Kuroshio Zone Seminar / DC Seminar: "Integrating the Humanities and Sciences and Human Resource Development: Why Engineering Education Is Necessary"
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The Kuroshio Region Comprehensive Science Program is pleased to announce the Kuroshio Region Seminar/DC Seminar, titled “Integration of the Humanities and Sciences and Human Resource Development: Why Engineering Education Is Necessary,” featuring Professor Hisashi Kurokura of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo as the guest lecturer.
Professor Hisashi Kurokura is engaged in research and education across a wide range of fields, from the cryopreservation of fish sperm to the promotion of fisheries in developing countries and reconstruction efforts following the Tohoku earthquake. Since the establishment of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1997, which champions the integration of the humanities and sciences, he has continued to explore how to advance this integration in university education.
[Lecture Overview] There is often a call to incorporate problem-based learning (PBL) and other task-oriented teaching methods into university education. However, without sufficient explanation regarding what these methods entail, what educational outcomes they aim to achieve, how they should be implemented, and why they are necessary, it is difficult to have a meaningful discussion about whether they should be adopted. I will share my experiences from actually implementing these methods in the classroom and discuss the results.
If you're interested, please feel free to join us. We look forward to seeing many of you there.
[Date and Time] Friday, December 18, 2015, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
[Location] Kochi University Asakura Campus, General Research Building, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 3
[Eligibility] Students, faculty and staff, and the general public
Contact: Mina Hori Phone: 088-844-8227
Email: mina@kochi-u.ac.jp (Please replace "●" with "@" when sending.)
*If we are unavailable,
Kuroshio Zone Integrated Science Program Office TEL: 088-864-5786