先端教育研究実践センター年報, 2023, 23, 193-199 事業報告｜AEL Course

Asia Education Leader (AEL) Course
Summer Course 2022 and New Progress in AEL Course (2022-2023)
曹 蕾
東北大学大学院教育学研究科

AEL Course aims to nurture internationally-minded educational professionals (IMEP) who
have an international perspective and are able to address educational challenges incontemporary East Asia. Specifically, it nurtures (1) Education researchers capable ofundertaking a comparative analysis of educational issues in East Asia; (2) Teacher leaders
who are practicing educators capable of engaging with researchers, policymakers, andother practitioners; (3) Education administrators with knowledge and skills required tocollaborate with partners across the region.
AEL Course is set up by consensus among, and its summer/winter courses are hosted
in turn by, six partner institutes of five universities in East Asia from 2014. 2022-2023 was
the fourth round of the AEL Course. Considering the post Covid-19 pandemic in 2022, we
decided to hold the AEL Course in a hybrid format. Summer Course 2022 (SC2022) was
the 16th AEL summer/winter course. SC2022 was hosted by the Graduate School ofEducation, Tohoku University, between August 16-27, 2022. Under the current AEL
Course curriculum frame, SC2022 opened the following three subjects (Table 1).
Table 1SC2022(TU)

Subjects in the SC2022(A-P) Education and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in East Asia
(K-P) Cognitive Science of Human Communication(S-P) Mental Health and Telepsychology

Thirty-two participants from five partner institutions took part in this course. Table 2
shows the number of students in SC2022.
Table 2

Number of Students in the SC2022

Tohoku UniversitySC2022
11National Chengchi University8Nanjing Normal University

11Korea University

2National Taiwan Normal UniversityTotal

N/A32

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In 2022, there were seven students from Tohoku University and two students fromNanjing Normal University who successfully completed AEL Courses and each of themreceived a Certificate of Completion joined issued by six partner institutions. By 2022, 53
students received the Certificate of Completion successfully.
In addition, with collaboration from AELC partner universities, we successfullyorganized two pre-study series of AEL 2022 Summer and AEL 2023 Winter Courses. As
shown in Tables 3 and 4, there are three sessions in each pre-study series. These sessions
included lectures and discussions about educational change in Asia and provided training
in academic English and knowledge and skills on conducting fieldwork. Besides scholars
from AELC partner universities, we were also pleased to invite scholars in Japan to provide
special lectures for AELC students in these sessions.
Table 3Pre-study Series of AEL 2022 Summer Course

NoDateSpeakers

Topics1

May 13, 2022
(16:00-18:00)

Scholars of AELC partneruniversities

Dialogue on Education Changes in Asia 1
Framing A New Social Contract forFuture Education

2

June 10, 2022
(14:00-16:00)

Dr. Masahisa SATO
(Tokyo City University)

Dialogue on Education Changes in Asia 2
Education for Sustainable Development

3

July 29, 2022
(14:00-16:00)

Dr. Chen CHEN
(Nanjing Normal University)

Dialogue on Education Changes in Asia 3
Wellbeing and Education

Table 4Pre-study Series of AEL 2023 Winter Course

NoDateSpeakers

1

October 28, 2022
(16:00-18:00)

Dr. Hsiu-Lan Shelley TIEN
(National Taiwan NormalUniversity)

2

November 25, 2022
(16:00-18:00)

Dr. Xuefeng QIAO
(Nanjing NormalUniversity)

3

December 9, 2022(16:00-18:00)

Dr. Hiroshi OTA(Hitotsubashi University)

TopicsDialogue on Education Changes in
Asia 1
Personal Strength and Career Visionfor College Students
Dialogue on Education Changes in
Asia 2The Mechanism of the Policy-driven
Rotation of County Teachers in
China: From the Perspective ofComplex System Analysis
Dialogue on Education Changes in
Asia 3
International Students and PostStudy Work Opportunities in Japan

With the end of SC2022, we were pleased to hold an AELC coordinators’ annual
meeting. On September 17, 2022, eleven AELC coordinators joined the online meeting.

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We welcomed new leadership of AELC and reviewed our recent journey, such as theactivities and events held in the AEL 2022 Summer Course. Coordinators from AELC
partner universities also joined the exchange and discussion on the progress and proposalsof AELC activities or future plans.

AELC Coordinators’ Online Meeting 2022

Winter Course 2023 (WC2023) was the 17th AEL summer/winter course. WC2023
was an online AEL Course jointly hosted by School of Psychology and School of Education
Science, Nanjing Normal University, between January 16-19 (A-P course), February 1-4(S-P course) and February 6-9 (K-P course), 2023. Under the current AEL Course
curriculum frame, WC 2023 provided the following three subjects (Table 5). Thirty-fourparticipants from six partner institutions took part in the course (Table 6). With the end ofWC2023, we were pleased to hold an AELC coordinators’ online meeting to exchange newprogress and proposals on March 11, 2023.
Table 5

Subjects in the WC2023

WC2023(A-P) Children’s Development in China(NNU)(S-P) Regression Analysis(K-P) Educational Changes in China

Table 6

Number of Students in the WC2023
WC2023

Tohoku University

2National Chengchi University

2Nanjing Normal University

27

Korea University

2

National Taiwan Normal University

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Moreover, with collaboration with partner institutions, Tohoku University waspleased to host two Asia Education Leader Forums in AY 2022 to enhance exchange andcommunication between students and faculty members of partner universities. The firstforum, Asia Education Leader Forum 2022 Summer: Exploring Breakthroughs for Future
Education, was held on September 17, 2022. Twenty-six presenters from AELC partner
universities, Indonesia University of Education, University of the Philippines Los Banos,
and The University of Hong Kong shared their research with scholars and other students
and received constructive comments and feedback from commentators. And the second
forum focusing on the Graduate Programs in Education in East Asia was held on March
11, 2023. It provided a platform for students and scholars from Asia to exchange ideas
about the features and possibilities of Graduate Programs in Education in East Asia. We
wish the summer/winter forum could provide students and faculty members of AELC tohave more opportunities for academic and communication exchange in Asia.
The summer course in 2023 will be held by Korea University.

AEL 2022 Summer Course Pre-study Session

AEL 2022 Summer Course: A-P course

AEL 2022 Summer Course: Opening Ceremony

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AEL 2022 Summer Course: S-P course

AEL 2022 Summer Course: Closing Ceremony

AEL 2023 Winter Course Pre-study Session

AEL 2023 Winter Course

Asia Education Leader Forum Poster

AEL 2022 Summer Course Pre-study Series Poster−197−

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Timetable of SC2022−198−

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Timetable of WC2023−199−