Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
The Comparative International and Education Society (CIES) Conference is the largest international conference in the Comparative Education field. This year, it occurred in Minneapolis, United States between April 18th and 22nd, with part of the program being online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It had many sections with presenters from Japanese universities and international organizations, […]
The 29th Japan Society for Africa Educational Research (JSAER) Conference was held virtually at the Waseda University on Saturday April 9th and Sunday April 10th, 2022. At this forum, more than 20 researchers and practitioners presented their work. From the Ogawa seminar, one alumni, one doctoral student, and three master students participated and presented their […]
In March 2022, Mr.Taiga Yano published a paper titled:Teachers’ Motivation in Public Primary Schools in Lao PDR: A Case Study of Vientiane Capital in Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education edited by the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE). The paper is available at this link. Based on […]
From February 4th to March 31st 2022, I conducted an internship at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters. During the internship, I was assigned to the Impact Evaluation Task Force of the Evaluation Department, and engaged in two activities, 1) to provide summaries of academic literature using impact evaluation, and 2) to participate in […]
I conducted an online internship from February 21 to March 18, 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Albert Byamugisha (Ogawa Seminar alumnus), a Senior Technical Adviser in the Office of Prime Minister Uganda. Dr. Albert is currently in charge of promoting the SDGs in Uganda at the Office, and my internship was also focused on […]
The graduation ceremony of the academic year of 2021 from master’s programs at Kobe University occurred on March 25th. At the Graduate School of International Comparative Studies, 6 students under the supervision of Professor Ogawa graduated, they are: Ayumu Yagi (Master of Economics) Hitomi Inagaki (Master of Economics) Mai Hirose (Master of Economics) Natsuko Ogura […]
On March 21st, 2022, Professor Keiichi Ogawa kindly delivered an online lecture about “World Bank Support on Education Sector: Economic Perspectives” at Universitas Airlangga, in Indonesia. His presence as a guest speaker was well-applauded by the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students from the Faculty of Economics and Business, with more than 110 participants. Professor Ogawa […]
On March 19th, 2022, professor Ogawa delivered a presentation as a keynote speaker under the theme of Learning “Loss” and “Gain” under COVID-19 in Japanese Higher Education at the International Hybrid-Conference on Post-COVID Japan: Economy, Politics, Society, Culture and Literature, organized by the University of Dhaka. Professor Ogawa illustrated learning loss and gains in Japanese […]
The International Hybrid Conference on Post-COVID Japan: Economy, Politics, Society, Culture and Literature was held at the University of Dhaka on March 18th and 19th, 2022. This conference intended to unveil factors associated with diverse areas of Japanese studies, with an emphasis on the Japanese economy, national and international politics, society, culture, and literature in […]
Recently, UNESCO published the paper by Bernard Loleka Yungu, currently a doctoral student, titled “UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2021 Inclusive distance and digital literacy learning Trend Analysis of Nominated Applications”. The paper is available on a UNESCO website in this link. This paper describes characteristics and promising practices of literacy programmes with focus on inclusive […]
