June 1 to 30.2006
Sony Science Education Program for Children & SSTA
The Class Instruction Discussion Session was held at Kariya Higashi Junior High School in Aichi Prefecture, the Full Awardment Project School FY2005!
On Friday, June 16th, the class instruction discussion session was held at Kariya Higashi Junior High School in Aichi Prefecture under the theme "Fostering Children with enquiring attitudes and an appreciation for the science- Nurturing sensibility, creativity, and independence" and the subtopic "Creating Classes that Inspire Students to Love Your Subject".
More than 300 teachers from Aichi and other prefectures participated in the workshop.
The school's uniqueness lies in its cross-curriculums that link science with other subjects with the themes "Climbing Mt. Fuji" and "Life", as well as the effort in "Creating Classes that Inspire Students to Love Your Subject".
Followed by the open lessons in all the subjects that demonstrated those principles, active discussions were held in 7 sectional meetings.
This time, many science teachers from not only junior high schools but preschools, elementary schools, and high schools participated, as well as the teachers of other subjects like Japanese, mathematics, English, social studies, technology, home economics, music, arts and physical education.
Finally, a commemorative lecture was given by Dr. Shunpei Yamazaki, the President of Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd which ended in great success despite its taking place in the afternoon.
Training Workshops for Young Teachers 2006 ends in Niigata with great success
The workshops were held in Akita (June 3rd and 4th) and Niigata (June 17th and 18th).
At both locations, around twenty teachers with three to five years of teaching experience came from prefectures near and far to participate.
Both hosting branches presented carefully planned training programs, which centered around the creation of instruction plans and simulative lessons.
The young teachers received much inspiration through the discussions with teachers of other prefectures who they normally do not have a contact with, and took home precious hints for teaching the daily lessons.
Sony Preschool Education Program for Children
A flash report on June's project report presentation has been uploaded.
In June, the project report presentations were held in following two locations.
A flash report can be viewed on the foundation website. Detailed reports are to follow.
June 10th (Sat) Keyanomori Kindergarten (Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture)
"Hayashi-Asobi (playing in the woods)", a distinct feature of this kindergarten, was presented.
June 17th (Sat) Tokiwakai Kindergarten, Division of Tokiwa College (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)
Sectional meetings were held for different age groups using the new proposal "Concept Map".
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/2006exhibition/index.html
Applied Preschool Educational Research Workshops held!
The applied preschool educational research workshops were held at the locations below. Reports on the events will be uploaded soon.
June 30th (Fri) Wakabadai Nursery (Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture)
In July, the study will be held at the location below.
July 1st (Sat) Chuo Kindergarten (Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture)
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/2006exhibition/jissenteian.html
The web magazine "Did you see that? The Spirit of Science"
This month's edition features the following topics. We hope you have the chance to read it.
- Vol.27 "Soil" Making Compost
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/webmagazine/webmag27.html - Vol.28 "Try it" Questions? Ideas! Just try it out.
http://www.sony-ef.or.jp/preschool/webmagazine/webmag28.html
The next edition Vol. 29, coming out on July 3rd (Mon) will be on "Growth/Harvest" Grow, discover, big harvest!
Wellspring of Science Inspiration---Children's Schoolhouse of Dreams
The participants for the second "Wellspring of Science Inspirations---Children's Schoolhouse of Dreams" have been selected, and the first "Wellspring of Science Inspirations Letter" to inform them about what to prepare and how to be ready mentally for the coming event has been issued. "Wellspring of Science Inspirations Letter" will be issued whenever necessary from now on, to help participants have better time during the event. Also, as the event approaches, the instructors are holding monthly meetings to discuss activity contents, check the outdoor sites, and to conduct pre-experiments. Instructors led by Dr. Shirakawa are now preparing eagerly for the event, contributing ideas to initiate planning the details.
