Formation of a Strategic Center for Global Internship (G.ecbo)



***** Report on the 2nd annual general conference *****





Date: February 4th, 2009 (Wednesday) 9:50-17:00

Venue: Reception Hall, 2nd Floor, Faculty Club, Hiroshima University

Participants：64 persons (Guest 5, Participants from outside 1, HU members (incl. students) 58 )



*** Program ***

[First Session] Presentation on Outcomes of Global Internship Activities Brief Reports from Global Internship participants



Overseas internship participants:

* Kazuhiro Namba (Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation(IDEC)) :Philippines

--- My internship experience about water resources management in the Philippines

* Yuki Takaoka (Graduate School of Advanced Science of Matters) :Taiwan

--- My internship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung in Taiwan

* Koji Goto, Takahiro Shimodori (Graduate School of Engineering): Philippines

--- Inventory Arrangement Problems in the Outfitting Factory

--- Analysis of operation delay in Block fabrication factory

* Jeon HyoenJeong (IDEC): Ghana

--- My internship @ JICA Ghana Office



Domestic internship participant

* Zhang Qian (IDEC): Japan

--- My Internship at Satake Company



[Second Session] G.ecbo Program Symposium

Theme: "How Can 'Clinical Knowledge' Be Woven from Field-based Experiences?

-Exploring New Dimension of Graduate School Education through Internship-"



* Introduction and background of the G.ecbo Program

Prof. Akimasa Fujiwara, Chair person of G.ecbo Program Executive Committee



* Keynote Speech

"What is ‘Clinical Knowledge’? - Some Clues from Psychotherapeutical Practices - "

Prof. Tomoko Kuwabara, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University



* Panel Discussion

- Moderator:

Prof. Hideki Iwasaki, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University

- Commentator:

Prof. Tomoko Kuwabara, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University

- Panelists:

Prof. Midori Kawabe, Faculty of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Prof. Dai Hirata, Graduate School of Advance Science of Matters, Hiroshima University

Prof. Yasushi Higo, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University

Ms. Sakiko Yamashita, Internship program participant

- Concluding Remarks:

Mr. Yasuto Takeuchi, Deputy Director General, Japan International Cooperation Agency Chugoku International Center

Prof. Masaaki Ohashi, Dean of Faculty of Human and Social Studies, Keisen University





G.ecbo Program held its 2nd annual general conference on Febuary 4th, which consisted of 2 sessions as mentioned above. In the first session, 6 intern students from 3 graduate schools made presentation regarding their experiences during their internship. We could recognize several developments in them as they could display their outcomes and experiences with confidence in their presentations.

In the afternoon session, Keynote speech and Panel discussion were delivered with reference to "Clinical Knowledge", which is a kind of approach to grasp phenomena in the basis of their contexts and interactions.

Although there is no doubt that the students have made a significant growth through their internship, it is quite difficult to indicate the extent of their growth explicitly. Thanks to our guest speakers and panelists, this symposium has given us all a good opportunity to learn the essence of seemingly-vague growth in persons and also to have a clue to explore possible approaches in order to capture such a growth.

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