Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
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 […]
From October 11 to November 12, 2021, I conducted my internship at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) headquarters. During my internship, I was assigned to the Higher and Technical Education Sector of the Human Development Department and engaged explicitly in three activities. Firstly, by studying higher education projects implemented by international organizations and examining […]
On January 12th, 2022, Ms. Kexin Wang defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Home Learning Environment for Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Bangladesh” under the supervision of Professor Keiichi Ogawa. The committee was composed of professors Kenshi Yamanouchi and Minato Nakazawa, in addition to professor Ogawa. Ms. Wang obtained her Master’s degree from Kobe University in […]
The new book called Handbook of Research on Acquiring 21st Century Literacy Skills Through Game-Based Learning, edited by professor Carol-Ann Lane from the University of Toronto, in Canada, includes one chapter authored by Professor Ogawa and Dr. Jahangir Alam, who graduated from the University of Kobe, and Sheikh Islam. The title is Discrete Primary Education […]
The 32nd Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Annual Conference was held virtually on Saturday. November. 20th and Sunday. November. 21st, 2021. There were 30 sessions in total including 7 sessions in English, which were conducted virtually in real time; a plenary session, a special session organized by the Executive Committee and other sessions on the […]
The Journal of Globalization and Development recently published a paper authored by Jude (Linghui Zhu), currently a doctoral student, and his colleagues at the World Bank titled “Does Premature Deindustrialization Matter? The Role of Manufacturing versus Services in Development”. The paper is available on the journal’s website in this link. This paper is motivated to […]
In the latest issue of the Journal of Social Education Research, Dr. Sanfo (graduated in 2020 from Kobe University) and Professor Ogawa published a paper titled: Explaining Gold-Mining and Non-Gold Mining Areas’ Inequalities in Learning Achievements in Burkina Faso’s Primary Education: A Decomposition Analysis. The paper is freely available on the journal’s website in this […]
