sweden japan2018 swedish education and life

Thinking about Sweden – Japan 2018

The International Relationship between Sweden and Japan about Education, Life and Culture

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The 2nd meeting in Stockholm （ 2013.9.17, 22:00-23:30 ）

Stockholm Akita pref. in Japan

MY INTERESTSTHE REASON WHY I HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF MY INTERESTS OF SWEDEN

Outdoor Education: Teaching method and a way to motivate children

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Miyagi Gakuin Women’s UniversityProf., Ph.D.in Pyschology.

Kazuki Nishiuranishiura@mgu.ac.jp

Project

Date クライアント22/Nov/2008 TIP WEEKS

Honda Memorial Kindergarten in Tokai University：Let’s Science!One of project learnings getting from Nordic creativity method

5 years: 15 children 　 4 years: 19 children 　 Total 34 children

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Outdoor Education Seminar in Sendai-cityat Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University(19, August, 2010)

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Thinking about Better LifeThrough comparison of Sweden with Japan

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Sweden（ rank 3） , Japan（ rank 2）

Educational achievement（ High school graduation from 25 to 64 years）、 Pisa’s score, Years for compulsory education

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Both Sweden and Japan keep higher level than other countries, but both countries have things they are good or bad at.

The findings of the better life index

• Sweden is higher than Japan in Environment, Health, Life Satisfaction, and Work Life Balance.

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We can have a lot to learn from Sweden.

Index Sweden(Rank) Japan(Rank)

Environment 1 24

Education 3 2

Health 7 29

Life Satisfaction 10 27

Safety 27 1

Work Life Balance 6 34

Destinations to visit for teacher training in 2013

• Linköping and Norrköping– Outdoor and Preschool

Education

• Göteborg– Norredsskolan– Snäckebergets preschool and

Primary school

• Malmö– SEA-U, Marine center

• Helsingborg– Nature school

• Hylteburk– Erias Fries School

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Swedish Oversea Seminar with Japanese university studentsErias Fries Skolan in Hylteburk on 21st Feb, 2013 9

Nature School in HelsingborgChildren learn a sense of distance

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Distinctive Outdoor Education in Göteborg

NorredsskolanOutdoor classroom（スネッケベルゲッツ・プリスクールと小学校）

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Towards 2018: For the further development, we can...

• have a plan for teacher training seminar with IKEA Japan in 2014.– Exchange students and preschool

teachers between Linköping and Our university

• Ask all people to produce international collaborative animation between Swedish and Japanese – For example, Nils Holgerssons is a

very famous charactor in Swedish and Japanese people. And the president who had produced it, is eager to produce a new one again.

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TACK SÅ MYCKET!

Kazuki Nishiuranishiura@mgu.ac.jp

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