Teachers: Research Practice / Talk 研究／実践についての話し合い 25 minutes / 25分 Introducing Glocal Issues Education via a Project-Based Learning Approach more

Sat, Oct 21, 11:35-12:00 Asia/Tokyo

Guided by some valuable lessons learned since the launch of a Project Based Learning (PBL) core curriculum at a Japanese university in Spring 2021, this presentation will introduce participants to some of the educational challenges and subsequent benefits that emerged as a result of adopting a university wide PBL approach to Glocal Issues Education. Compulsory for all first-year students at the university in question, the objective of this new program is to introduce students to a set of practical (and transferable) real-life skills required to actively and successfully take part in the study of current global and local issues through the use of English. Commencing with the need to create an in-house textbook designed to meet the specific requirements of this new program, participants will also be introduced to a framework that will demonstrate that the use of PBL can provide learners with an interactive, communicative, and effective way to approach Glocal Issues Education. In sum, this presentation will be of particular interest to college and university level educators who may wish to integrate a PBL approach to the study of current issues within the context of their own English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom.