Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
Mr. Taiga Yano got the certificate of Teach ECE Trainer and Observer. The certificate ensures a reliable and qualified classroom observer in Early Childhood Education (ECE), provided by the World Bank Group. Teach ECE is a classroom observation tool that measures the quality of interactions between children and teachers in ECE. Teach ECE is also […]
From March 28 to July 22, 2022, I conducted my internship at the UNICEF Tokyo Office. UNICEF Tokyo Office is working for a financial cooperation on ODA as a part of New York headquarters public partnership. During my internship, I was assigned to the Public Partnership Divisionand engaged explicitly in two activities. First, I reviewed and […]
The 58th Japan Comparative Education Society Annual Conference occurred online between June 24th and 26th, 2022. In the conference, there were 11 roundtable sessions, 107 research presentations, an open symposium and 2 selected research sessions. Professor Ogawa gave a speech in a roundtable session on the first day of the conference. Professor Ogawa and 7 […]
The 23rd Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Spring Conference was held virtually on Saturday, June 18th, 2022. There were 17 sessions, which were conducted virtually in real-time: a plenary session, a special session organized by the Executive Committee, and other sessions on the topics such as region, education, children, development, NGO, SDGs, disaster, […]
From March 4th to April 30th, 2022, I conducted an online internship under Dr. Peggy Kelly who is a Statistics and Monitoring Specialist at UNICEF New York Headquarters. During this internship, I carried out data analysis and literature review on education and gender with the aim to support an UNICEF report. Using statistical data on […]
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 […]
