During the summer I conducted internship in Malawifrom July 15th to October 3rd, 2014 and it involved two institutions which are actively engaged in the development of education in Malawi. The first institution was the University of Malawi, where I was attached to the Center of Education Research and Training (CERT) and my supervisor was […]
Internship at the Ministry of Education and Culture Office in Indonesia (Shoko YOSHII)
I conducted internship in the Ministry of Education and Culture Office in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 26th to October 3rd, 2014. I was attached to the Research Center for Educational Policy and my supervisor was Dr. Lucia Winingsih who is a senior researcher in the Research Network Division. The office has many research fields including […]
Internship at Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda (Asuka ONJI)
I got a marvelous opportunity to conduct internship in the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in Uganda, for six weeks from August 25th to October 3rd, 2014. I was attached to the Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation (SME) division under the Education Planning and Policy Analysis (EPPA) Department under the supervision of Mr. Joseph Eilor […]
Internship at the University of Malawi (Jungmi PARK)
I had the opportunity to conduct my internship at the Centre of Education for Research and Training (CERT) at the University of Malawi from the 14th of July to the 3rd of October 2014. This was my second visit to Malawi. During my stay, I had two main activities: (1) to assist the supervisor, Dr. […]
Internship at FHI360 in the United States (Natsumi OHASHI)
I got an opportunity to conduct internship at FHI360 Office in Washington DC, USA, and it started from August 13th to September 24th, 2014. FHI360 is an international non-profit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. I was deployed to the Secondary Education team called Global […]
Internship at Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda (Yuki HARAMOTO)
This is a report about my overseas summer internship experience in Uganda. The internship opportunity was with the Ministry of Education and Sports, for a month, starting from July 31st to August 27th 2014. I was attached to the Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation Division, which is under the Education Planning and Policy Analysis department; supervised […]
Advanced Overseas Research in Kenya (Kentaro SHIMADA)
I went to Nairobi, Kenya from 28th March to 27th June, 2014 with a purpose was to collect secondary data and supplementary information which could be available for my dissertation. Before going to Kenya, I already had several household surveys, but I went to explore the possibility of finding better data sets or covering the […]
My Experience at the University of Sussex (Mariko TAKETANI)
I studied at the University of Sussex through the double degree master’s programme between the University of Sussex and Kobe University from October 2010 to September 2011, and got a master’s degree in International Education and Development from the University of Sussex. After I came back from the UK, I started to write a master’s […]
The 50th JCES Annual Conference held at Nagoya University in Japan: Presentations by Prof. Keiichi Ogawa and his Students and Alumni
The 50th Japan Comparative Education Society’s (JCES) Annual Conference was held at Nagoya University from July 11th to 13th, 2014. Prof. Keiichi Ogawa’s Seminar students actively participate in domestic and international academic conferencesrelated to comparative and international education. During this year’s JCES conference, Prof. Keiichi Ogawa and eleven of his students (two alumni and nine […]
Advanced Overseas Research in Chiang Mai (Kentaro SHIMADA)
Purpose of my advanced overseas research is to develop my dissertation proposal, to visit schools and boards of education in Chiang Mai, Thailand and to participate in the workshop, held in Vientiane, Lao PDR,which aimed to review the guidebook of education finance and administration for ASEAN countries.. In Chiang Mai, with kind supports of Prof […]