On April 4th, the third emergency declaration was issued.
Our university is also responding to classes in remote format, but the learning activities are not limited to that.
There are a wide variety of free activities, library use, extracurricular activities, etc.
The remote format of classes guarantees the opportunities for classes that are normally held, but the activities mentioned above are not going as well as expected.
Under such circumstances, in the seminar for first-year students of the Department of Education and Welfare, Faculty of Education, we are studying the theme of "proposing new normal school events."
When I was in my third year of high school, I was in the first year, and I had a frustrating experience with sports festivals, cultural festivals, official club competitions, etc. being canceled or changed significantly.Starting from this common experience up to high school, we will explore what school events should be like in the future while sorting out what the new normal is and what school events are.
Encountering "questions that do not necessarily have one answer" through shared experiences provides opportunities to think about school events for children's growth and development, protection of rights to guarantee educational opportunities, etc. It allows you to develop attitudes and attitudes.
At the same time, it also asks students how they will spend their next four years, enriching their learning.
In other words, it will be an opportunity to think about how to live and learn on a daily basis.
The Department of Education and Welfare in the Faculty of Education is conscious of such connections with society and provides opportunities for learning with a sense of realism.
It's a social situation like this, so let's look forward and keep learning.
(Keita Ozaki, Department of Education and Welfare, Faculty of Education)
