"Fundamentals of Humanities 1", a required course to apply for AGL, is inviting new students
【Outline of the course】
The course on Fundamentals of Humanity 1 is designed to provide students with opportunities to consider various social issues such as environment, community, wellness, poverty, peace and education. This course incorporates the method of philosophical dialogue, in which students are encouraged to reflect on their own thinking, to express their ideas, and to share their views with others. Students also develop essay and report writing skills, e.g. developing a clear thesis statement, collecting adequate evidence, and presenting logical reasoning. Students and teachers work on cultivating their abilities to express themselves, to communicate with others, to inquire into topics, to think logically and to facilitate dialogue sessions. Although this course is one of the compulsory subjects for those who intend to apply for the "Academy for Global Leadership (AGL) Program", all Master-PhD candidates are welcome.
【Day/Time and Room】
Day / Time： Every Thursday / Session 9-10（16:50～18:20）
Room： H136, Main building, Ookayama Campus
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【Lecturers Profile】
Dr. Mitsuyo Toyoda（Associate Professor, Academy for Global Leadership, Tokyo Institute of Technology）
Dr. Toyoda's focus of her research has been clarifying the effective frameworks of democratic environmental decision-making. She conducts philosophical analysis on the basis of her experiences of coordinating environmental activities in rural areas of Japan. She also works on developing curriculum for dialogue-based education for K-12 and university education. After teaching courses on environmental education at the University of Hyogo, School of Human Science and Environment from 2010 to 2013, she currently teaches the courses on philosophical inquiry and collaborative thinking at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Dr Sawako Shigeto（Associate Professor, Academy for Global Leadership, Tokyo Institute of Technology）
Dr. Shigeto's research interests mainly focus on the theory and methods to transform society into low carbon based and sustainable one from the community based actions. She also works on the analysis of program design and evaluation, based on the 6-year R&D program management experience at JST-RISTEX (Research Institute of Science and Engineering for Society, Japan Science and Engineering Agency). Academic background: Bachelor of Agriculture, in Agricultural Economics (Kyoto University); Master of Agriculture in Natural Resource Economics (Kyoto University); PhD in Agricultural Economics (Newcastle University, UK).
This is the website of Academy for Global Leadership which ended on March 31st, 2019 due to the end of financial support from MEXT for "Program for Leading Graduate Schools". It has been left here as an archive. Its education program is continuing in Tokyo Tech and all the information is updated on the new page.
