Announcement of the online program for SEAMEO School Network (free of charge)
Online Program by CRICED, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Title:

Educational Practices to Promote Inquiry-Based Learning for the 21st Century
Inspired by the International Baccalaureate Program
Provided by
CRICED, University of Tsukuba, Japan: Affiliate Member of SEAMEO
Lectured by
Carol Inugai Dixon, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Educational practices vary widely across locations, reflecting changing contexts in time andplace. Nonetheless, they all share an aim to nurture the continued wellbeing of the community
they serve and address any problems that threaten this. This is true for local communities groupedfor example, through ethnicity, religious beliefs, or nationality. Today, in the twenty first century
however, despite our membership in local communities, we all belong to a single globalized
community and therefore, as members, share worldwide problems that threaten our wellbeing.
These problems include the climate crisis as well as those identified in the UN`s SDGs. Whatchanges must be made to educational practices to address these shared threats? How do therequired changes relate to current local educational practices? Answering such questions requires
broad and deep reflections about the nature of knowledge and learning, about what kind ofknowledge and learning we value, and about the relevant skills that must then be developed as aresult of these reflections.
In this course we will engage in activities that consider the questions and reflections identified
above, look at how they have answered conceptually by organizations such as the OECD and
the Earth Charter, but also engage in practices of the IBO programmes that have a mission to
make the world a better place through the development of international mindedness.
Course Content, Registration and Certifications
It is a free program on SEAMEO priority areas #5 for ʻRevitalizing Teacher Educationʼ and #7for ʻAdopting 21st Century Curriculumʼ. CRICED, University of Tsukuba, Japan, provides thecertifications to participants at the end of the course.
Each online lecture will be provided on a consecutive sequence based on the course roadmap.
Participants cannot skip any lesson because each lesson uses ideas which were alreadydiscussed. At the end of each lesson, participants need to do a short questionnaire for knowing
how the lessons worked. Only participants that answer the questionnaire will receive the URL for
the next lecture. The feedback from participants is used for evaluation of the program andattendance confirmation, but not as an evaluation of the participants.

Course Roadmap
TopicLecturer

Schedule

1

The changing face of education

Carol Inugai Dixon

Sept 11th

2

Diversity and Multiple perspectives

Carol Inugai Dixon

Sept 18th

3

A theory of knowledge approach

Carol Inugai Dixon

Sept 25th4

IB and International mindedness

Carol Inugai Dixon

Oct 2nd

All the lessons will begin on Wednesday afternoon from 13:00 (Japan time GMT+9) througha live streaming via YouTube. Each lesson will be approximately 75 minutes long which includes
assessment.
Certificate will be provided for the participants who have completed all 4 assignments for thelesson by the set due date.
Registration for this course: Educational Practices to Promote Inquiry-Based Learning forthe 21st century (Deadline: June 25th, 2024): https://forms.gle/6o2BPfE43F2q6xw17

Registration for the orientation on June 18th, 11:15-13:00 (GMT+9)
Please join the orientation to know more about the course and the platform.
Register now! Sign Up for the Orientation
Contact
Masami Isoda, Prof/PhD. Director of CRICED, University of Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan.

Further Information
Under Construction (To be developed in the CRICED website CRICED | SEAMEO School
Network from CRICED-University of Tsukuba )Past Courses
Constructivism in Education: Perspectives from International Baccalaureate
https://www.criced.tsukuba.ac.jp/seameo_ib1.html
Educational Practices to Promote Inquiry-Based Learning: Using IB Teaching Methods
https://www.criced.tsukuba.ac.jp/seameo_ib2.html