[Written by Prof. Noboru Yamaguhci. Converted to and edited in HTML by Ryota Iijima.]
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Project Members (1995-6)
Fukushima University:
Shoji, Tanio
Nagao, Mitsuyuki
Yamaguchi, Noboru
Sato, Osamu
Usui, Yoshikazu ( project leader & FU organiser)
Morita, Michio
Kojima, Akira
Hamajima, Kyoko
Nakata, Suura
Iijima, Ryota
Beijing Normal University:
Gu, Ming Yuan (1996) (BNU organiser)
Pei, Di Na (1996)
Qu, Heng Chang (1996)
Li, Shou Fu (1995)
Xie, Wei He (1995)
Li, Jia Yong (1995)
UWEC University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Joyall, Lloyd (1995-6)
Quealy, Roger (1995)
Dunlap, William (1995-6) ( UWEC organiser)
Schmidt, Kenneth (1995)
Translator (Chinese-Japanese)
Jin, Jing Xiong, a graduate student at Tohoku University then. Assistant at Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Fukushima University, now.
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5 November 1996, Tuesday
We have welcomed three professors from Beijing Normal University and two from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. We had dinner at the Chinese restaurant in Fukushima View Hotel.
From Wednesday to Saturday this week, at Fukushima University, we are going to discuss and exchange information on education, especially teacher education.
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6 November 1996, Wednesday
In the morning, the two professors from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, US, and the three professors from Beijing Normal University, China, met Professor Taisuke Yoshihara, President of Fukushima University and Prof. Shota Ito, Dean of the Education Faculty.
In the afternoon, the following reports were presented:
- Lloyd H. Joyal and William P. Dunlap.
- "Problems of School and Adult Education in the United States."
- William P. Dunlap and Lloyd Joyal.
- "Present Situation and Problems of Teacher Education in Wisconsin."
- William P. Dunlap and Lloyd Joyal.
- "Teacher Education in Japan from and American Perspective."
Dr. Lloyd H. Joyal
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7 November 1996, Thursday
Today we had conference throughout the day.
In the morning, the professors from Beijing Normal spoke. The following reports were made:
- Gu Mingyuan.
- "The Teacher: A Comparison of the Chinese and American Concepts."
- Pei Dina.
- "Modernization of the Chinese Society and Reform of Education System." Reported in Chinese. The English title is my translation.
- Qu HengChang.
- "Teacher Education in Japan and the US: From a Chinese Point of View." Reported in Chinese. The English title is my translation.
In the afternoon, four professors of FU reported on teacher education in Japan:
- Yoshikazu Usui.
- "Problems of School Reforms and Teacher Education in Japan: Compared with China and the US."
- Michio Morita gave statistics on the state of Japanese Children.
- Osamu Sato.
- "On Health of Japanese Children at School."
- Kyoko Hamajima.
- "On Problems of Reforming National School System and Teacher Education in Japan: Focusing on Home Economics Education."
Yesterday and today, we had no audience except a few from the local newspapers. The Wednesday meetings were reported on Fukushima Min-Yu and Fukushima Mimpo.
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8 November 1996, Friday
In the morning the professors from Beijing and Eau Claire visited Fukushima University Attached School of Disabled and Attached Elementary School. Prof. Tanio Shoji is Pricipal of the Elementary School. I did not go with them but I heard that the children were active and they asked many questions.
In the afternoon, we held an open forum at Room M22 of the University. Mistress of Ceremony was Prof. Sura Nakata. The following two lectures were given:
- Pei Dina.
- "Modernisation of Chinese Society and Reform of Education System." Translated from Chinese to Japanese by Jin Jing Xiong.
- Lloyd H. Joyal.
- "Problems of School and Adult Education in the United States." Translated from English to Japanese by Ryota Iijima.
Dr. Joyal giving lecture and me translating.
Some questions were asked by graduate students-school teachers in the audience, and they were answered. But we did not have enough time for discussion.
In the evening, we attended reception dinner by Dean of the Faculty, President, and the International Exchange Committee of Fukushima University. It was at the newly opened restaurant on the second floor of Daigaku Kaikan, the University Hall. Master of Ceremony was Prof. Kazuo Kuzumi, Faculty of Education.
Prof. Sura Nakata, who was named after the impressionist painter George Seurat.
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9 November 1996, Saturday
In the morning, we talked about how we should materialize the result of the research: who write what for the special issue of our bulletin.
After lunch, the two Wisconsin professors, driven by Prof. Sato went to Miharu and stayed with Mr. Muto, former superintendant of Miharu Board of Education. The three Beijing professors, driven by Prof. Nakata, went sightseeing around Fukushima City, and stayed with Prof. Shoji.
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10 November 1996, Sunday
The professors from Beijing Normal went sightseeing around Fukushima.
The professors from UW Eau Claire stayed in Miharu with Miharu Alumni Association of UWEC, the Miharu people who studied at UWEC. I heard they enjoyed food cooked by Dr. Lloyd Joyal. Dr. William Dunlap said he survived it.
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11 November 1996, Monday
Today we visited Iwaki Koyo Senior High School, a "katsudon" joint, and Iwaki Museum of Coal and Fossils.
Iwaki Koyo is the first high school with a credit system in Fukushima Prefecture. Students can select classes. We talked with the principal, the vice principal and the teacher in charge of the curriculum.
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12 November 1996, Tuesday
The Beijing professors with Prof. Shoji, and the Eau Claire professors took a bullet train and went to Tokyo.
The Beijing professors and Prof. Shoji went sightseeing around Tokyo. In the evening they had dinner with students from China, at International Convention Center, Waseda University.
The Eau Claire professors visited schools in Musashino City, in the mid-western part of Tokyo. One of the schools was Musashino Sixth Junior High School. I later heard that Dr. Joyal played the drums to children. In the evening they had dinner, with Musashino Board of Education, Musashino Alumni of UW Eau Claire, at a restaurant called "Saint Marc." I attended the dinner as a translator. The Beijing professors, the Eau Claire professors, Prof. Shoji and I stayed at Koganei Club, a guest house of Tokyo Gakugei University, in Koganei, a city in the west of Musashino.
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13 Novmeber 1996, Wednesday
We all went to Waseda University, a very large private university in Tokyo, and were greeted by Prof. Suzuki. He showed us a video on Waseda University, in English and Chinese.
In the late afternoon, we attended a meeting of Japan Association of Teacher Education, at a convention center of Waseda University. Following prentations were made:
- Yoshikazu Usui.
- "The Situation and Problems of Teacher Education in Fukushima University."
- Gu Mingyuan.
- "The Teacher: A Comparison of the Chinese and American Concepts."
- William P. Dunlap and Lloyd H. Joyal.
- "Problems of School and Adult Education in the United States." Translated from English to Japanese by Ryota Iijima.
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14 November 1996, Thursday
I believe the three Beijing professors and Dr. Dunlap, accompanied by Prof. Shoji, went to Narita and took air planes. Dr. Joyal stayed one more day in Japan.
Updated on 11 June 1997.
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