SECOND ESD CONFERENCE – BERLIN
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JAPANESE-GERMAN CENTER BERLIN [JDZB]

Association of German Teachers of Geography
Hiroshima Geographic Alliance of the Japanese Society for geographical Sciences
in cooperation with
UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development [DESD]

German-Japanese Cooperation on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
from Tuesday, August 19th – Thursday, August 21st , 2008

On behalf of the Japanese participants, I thank you very much for your great organization of the ESD Forum in Berlin last week.
The Forum was one of the best one in my life ever experienced. Our Japanese participants returned home without any trouble,
but with a great memory and excitement of a week in Berlin.                                                                    NAKAYAMA Shuichi 24.08.08

 

Session 1         Implementing ESD – Results of the First Half of the Decade and Current
Challenges Teachers are Confronted with in Germany and Japan

                        Barriers and Deficits with Implementing ESD , updated Feb. 2009                                          see also Survey (Implementing) in European ESD-Net German-Japanese Cooperation: DESD Project
Dieter GROSS (Association of German School Geographers)

                                Front Line of ESD in Japan
Prof. NAKAYAMA Shuichi (Hiroshima University of Economics)

                                Progress of ESD Lesson Plans in High School Geography in Japan
Ass.
Prof. NAGATA Shigefumi (Mie University)

                                Regional Strategies for Implementing ESD – the Network in Rhineland-Palatinate
Dr. Annegret SCHWARZ (Regional Advisor Geography, Mainz)

                                ESD Self-Monitoring and Teacher Training in Japan
Ass. Prof. URABE Masashi (Tokuyama University)

Session 2         Subjects for ESD curricula in Japan

Sustainable Land Use on the Flood Plain in Japan
Ass.
Prof. TAKATA Junichiro (Gifu Seitoku Gakuen University)

                                Development of Sustainable Tourism in Japan
TANIGAWA Norihiro (Hiroshima University)

                                Development of Organic Tea Cultivation in Sri Lanka: The Role of ESD in Germany
KOHMOTO Daichi (Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University)

Session 3         Models and Examples for Implementing ESD

Dam Development in Japan -A Case Study of the Ohigawa River  
WADA Fumio (Hiroshima University / Fukuyama Junior & Senior High School)
Ass.
Prof. URABE Masashi (Tokuyama University)

                                Compact City Planning in Japan
Prof. YUI Yoshimichi, IWAMURA Takuya (Hiroshima University)

                                Consumption of Forest Resources and Civilization
YUASA Seiji (Hiroshima University / Junior and Senior High School – UNESCO ASP School)

Session 4         ESD in Higher Education

                                Geography Education for Sustainable Development         and TEXT
Prof. Dr. Hartwig Haubrich (University of Education Freiburg)

                                Education for Sustainable Development within Geosciences at German Universities
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hoffmann (Trier University)

Session 5         German-Japanese Cooperation – an ESD Model: Transportation

The Skinkansen – Suggestions for Classroom Teaching
Hans R. STAMMER (Gymnasium zu St. Katharinen, Oppenheim)

                                Eco- transportation in Japan
HAMANO Kiyoshi (Fukuyama Seishikan Senior High School)
AMANO Shinya (Yasufuruichi High School)
TSUJIOKA Hiroomi (Sotoku Gakuen High School)

Workshop           Evaluation of ESD Curricula

                        Introduction: Characteristics of ESD Curricula and an Example of an ESD Manual which could be used in German and Japanese Classrooms                    ESD Curriculum Survey – individual responses
Dieter GROSS (Association of German School Geographers)

                               

                                Four Working Groups: Transportation  and other subjects– an approach for a common ESD curriculum
Group 1                              Rail Transportation in Japan and Germany

                                Group 2                              Car in the Future

                                Group 3                              Decision-Making in School Excursions: Transport

                                Group 4                              Our Behaviour as Consumers