On 1st February, ECOPLUS holds an international symposium“Community, Place and Learning”at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. With special guest speakers from Australia and Hawaii, the symposium will provide us an opportunity to consider the way to combine “Place” and “Learning”for sustainable living.

With distinguished researchers and practitioners, ECOPLUS has undertaken a 3-year project to explore the meanings of“Place-based Education”in modern context in Japan. With special guest speakers from Australia and Hawaii, the symposium will provide us an opportunity to consider the way to combine “Place” and “Learning”for sustainable living.

 

 

*Date: 1st February (Wed), 2014

*Place: Rikkyo University Tachikawa Memorial Hall (Tokyo, Ikebukuro)
*Guest Speakers: Dr. Ron Tooth (Principal of Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre, Australia)
Ms. Kukui Maunakea-Forth (Executive Director of Wai’anae Community Re-Development Corporation, Hawaii)
*Commentators: Dr. Peter Renshaw (Head of School of Education, Queensland University, Australia)
*Organizers: ECOPLUS / Rikkyo University Research Center for ESD
*Supported by Japan Outdoor Education Society / The Japanese Society of Environmental Education
*Funded by Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE)
*Admission free

➢ Schedule
9:30 Hall Opens
10:00 Symposium starts
10:15 Presentations
(Dr. Tooth, Ms. Maunakea-Forth)
*lunch break*
13:40 Proposal of“PBE Model”
14:05 Panel Discussion
16:10 Conclusion

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