2016年3月の記事一覧

 From March 28th to 29th, the first-year students, who are supposed to join the SG course from April, visited United Nations University and looked for ideas to set their global research themes.  On the second day, their graduates played the role of an Instructor for the students who chose ‘Tokyo University of Foreign Studies course’ and ‘JICA course’.  They seemed to admire the graduates as their future models.  They enjoyed using what they had studied so far during the two days.

[ the participants’ comments]

＊I could not convey what I wanted to say or understand what other people said because it was in English.  I want to expand my English vocabulary to have a better conversation.

＊I think that people cannot get education due to poverty, so it is important to solve it.  Also I think I have to get over the language difficulty because it will be necessary to communicate with local people in their language.

＊I realized UNICEF did various operations such as making toilets, digging wells, or teaching various things to local people so that they would improve the lives of children in developing countries.

The students carried out ‘Japan Model United Nations Challenge Project’ on the Saturday afternoons of December 12th, January 23rd, February 6th, 13th, and March 5th.  On each occasion of this program, their graduate who is now studying at Kyoto University law department and other university students from the Kansai Office of JMUN undertook preparations and guidance.

《Discussion topics》

Dec. 12th  　　　　　 Nuclear test

Jan. 23rd  　　　　　 Addition of Security Council"

Feb. 6th and 13th  Kyoto Protocol

Through these discussions they gradually acquired the actual form of JMUN.  On March 5th, they had the final installment.  In the 5th meeting, they reviewed the activities so far and deepened the discussion about what an ideal international society should be.  As ambassadors of each country and representatives of the national interests, aiming at consensus formation during negotiations, they had the power to capture things from diverse positions and bring them to consensus while explaining their thoughts

[the participants’ comments]

＊At the time of entry, I was confident that I had the power to convince people. However, through this project I realized that my power was not understood at all.  Through this project, I decided to grow to become a leader who can convince people of his opinion, not just support them, by gaining the power to assert his own opinion.

＊Before applying, I was interested in the international community and the United Nations, so I’m glad that I understood the complexity of the international community and the structure of the United Nations.  I want to be good at bargaining by giving persuasive and convincing explanations.  I’ll try to understand current global issues and broaden my mind.

In the Presentation Contest, only one group from each class had a presentation which was chosen as a representative. They modified the context of their presentation and practiced a lot.  As a result, they gave a presentation in a dignified manner in front of all of the first-year students.  In the question and answer session, they and other students expressed their own opinions positively.

It’s important to use the knowledge and skills which they learned in the presentation in their studies in second grade.

＊MVG(the most valuable group) 

“How do we deal with the increase in the number of foreigners?” by 11H

＊SMVG(the second most valuable group)

“Refugee ~What’s happened in the hotel?~”   by 16H

＊SVG(the special valuable group)

“Silence and loneliness in Hakusan city ~How do we prevent young people from leaving Hakusan city?~”  by 14H