A new edX course, “Super-Aged Japan: Exploring Activity, Health, and Place” by Associate Professor Michael Annear (Graduate School of Sports Sciences), will launch on December 5th, 2023. Online registration is now open. Please register if you are interested.
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- Associate Professor Michael Annear
[Course Abstract]
Japan leads the world in population aging where one out of every five residents is now aged 65 years or older. Professor Michael Annear is an international expert in the area of healthy and active aging and shares research and insights on healthy life expectancy, physical activity, and place from urban Japan.
The course will draw on insights from expert Japanese and international contributors in the areas of psychology, health sciences, sleep, epidemiology, rehabilitation and emergency medicine to shed light on how Japan is confronting the challenges of a super-aged society with specific case studies from Japan and other countries.
[Syllabus]
Week 1: Introduction to Gerontological Concepts and Theory
Week 2: Health Status and Aged Care in Japan
Week 3: Active and Healthy Aging in Japan
Week 4: Aging in Place: Environments, Aging, and Activity
In this course, Associate Professor Dai Sugimoto, Associate Professor Yuri Hosokawa, Professor Masaki Nishida, and other university experts also make a contribution as guest speakers.
Registration is now open on edX at the following URL.
WasedaX: Super-Aged Japan: Exploring Activity, Health, and Place | edX
The Faculty of Sport Sciences has previously delivered two online courses on edX.
We are reissuing them (for free), so please check them out as well:
“Sport Safety: A Guide to Preventing Sudden Death in Sport” by Associate Professor Yuri Hosokawa
https://www.edx.org/course/waseda-sport-safety“Sports Injury Prevention” by Associate Professor Dai Sugimoto
https://www.edx.org/course/sports-injury-prevention
