Event Title
Japanese Student's Project-Based Research was Life Changing
Location
Hart 117
Start Time
11-5-2017 12:50 PM
End Time
11-5-2017 1:35 PM
Description
During the Spring semester of 2017, the Movement Arts Health Promotion and Leisure Studies Department (MAHPLS) hosted nine undergraduate Japanese students, one Japanese middle school physical education teacher, and one Japanese professor from Tokyo Gakugei University. With the help and support of the Dr. Edward W. Minnock Center for International Engagement the Japan visit was life changing for both the BSU facilitators and the Japan visitors. The nine Japanese undergraduate students were majoring in a variety of fields within education (e.g. physical education, home economics, science teacher, math teacher). The significance for their visit was to learn about Bridgewater State University’s educational program and learn about the American culture and present their findings through project-based research.
The first week students observed several BSU’s College of Education and Allied Studies faculty teach in a classroom setting. The second week students observed k-12 teachers and students in two public schools in Plymouth county. In addition to both types of observational settings, they went on campus tours, met with BSU’s president, and had many opportunities to explore what Massachusetts has to offer. They walked the freedom trail, traveled to New Bedford where the first Japanese boy discovered America, and took notes that they would present on the final day with BSU Faculty. What they presented was moving and life changing, not only for the students, but the faculty/facilitators involved. For this panel, the researchers would like to share their personal stories and the logistic around creating opportunities for international undergraduate visitors, as well answer questions participants may have.
Japanese Student's Project-Based Research was Life Changing
Hart 117
During the Spring semester of 2017, the Movement Arts Health Promotion and Leisure Studies Department (MAHPLS) hosted nine undergraduate Japanese students, one Japanese middle school physical education teacher, and one Japanese professor from Tokyo Gakugei University. With the help and support of the Dr. Edward W. Minnock Center for International Engagement the Japan visit was life changing for both the BSU facilitators and the Japan visitors. The nine Japanese undergraduate students were majoring in a variety of fields within education (e.g. physical education, home economics, science teacher, math teacher). The significance for their visit was to learn about Bridgewater State University’s educational program and learn about the American culture and present their findings through project-based research.
The first week students observed several BSU’s College of Education and Allied Studies faculty teach in a classroom setting. The second week students observed k-12 teachers and students in two public schools in Plymouth county. In addition to both types of observational settings, they went on campus tours, met with BSU’s president, and had many opportunities to explore what Massachusetts has to offer. They walked the freedom trail, traveled to New Bedford where the first Japanese boy discovered America, and took notes that they would present on the final day with BSU Faculty. What they presented was moving and life changing, not only for the students, but the faculty/facilitators involved. For this panel, the researchers would like to share their personal stories and the logistic around creating opportunities for international undergraduate visitors, as well answer questions participants may have.
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