Announcement and Tentative Program
APEC-Tsukuba International Conference XIV
Research Meeting of theInformatics and Data Science Education Reform for Digital, Inclusive and Sustainable
Society (InMside II) Project (APEC HRD 05 2019)Feb. 11-12, 2019, at Tokyo Campus of the University of Tsukuba, Japan(3 Chome-29-1 Otsuka, Bunkyō, Tokyo: 3 min walk from Myogadani Station)
Building on the InMside-project (HRD 01 2018) for upper secondary schools, InMside II-project (HRD 052019) trains middle school curriculum developers to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data into theAPEC economies’ curricula for building Inclusive, Sustainable and Digital society under Integration 4.0
against 4th Industrial Revolution. The Informatics and Data Science Education Reform is driven bycomputational and statistical thinking. The objective is to build the capacity of curriculum developers toproduce recommendations for their curricula reform, teacher training, with enlargement of the network tosupport the APEC Education Strategy for 2030. InMside II provides Research Meeting at Tokyo, Japan inFebruary, 2020, InMside II Seminar for training curriculum developers in Malaysia in August, 2020 andSynthesis Meeting in Thailand in November, 2020. The outcomes are the recommendations of curriculumon computational and statistical thinking with teacher training models, and the enlarged network ofcurriculum developers. Seminar in Malaysia will be supported by APEC grant, Malaysian grants or selffunds. Research Meeting and Synthesis Meeting will be supported by Japan, Thailand and self-funds.
Specialists for Seminar and Synthesis Meeting will be recommended by every economy.

Objective of Research Meeting in February 11-12
Research the theoretical frameworks for curriculum developers on the issues and teacher training modules
for preparing the InMside II Seminar in Malaysia

Role of Specialists
Present the theoretical framework and newest research issues for curriculum reform which must include:
Computational and statistical thinking for middle (junior high) school level
Current teacher training programs for programing or computational thinking
Gender issues
STEM and STEAM Education on the cross curriculum is possible to be considered under these three issues.

Role of Participants
Poster presentations for teacher training programs on various reform issues such as gender issues andresearches for Industry 4.0.

Further Contacts for Tokyo Research Meeting
Program: Masami Isoda, Director of CRICED, University of Tsukuba
Project Overseer of InMside II, isoda@criced.tsukuba.ac.jp
With collaboration of Sofian TajulArus, MOE, Malaysia and Maitree Inprasitha, Khon
Kaen University (co-project overseers of InMisde II project) and Roverto Araya,
University of Chile (InMside I project)
Logistics: Emi Takenaka, Officer, Officer of Global Initiatives, University of Tsukuba,
criced@un.tsukuba.ac.jp
Further Communication Amongst Governments: Taijiro Tsuruoka, MEST, Japan (co-project
overseers of InMisde II project), t-tsuru@mext.go.jp

1Tentative Program

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 (Tentative)
0930–1000 hrs
1000–1200 hrsRegistration
I.

Opening Ceremony
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Engineering, Japan
Mash Manjawani Binti Mat, Principal Assistant Director, Ministry of Education, Malaysia
Luksmon Smansin, Educator, Senior Professional Level, Ministry of Education, Thailand
Official Photo Session

II.

Opening Keynotes
The Goals of InMside II Project based on
Masami Isoda (University of Tsukuba), Sofian TajulArus (Ministry of Education,Malaysia), Maitree Inprasitha (Khon Kaen University)
Computational Thinking and Humanity for Industy 4.0
Bundit Thipakorn, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Former Secretary General,
Ministry of Education, Thailand
Japanese Curriculum Reform for Society 5.0 at Lower Secondary School Level
Koushi Ueno (National Institute of Educational Policy Research, Japan)
Malaysia Curriculum Reform for Industry 4.0 at Lower Secondary School Level
Sofian TajulArus (Ministry of Education, Malaysia)

1200–1300 hrs
1300–1400 hrs

Lunch BreakIII.

Poster presentations for training programs on various reform issues and researches forIndustry 4.0
Wahudi (Indonesia), Ahamad Heikhal (Malaysia), Suhaidah TahiArusr & MariamOthman (Malaysia), Sumardyono (Indonesia), Indrawati M. Pd.(Indonesia), Marcela
Santillan (Mexico)

1400-1530hrs

IV. Explanation of the Draft of for Computational Thinking and Statistical Thinking andDiscussions
Project Overseers of APEC HRD 01-2018 and 05-2019
Masami Isoda (University of Tsukuba), Roberto Araya (University of Chile), Sofian
TajulArus (Ministry of Education, Malaysia), Maitree Inprasitha (Khon KaenUniversity)

1530–1600 hrs
1600–1730 hrs

Tea/coffee BreakIV. Presentation 1 by Specialists
Toh Tim Lam (NIE, Singapore)Hee Chan Lew (KNUE, Korea)
Ivan Vysotskiy, (Moscow Center for Continuous Mathematics Education, Russia)

1730-1800 hrs
1800-2100 hrs

Break (Supper)
Further sessions for the Malaysia seminar and editorial for specialists

2Wednesday 12 February 2020 (Tentative)

0830–1030 hrs

VI. Presentation 2 by Specialists
Chi Thanh Nguyen (Vietnam National University, Vietnam)
Mash Manjawani Binti Mat (Ministry of Education, Malaysia)
Maitree Inprasitha (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)1030–1100 hrs
1100–1230 hrs

Tea/coffee BreakVII. Presentation 3 by Specialists
Wahid Yunianto (SEAMEO Qitep in Math, Indonesia)
Totok Suprayitno (Indonesia University of Education)
Roberto Araya (University of Chile)1230-1330 hrs

Lunch Break1330-1600

VIII Discussion and Preparation for Summary Report of the Research Meeting

1600-1700

IX

Summary Report and Closing Ceremony
Summary by the Project Overseers
Caroline Benton, Vice President, University of Tsukuba

1700-2100 hrs

Further sessions such as a workshop of robot programing for computational thinkingand planning the Malaysia seminar for specialists which includes the meals

Invitation and Further Information
Tokyo meeting will be supported by Japan (University of Tsukuba) or self-funds. Specialists areselected by the Project Overseers. It will be communicated on the invitation letter after your contact toProject overseer. If you use self-grants for your accommodations, the following hotels arerecommended and please book by yourself because the rate on the web is much cheaper than theUniversity arrangement:•

Toyoko Inn Tokyo Korakuen Bunkyokuyakusho Mae
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00081•

Toyoko Inn Tokyo Otsuka-eki Kita-guchi No.1
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00026•

Toyoko Inn Tokyo Yamanote-sen Otsuka-eki Kita-guchi No.2
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00139•

R&B Hotel Otsuka Eki Kitaguchi
http://randb.jp/en/otsuka/•

Toyoko Inn Tokyo Ikebukuro Kita-guchi No.1
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00096•

Toyoko Inn Tokyo Ikebukuro Kita-guchi No.2
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00007

Participants who book accommodations through on-line booking such as AGODA and others, the areaof Ikebukuro, Korakuen, and Ochanomizu are recommended. Some hotels provide a good price forfirst two days, only. In such a case, change the hotels will be a good strategy.

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