INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA SYMPOSIA ON CORE ACADEMIC COMPETENCES

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA

　CRCAC organizes international symposia on a regular basis which are aimed at promoting international research as well as linkages with universities and researchers in overseas countries.

Fiscal 2004program〔PDF〕

• 【TITLE】

• Educational Policy and Reform in a Global Age: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

• 【DATE】

• Saturday, December 11, and Sunday, December 12, 2004

• 【PLACE】

• Akamon Research Building, The University of Tokyo

• 【REPORTERS / POWERPOINT SLIDES】

• ※Click on title to view power point presentation.

• First Day

• ◆Motohisa Kaneko (University of Tokyo，Japan)

• Welcome speech by the Head of the Center〔PDF〕

• ◆David Berliner(Arizona State University, U.S.A.)

• The Failure of High-stakes Testing to Improve America's Schools

• ◆Jouni Valijarvi(Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)

• Assuring a Quality Education for All: How the Finnish Education System Responds to the Challenge of Equity〔PDF〕

• ◆Manabu Sato(University of Tokyo，Japan)

• Defense of School Reform against Manufactured Crisis : Beyond Numbers Game of Achievement Test Scores

• ◆Yangboon Kim(Korean Educational Development Institute, Korea)

• Extant Research and the Policy concerning Core Academic Competency: Korea's Preparation for the Konwledge-Based Society 〔PDF〕

• ◆Takehiko Kariya(University of Tokyo，Japan)

• Commentary〔PDF〕

• ◆Motohisa Kaneko(University of Tokyo，Japan)

• Today's Summary〔PDF〕

• Second Day

• ◆Christine Lee(National Institute of Education / Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

• Ability-Driven Education in Singapore: Recent Initiatives〔PDF〕

• ◆Eckhard Klieme(German Institute for International Educational Research, Germany)

• The Role of Educational Monitoring, Assessments, and Standards in School Reform: New Policy Strategies in the German Speaking Countries〔PDF〕

• ◆Motohisa Kaneko(University of Tokyo，Japan)

• Transformation of the Japanese Mode〔PDF〕

Fiscal 2003

• 【TITLE】

• Educational Attainment and School Reform:
• Policy, Evaluation, and Class Practice

• 【DATE】

• Saturday, December 6, and Sunday, December 7, 2003

• 【PLACE】

• Akamon Research Building, The University of Tokyo

• 【PROGRAM】

• Session1：School Reform under De-Centralization
• Session2：School Reform under Standardization of Achievement
• Session3：Achievement and the Demoncratic Mission of Schooling
• Session4：Rethinking 21st Entuary Abilities and Issues of Assessment

• 【REPORTERS】

• Bruce Fuller (University of California, Berkeley)
• Barbara Finkelstein (University of Maryland)
• Robert Croninger (University of Maryland) ,et.al.

Fiscal 2002

• 【TITLE】

• International Seminar on Core Academic Competences:
• Building Agenda for Research and Action

• 【DATE】

• Friday, March 14, and Saturday, March 15, 2003

• 【PLACE】

• National Center of Science Bldg., Kanda Hitotsubashi, Tokyo

• 【PROGRAM】

• Session1：Reform and Policy Key Note Speech
• Session2：Cross-National Comparisons
• Session3：Prospects for Reform

• 【REPORTERS】

• Lee S. Shulman (President, Carnegie Foundation)
• Yung-Sheng, Ou (former President, National Taipei Teachers College)
• Sophie Ernst (National Institute for Educational Research of France)
• Albert Tuijnman (Stockholm University)
• Dominique Simone Rychen (the Swiss Federal Statistical Office) ,et.al.

SYMPOSIA ON CORE ACADEMIC COMPETENCES

　CRCAC has mounted symposia on Core Academic Competences in order to convey research results to society.

Fisical 2003

• 【DATE】

• Tuesday, January 13, and Wednesday, January 14, 2004

• 【PLACE】

• Tetsumon Memorial Auditorium, The University of Tokyo

• 【PROGRAM】

• ＜Session 1＞
• Report on Prefectural Survey of Student Achievement

• Junko Hamanaka (CRCAC, The University of Tokyo)
• Taketoshi Sugisawa (CRCAC, The University of Tokyo)

• Measuring and Assessing Academic Competences through the Development of the “COMPASS” Math Competence Assessment Test

• Shinichi Ichikawa (The University of Tokyo)
• Mikiko Seo (CRCAC, The University of Tokyo)

• ＜Session 2＞
• Six Perspectives for Considering Education through Practical Education in Inuyama

• Hisashi Semii (Superintendent, Inuyama City Board of Education)

• School Reform by the Shirai City Board of Education

• Satoko Imamura (Superintendent, Shirai City Board of Education)
• Masatsugu Murase (CRCAC, The University of Tokyo)

• ＜Session 3＞
• Report on the Initiative of the Center for Clinical Research on School Development

• Toshiyuki Shiomi (The University of Tokyo)

• School Reform Initiatives to Boost Student Performance in Secondary Education

• Mikihiko Fukazawa (Principal, Taga Junior High School, Atami City)
• Kunihiko Tamano (Supervisor, Takasago City Board of Education)
• Manabu Sato (The University of Tokyo)
• Kiyomi Akita (Chair, The University of Tokyo)
  

• Innovative School and Clinical Support for Secondary Education

• Hitoshi Takahashi (Teacher, Attached Junior High School, The University of Tokyo)
• Tadashi Kawai (Principal, Keihoku Gakuen)
• Takeshi Kakegawa (Chief Supervisor, The Gunma Prefectural Education Center)
• Kenji Kameguchi (Chair, The University of Tokyo)

Fisical 2002

• 【DATE】

• Sunday, March 16, 2003

• 【PLACE】

• Main Conference Hall, Tokyo International Exchange Center, Harumi

• 【PROGRAM】

• ＜Keynote Speech＞
• How can Society Grapple with the Crisis in Core Academic Competences?

• Lee S. Shulman, President, Carnegie Foundation）

• ＜Panel Discussion＞
• Core Academic Competences in Japan ? Prospects for Overcoming the "Crisis".

• Manabu Sato (The University of Tokyo)

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