Founding Objectives

Center for
Innovation in
Educational
Research andPractice

The Center for Innovation in Educational Researchand Practice sets out for itself the main objectives of
performing project research that responds to the needsof contemporary society providing support operations
for educational issues, increasing the exchange ofacademic knowledge internationally, and offering
educational and research support.
In order to accomplish our objectives, our center isdivided into four sections: the “Priority Research
Project Unit,” the “Regional Education Support Unit,”
the “Inter­national Exchange Unit,” and the “Researchand Edu­c ation Support Unit.” While attempting toGraduate School of Education
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Japan

form an ex­pan­sive network with society, we are carry­ing out research and support operations in order tobegin to solve the many issues concerning education.

Priority
ResearchProject Unit

Research andEducation
Support Unit
RegionalEducation
Support Unit

International
Exchange Unit

Community
International society

Center for Innovation in Educational
Research and Practice Graduate School of Education,
Tohoku University27-1 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi
9808576 JAPAN
edunet@sed.tohoku.ac.jp
https://www2.sed.tohoku.ac.jp/lab/edunet/

Formed on April 01, 2018, the Center for Innovationin Educational Research and Practice (former EducationNetwork Center) is a group that advances education
and research in response to the needs of contemporarysociety.
Our center aims to advance cutting-edge researchand education and reinforce cooperation with otherinstitutions. Our center provides a broad range ofsupport both inside and outside the Tohoku University
based on our research results that have been accumu­
lated by our research department. Our center isad­mini­st­er­ed by staff comprised mainly of full-timeteachers and educational research support workers aswell as teachers within the Graduate School of Edu­
cation.
The increasing seriousness of educational issues
today and the growing requests for regional con­tributions by universities are causing growing exp­ec­
tations of our center. We must meet these expec­ta­tions, and intend to further enrich the education andresearch support system and make an effort to solve
the issues facing education.

Priority Research Project Unit

Regional Education Support Unit

International Exchange Unit

Research and Education Support Unit

The section is supporting the advancement of aresearch project to begin to solve the various issues
concerning education in contemporary society.

The section offers assistance to the regional commu­
nities in the form of educational aid and developmentof aid methods.

The group deepens the international academic
exchange through the support of international students
and through the planning and execution of symposiums
and collaborative research.

In order to enrich research and teaching activities forinstructors and students, the unit maintains healthy
research and teaching environments.

■ Project Research
Project Research is an interdisciplinary collaborationof the teachers within our research department. Also
working with researchers both in and outside of thecountry, they are performing research to begin to solvethe various issues concerning education.

■ Consultation Services
We offer advice concerning the educational support
and the development of aid methods for education,
targeting both regional residents (guardians, children)and education specialists (board of education, teachers).

■ Symposiums and Seminars
We host symposiums
and seminars to promote
the exchange of academic
know­ledge with research­e­rs from many univer­sities
and institutions around theworld.

■ Usage of Computer Study Room, Computer Control
Room
Email and webpages aswell as the research depart­
ment LAN network can beused in these areas. Thecomputer study rooms areoffered as facilities for theinstructors and students ofthe School of Educationand the Graduate School of Education to use.

■ Graduate Student Project Type Collaborative Research
The graduate students in our research department
perform the collaborative research planning and draft­
ing themselves. Our objective is to improve the abi­li­ties
of our graduate students as researchers.

■ Volunteer Services“Tohoku University SchoolVolun­t ­e ­e ­r ­i ng” provides assis­
tance in school subject studies
and supports manage­m ent of
extracurricular activities toelementary, middle, and highschools.
■ Lifelong Coaching Support Services
We offer a place called “Tohoku University Open
College: Mori no manabiya (the tree-clad school)” forcollege students and the mentally challenged to learn
from each other.
■ Social Education Director Training Course
Our Graduate School of Edu­
cation offers a training course
commissioned by MEXT (Mini­
stry of Educat ion, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology)
with the course objective ofacq­u ir­i ng specialized know­
ledge and skills needed by Social Education Directors.
■ School Leadership ProgramThis conference is meant for teachers in Miyagi
Prefecture and the neighboring prefectures, and offers
specialized knowledge and skills needed by them,
contributing to enrich school education.

■ Research exchange based on Academic Exchange
Agreements.
School of Education is promoting the Academic
exchange with various foreign Universities, mainly
focusing on Asian Countries. As of July, 2018, School ofEducation had signed 16 university-level academic and18 departmental exchange agreements.
■ Multilingual brochures for International Students
To make the researchand educational environ­ment more fulfilling forinternational students, weconduct many investiga­
tions and hold social gathe­rings for international students. We also publish stu­
dent handbooks in Chinese (both traditional andsim­p­l­i­f­i­ed characters), Mongolic, Korean, and English.
■ Japanese language support for international students
The support is carried out tohelp international students over­co­me Japanese language diffi­
cu­l ties every week. It covers
from student report editing andprofessional literature reading
to language seminars.

■ Maintenance of the Student Support Room
We are making an effort
to keep the student rese­arch and lounge areas ingood condition by main­taining study rooms andbreak rooms and managing
wireless LAN networks.
■ Publication of Reports
Our center publishes the“Center for Innovation in
Educational Research andPractice Annual Report”(former Education NetworkCenter Annual Report) on
our research and service
results.