Fuchu CitySchool Lifeat Fuchu Higashi High School

Classroom Observation and Tests①There was an improvement in the firstgraders’ answer rate in the descriptive questions
between the mid-term exam in the second
trimester and the end-year exam.
②The number of the students who achieved ahigher grade on the absolute scale increased,
and the lowest score increased from 2 to 4.
③As a result, the average score of the students’absolute scale improved at the end of the year.

Evaluation by the YALSA Teen Services
Evaluation Tool• It was concluded that the young adult related
marketing and promotion services provided by theHiroshima Prefectural Library were very satisfactory.
• During the observation, a great deal of quality
information was introduced not only for the students,
but also for the teacher librarians, and this information
was valuable in relation to professional development
and personal development based on life-long learning
ideas.
• Their promotion of teen services was excellent in termsof the students’ literacy development.

• National and Prefectural Policy frameworks play a crucialrole in leading to the positive results.
• UNESCO’s visions were realized in Fuchu Higashi HighSchool through the research and practice of the Hiroshima
Prefectural Library based on the cross-country levelnetwork and collaborative system frameworks establishedby the NDL.
• The considerable efforts were made by the Hiroshima
Prefectural Library under the supervision of the Director of
the Library, Kenji Uchida.
• Gaining a wide range of support, including public library
resources from the public funded library, was effective forthe school library staff.

Conclusions• Japan has put forth a great deal of effort to foster
students’ reading literacy, leading to successful
outcomes in educational implementation andeducational research in reading literacy. Educational
activities related to literacy have been enhanced for
EFA and ESD.
• A considerable amount of research has been
undertaken by NIER for aiming at creating excellence ineducation. The book club method introduced by Mr.
Hidefumi Arimoto enhanced students’ reading literacy.
His careful and sophisticated attention as a researcher
led to improvement in student’s communication skills.

• The Hiroshima Board of Education has beenpromoting Language Education since 2003. Asignificant amount of pedagogical results wereobserved through its website as well as throughthe observation in the high schools to foster
further educational excellence under theleadership of the school principal.
• A proposal was also made for applying the modelto other contexts for the purposes of providing
quality library services and education based onleadership principles.

• Domestic and international funding is expected for
UNESCO, FILA, YALSA, NIER, NDL, ILCL, NLK, NLCY, NLC,
the Hiroshima Prefectural Library, the Japan Book Club
Association, the Prefectural and City Board ofEducation, Japan School Library Association (JSLA) andJapan Society of School Library Science (JSSLS).
• Further studies are expected to be conducted on thebasis of the idea of cooperation between national andpublic libraries and school libraries inside and outsideof the prefecture, as well as other education contexts
in Japan and overseas from the perspectives of EFA andESD.

What I Learned from the Experience inKorea①The attitude toward hard working was really great.
②The challenges made for trying to further develop theeducational activities were respectful and successful.
③The staff of National Library of Korea and National
Library of Korea for Children and Young Adults werehighly motivated to learn new knowledge.
④They were very friendly and helpful in professional manner.

What I Learned from the Experience inKorea(2)Innovative research library with excellent staff and a wide range ofinteresting resources. Director's leadership was really attractive andsophysticated. Careful attentions were paid for their resources,
including human resources as well as library collections.

Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following great people for providing valuableassistance.
Mr. Tamotsu Tokunaga and Mr. Junichi Hamada as well as Mr. Hirofumi Hirano,
Mr. Hidefumi Arimoto, Mr. Moriyuki Morita, Mr. Koji Takaoka,
Mr. Masanori Murakoshi, Mr. Masashi SatohMr. Kuniaki Shimozaki, Mr. Koyu Okamoto and Mr. Shunzo Niimi,
Mr. Keiichi Shitara
It was a special experience to learn fromMr. SHIM, Jang Sup, Ms. Wee Sook Yao, Ms. Hwang Myun,Ms. Sook Hyeun LEE
Mr. Toji Tanaka, Mr. Michihiro Kojima, Mr. Mitsuru Yamaguchi
It was also wonderful to learn from the Monthly Gakko Tosyokan Magazines
published by the Japan School Library Association (JSLA) and to join JSLA
workshops with the excellent first class lecturers in the field.