担当教員：黒田一雄
参加学生数：12名
INTRODUCTION
We went to Bangkok from 8th July to 14th July for Union of High Level Empowerment of Human Resources in East Asia
Program through International Conference on Higher Education Research
and Development of South East Asia which was supervised by Prof.
Kuroda. We attended an international conference on Higher Education
and improved our idea about Higher Education and Globalization
with a lot of meaningful presentations and sessions. In addition,
we visited UNESCO Bangkok Office and got helpful information about
its activity on Higher Education in Asia and career-development.
While we were in Bangkok Thai people warmly welcomed us and we
thanked the hospitality of Thai. We appreciate this good opportunity
to participate in this project and to get such great experiences.
(Rie Tomita)
The International Conference on Higher Education (IHERD)
Overview
Dhurakij Pundit University of Bangkok, Thailand, hosted the International Conference on Higher Education (IHERD) for the celebration of its 40th anniversary, from the 9th to the 11th of July 2009.
“Looking Beyond Globalization” was the subtitle of the symposium. The discussion aimed, in fact, to analyse how globalization has impacted on higher education and vice versa. In the last few years we have witnessed an evident transformation in all aspects of higher education. A large variety of innovations have been proposed and some applied in higher education policy and management, instructional practices and research. In the light of these reflections the theme of the conference has emerged. Above all the objectives of the gathering was the need to start evaluating globalization in relation to higher education together with a call to take action, creating an autonomous higher education system within the Asian region.
The prime minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva opened the IHERD pointing out two different aspects of the impact of globalization in higher education. While recognizing the benefits obtained by the global system, he is manifestly reluctant to the idea that higher education in Asia has, so far, played a marginal role, passively absorbing western models. Mr. Vejjajiva suggested that Asian higher education system should find new original solutions, appropriate to its regional needs, learning from the effects of globalization.According to many outstanding lecturers present at the conference, Asia is already on track to contribute to the global higher education system. The mobilization of foreign students within the region shows that many universities in China, Japan and South Korea, above all, are able to offer a different and qualitative educational service to their students/ customers. These institutions are dynamically seeking elements of differentiation from their western counterparts, in order to put into effect what has been called an “Asianization” of higher education. It seems right to say that the International Conference on Higher Education has indeed looked beyond globalization. From a variety of perspectives, outstanding academics, specialists as well as international students from many parts of the planet had gathered to share opinions and ideas with a common goal: contribute enthusiastically to the future of higher education in a global world.
(Benedetta Frandi)
UNESCO Bangkok Visit
Overview
Our team, were warmly welcomed by Mr Pilanthorn Kulapongse, Public Events Assistant, Information and Knowledge Management Unit (IKM). He gave us a welcome remark and showed us a VDO file introducing UNESCO.
55 years after the establishment, in 2002, Koichiro Matsuura , Director-General of UNESCO, brought a policy of reform and decentralization to the organization. As part of the reconstruction, UNESCO Bangkok plays a vital role as the Regional Bureau for Education and a cluster office--the principal coordinator of UNESCO activities, across sectors, in the Mekong region.
The second presentation was brought by Edgar Sharuk, Chief Administrative Officer of UNESCO Bangkok. Besides of talking about working with UNESCO, he also kindly shared tons of his insightful and personal experiences on how to make a career development. The discussion went on under the friendly and dynamic atmosphere. He entertained many of our questions and made the final remark that on top of knowledge and capability, interpersonal skills and concerns towards other people are the key success of one's profession.The last part was presented by Mrs Lay Cheng Tan, from Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID). Firstly she gave a brief introduction about UNESCO Bangkok’s structure and went further to focus on APEID. One of APEID ongoing works is a project that is trying to make use of ICT in higher education and TVET in the member states. Moreover, Mrs Tan also underlined this year’s APEID annual conference under the theme of ICT Transforming Education at Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, 15-17 November 2009. Although this was not my first time at UNESCO Bangkok as I joined the internship program at the office in 2006 and have joined the APEID annual conference every year since then, I still found this visit very impressive and valuable. For most of us who visited the office for the first time, this was truly a good opportunity to visit one of the main international bodies in the field of education in Asia-Pacific region. For me, I also learnt many new updated information and ongoing works of UNESCO Bangkok. Moreover, the warm welcome from the staff and presenters are more than appreciated. Many points from the presentations such as the professional tips from Mr Sharuk are very practical and useful.
(Jessada Salathong)
