of CNA, responsible for health care research & policy, researching intervention for mothers and their impacts on children’s development.

Ochanomizu Univ. GCOE is pleased to have a good opportunity for the interim reports on our international comparative study of QOL, with a keynote address by Dr. Friedman, a world-famous psychologist.

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DATE: October 5 (Tue) 16:00-19:00

VENUE: Ochanomizu University Inter-Faculty Building 2, Rm. 102

LANGUAGE: English (English/Japanese interpretation provided)

PROGRAM:

16：00
OPENING GREETING: Nobuko UCHIDA (Ochanomizu University)

PART I Symposium :(Chair: Yoichi SAKAKIHARA: Ochanomizu University)

“Child-Rearing Environment and the QOL in Asian Countries”
Interim Reports of International Comparative Study of Child-Rearing Environment and its Impact on Parent-Child QOL and Children’s Psychological and Physical Development (Ochanomizu Univ. GCOE Joint Research Project)

16：10
Keynote Report: Satoko MATSUMOTO (Ochanomizu University)
“Longitudinal Changes of Parent-Child QOL and Related Factors"

16：30
Interim Reports from other regions
・Lingzhong XU　（Shandong University, CHINA)
・Nichara Raungdaraganon (Mahidol University, THAILAND)
・Tuan Diep Tran (Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, VIET NAM)
・Yoko ANJI (Ochanomizu University, JAPAN)

PART II Keynote Address: (Chair: Yoichi SAKAKIHARA: Ochanomizu University)

17：30
“Intervention for Mothers”
Sarah FRIEDMAN
(Research Director for Health Care Research and Policy Center of CNA: USA)

18：30
DISCUSSION&EVALUATION

18：50
CLOSING: Hiroaki MIMIZUKA (Ochanomizu University)

Contacts:
Ochanomizu University Global COE Office
TEL&FAX: +81(0)3-5978-5247

The 4th International Symposium of the Global COE Program on Children's Development and Child-Rearing Environment: Parenting and the QOL of Children was held at Ochanomizu University on October 5, 2010 (Tuesday).

The program began with a keynote report from the GCOE Research Fellow Satoko Matsumoto highlighting factors that affect the quality of life (QOL) of parents and children through a longitudinal study of QOL. This was followed by four presenters from across Asia—Dr. Lingzhong Xu from China, Dr. Nichara Raungdaraganon from Thailand, Dr. Tuan Diep Tran from Vietnam, and Dr. Yoko Anji from Japan—who gave presentations identifying differences between QOL in urban and rural sectors and comparing the QOL of parents and children in their respective societies.















Next, Dr. Sarah Friedman, Director for the Health Care Research and Policy Center of CNA in the US, described an intervention program for mothers called Legacy for Children that gives mothers the long-term emotional and behavioral support that they need to build and sustain a positive nurturing environment for raising children.

The symposium was judged a great success for bringing together top researchers for substantive discussions on interventions appropriate in different societies, the importance of societal systems that support such interventions, and the need to define the underlying mechanisms of interventions.

The Global COE Program of Ochanomizu University held an international symposium on early childhood care and development in Central and West Africa. Educational administrators and inspectors of central or local government, and professors of teachers college from four Francophone Central and West African countries – Cameroon, Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso attended the symposium. Participants from Cameroon and Senegal presented their situation on inequalities and disparities in early child development.（Sep. 30. 2010)

The Global COE Program of Ochanomizu University held an international symposium on early childhood care and development in Central and West Africa. Educational administrators and inspectors of central or local government, and professors of teachers college from four Francophone Central and West African countries – Cameroon, Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso attended the symposium. Participants from Mali and Burkina Faso presented their situation on inequalities and disparities in early child care and development.(Sep. 29. 2010）

The Global COE Program of Ochanomizu University will hold a seminar on "Competency" and "Assessment" in Lifelong Learning. We cordially invite you to participate in this seminar.

Date:
Tuesday, September 21th, 10：00～12：30

Venue:
Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Building 1,
Conference Room 1

Lecturer:
YI Byung Jun, Professor Ph.D (lifelong learning), Pusan National University
PARK Ji Yeon, Researcher of K21, Pusan National University
"'Competency' and 'Assessment' in Lifelong Learning"

Registration:
Not necessary (Please come to the venue directly.)

Translation:
Korean-Japanese Interpretation will be provided.

Sponsor:
Ochanomizu University Global COE Program Educational & Social Inequality Research Group

Contact:
Ochanomizu University
Kenji MIWA (Lifelong Learning)

EVENT REPORT
We held a seminar "Competency and Assessment in Lifelong Learning" on Sep. 21, 2010 st Ochanomizu University. Professor Yi Byung Jun (Pusan National University) made a presentation titled “Social Environment, Competency and Assessment,” and Ms. Park Ji Yeon (researcher in BK21, Pusan National University) made a presentation titled “Social Analysis of Participants to Museum – Based on the theory of P. Bourdieu-".　After the presentations, we had a discussion about research themes and methods, among other topics.

Braving the heat in Tokyo, many turned out for Ochanomizu University's Prospects for Comprehensive Children's Policies symposium on September 4, 2010. The interdisciplinary symposium, the 7th in the university's Global COE Program Disciplinary Linkage Project, brought together experts in social services as well as education.

Professor Yoshiko Ito (Hokkai-Gakuen University) talked about child services in the U.K. with its strong emphasis on early education and care, focusing on processes of integrating childcare and preschool education, and integrating childcare and education with the welfare of the child. This was followed by Professor Reiho Kashiwame (Shukutoku University) who proposed a new system of child rearing based on the ongoing unification of kindergartens with day nurseries after pointing out current problems with child and family welfare. Finally, Professor Sachiko Ikeda (Hosen College of Childhood Education) observed that the historical transformation of the term childcare and postwar views of the family and child rearing lack a coherent model of early childhood education and care.
















　There were many more issues than we had time to discuss in the second half, but the symposium represented a milestone in interdisciplinary dialogue.