UNESCO ASPnet and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

February 2015 Japanese National Commission for UNESCO

UNESCO Constitution (Preamble) The Governments of the States Parties to this Constitution on behalf of their peoples declare: That since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed; That ignorance of each other’s ways and lives has been a common cause, throughout the history of mankind, of that suspicion and mistrust between the peoples of the world through which their differences have all too often broken into war; That the great and terrible war which has now ended was a war made possible by the denial of the democratic principles of the dignity, equality and mutual respect of men, and by the propagation, in their place, through ignorance and prejudice, of the doctrine of the inequality of men and races; That the wide diffusion of culture, and the education of humanity for justice and liberty and peace are indispensable to the dignity of man and constitute a sacred duty which all the nations must fulfill in a spirit of mutual assistance and concern; That a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world, and that the peace must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind. For these reasons, the States Parties to this Constitution, believing in full and equal opportunities for education for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are agreed and determined to develop and to increase the means of communication between their peoples and to employ these means for the purposes of mutual understanding and a truer and more perfect knowledge of each other’s lives; In consequence whereof they do hereby create the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the purpose of advancing, through the educational and scientific and cultural relations of the peoples of the world, the objectives of international peace and of the common welfare of mankind for which the United Nations Organization was established and which its Charter proclaims.

The Japanese National Commission for UNESCO The Japanese National Commission for UNESCO (JNCU) is an organization attached to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was established in line with the “Law Concerning UNESCO Activities” (1952 Law No. 207). JNCU works to promote UNESCO activities in cooperation with related ministries and organizations by offering advice, planning, communications, and research related to UNESCO activities in Japan. JNCU, which regards ESD as a top priority, is currently engaged in activities to spread and encourage ESD. More information about JNCU's activities is available at the following URL. JNCU website: http://www.mext.go.jp/unesco/

Contents Part I: About ESD 1. What is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? ・・・

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2. ESD Goals

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3. ESD Activities Around the World

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4. ESD Activities in Japan 5. The Promise of ESD: Illustrative Activities

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6. What is UNESCO ASPnet?

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7. Why Join UNESCO ASPnet?

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Part I: About ESD 1. What is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? ESD stands for Education for Sustainable Development. Also, to promote a better understanding of ESD, a contest was held in 2014 to create a more friendly and easy-to-remember slogan: "Learning to Build a Better Earth Than Today's." The world today faces numerous problems related to the environment, poverty, human rights, peace, and development. The education and activities that are part of ESD view these issues of modern society as one's own and show how to approach them at a grassroots level ("think globally, act locally"), thereby creating new values and behaviors that contribute to solutions for those problems and, by extension, to the creation of sustainable societies. In sum,

ESD is education that fosters the leadership needed to build sustainable societies. Implementing ESD requires the following two perspectives. Development of personal character, self-reliance, judgment, and responsibility are the kinds of humanity to be fostered, as are individuals who value relationships and connectedness through an awareness of their relationships with other people, with society, and with the natural environment. Hence, ESD not only engages in activities that address various issues related to the environment, peace, human rights, and so on, but does so in an interdisciplinary, holistic way that includes environmental, economic, societal, and cultural perspectives.

Environment International Understanding

Energy

ESD Basic Philosophy Disaster Prevention

World Heritage Sites and Local Cultural environmental, Properties

ESD Concept Map ESD requires a holistic approach that integrates various related fields of study with the goal of "building sustainable societies."

Knowledge, values, behaviors, etc.

Integrated economic, and societal development

Other areas of study

Biodiversity Climate change

ESD

2. ESD Goals ESD Goals To provide every person with the benefits of a high-quality education To incorporate the principles, values, and behaviors necessary for sustainable development into every educational and learning environment To transform values and behaviors in order to bring about a sustainable future environmentally, economically, and socially

Strengths to Cultivate Sustainable development-related values (e.g. respect for people, respect for diversity, inclusivity, equal opportunity, respect for the environment) Systematic thinking (understanding the context of problems and phenomena, taking a multifaceted, holistic perspective) Alternative thinking (critical skills) Data and information analysis Communication skills Leadership

Pedagogy and Learning Create a fluid process that encourages "concrete action" by stimulating interest, deepening understanding, and nurturing participation and problem-solving skills Adopt a participatory approach that values experience and feeling, not just relaying knowledge, as part of a process of exploration and experimentation Stimulate self-motivated behavior skillfully among learners during on-site activities

Priority Issues in Japan Pursuing integrated environmental, economic, and societal development, beginning with the issues of environmental conservation that must be addressed by the advanced nations, while also pursuing activities that encompass the many issues that can contribute to sustainable development on a global scale that includes developing nations. Adapted from "Implementation Plan for 'UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development' in Japan"

3. ESD Activities Around the World UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD: United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development)

1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro) Agenda 21 recognizes the importance of education for sustainable development. 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg) At the recommendation of Japan, a statement on the "Decade of ESD" is included in World Summit implementation plan. 2002 Fifty-seventh Session of the General Assembly The decade from 2005-2014 is designated the United Nations Decade for ESD, with UNESCO named as the lead agency. 2005 UNESCO drafts implementation plan for UN Decade of ESD, and plan is approved by the UN General Assembly Overall goal: To integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning. 2009 ESD World Conference (Bonn) Bonn Declaration adopted 2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio de Janeiro) Declaration includes promotion of ESD beyond 2014. 2014 UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development Hosted in Japan in the final year of the UN Decade of ESD (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture and Okayama City)

International Implementation Scheme* (IIS) Overall goal: To integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning. Basic vision: A world where everyone has the opportunity to benefit from education and learn the values, behavior and lifestyles required for a sustainable future and for positive societal transformation. * From UNESCO's DESD strategy document

4. ESD Activities in Japan JNCU and involved ministries and agencies in Japan have cooperated on various activities to promote ESD. In 2006, an ESD implementation plan for Japan was drafted by an inter-ministerial liaison committee established by the Cabinet Office. Since then, various entities have coordinated to promote ESD on the basis of that plan.

UNESCO Steering Committee

The Japanese National Commis-sion for UNESCO Specialized Committees Nomination Committee

Interministerial Meeting on the UNDESD*

*Nine ministries, including Cabinet secretariat, MOFA,ME XT,and MOE

ESD promotional system in Japan

Developments in Japan 2005 DESD inter-ministerial liaison committee is established 2006 Japanese ESD implementation plan drafted 2008 Curriculum guidelines ("Course of Study") revised (official announcement in March for kindergartens, elementary schools, and middle schools) Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education drafted International Forum on ESD Dialogue 2008 hosted at United Nations University (location: United Nations University) 2009 Curriculum guidelines ("Course of Study") revised (official announcement in March for high schools and special needs schools) 2011 Japanese ESD implementation plan revised 2013 Second Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education drafted

Japanese National Commission for UNESCO 2003 Recommendations made to UNESCO on its international implementation plan for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2007 Recommendation made to UNESCO to further promote the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development → In the same year, leads to resolution at the 34th General Conference to further promote ESD 2008 "Proposal Regarding the Effective Utilization of UNESCO Associated Schools for the Promotion and Dissemination of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)" 2014 "Proposal Regarding Invigoration of UNESCO Activities in an Era of Diversity: Building a Sustainable Society"

Curriculum Guidelines ("Course of Study") and ESD Instructional guidelines for kindergartens and curriculum guidelines for elementary and middle schools were announced in March, 2008, while those for high schools were announced in March, 2009. One standpoint adopted by these instructional and curriculum guidelines is that of building sustainable societies. By providing an education in accordance with the Basic Act on Education and these instructional and curriculum guidelines, schools provide an education in alignment with the philosophy of ESD. Elementary School / General Provisions The objectives of moral education are based on the basic spirit of education stated in the Basic Act on Education and the School Education Act. Moral education is aimed at cultivating morality as a foundation for developing Japanese citizens with a proactive attitude who would apply a spirit of respect for human dignity and reverence for life in specific activities at home, school and other social situations, have a generous spirit, respect traditions and culture, love one’s country and hometown which have fostered such traditions and culture, create culture with a distinctive character, honor the public spirit, make an effort to develop the democratic society and state, respect other countries, contribute to world peace and the development of the international community and the preservation of the environment, and have interest in exploring possibilities for the future. Elementary School / Social Studies: Overall Objectives To develop understanding of social life, to foster an understanding and love of their national homeland and history, and to cultivate the necessary qualities of a citizen who will shape the state and society as a peaceful and democratic member of the international community. Elementary School / Science: Overall Objectives To enable pupils to become familiar with nature and to carry out observations and experiments with their own predictions, as well as to develop their problem-solving abilities and nurture hearts and minds that are filled with an affection for the natural world, and at the same time, to develop a realistic understanding of natural phenomena, and to foster scientific perspectives and ideas. Middle School / Social Studies: Geography To connect regional environmental problems and conservation efforts to trends in industry and regional development, as well as to people's everyday lives, in order to reflect on the importance of regional environmental conservation efforts in the building of sustainable societies. Middle School / Social Studies: Civics To examine issues that must be resolved in order to build a better society in terms of creating a sustainable society, and to enable students to express their personal thoughts about them. Middle School / Science 1 and 2 To understand the importance of building a sustainable society by making scientific investigations related to the natural environment, its conservation, and the use of scientific technology in the present. High School / Geography and History: World History A To encourage a broad perspective on the creation of sustainable societies that can be asserted and shared by peoples of the world, by having students define appropriate topics on the characteristics and issues of the contemporary world, investigate the use of materials from an historical perspective, defend and debate their findings, and so on.

High School / Geography and History: Geography A To provide a global and local perspective on problems related to the environment, resources/energy, human manufacture, food, and housing/cities in order to foster an understanding that global issues extend beyond local areas and take different forms from one locality to the next, and to encourage reflections on the necessity of national efforts and international cooperation aimed at creating sustainable societies. High School / Civics: Modern Society To deepen students' understanding of contemporary society through activities that involve investigating topics from the perspective of participants in the creation of sustainable societies, and to deepen reflection on how people exist and live in the contemporary world.

Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education and ESD The Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education was established in July 2008 based on revisions to the Basic Act on Education. The Basic Plan affirmed ESD as an important ideal in Japanese education and identified the promotion of ESD as a policy to be pursued for the next five years. The Second Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education, established in June 2013, likewise affirmed the continued importance of ESD. Part 1: Overview of Future Education in Japan III. Four basic policy directions (1) Developing social competencies for survival: Individual autonomy and collaboration in a diversified and rapidly changing society (The shape of future education) ○ From the perspective of creating sustainable societies, the promotion of education for sustainable development (ESD) is needed to nurture individuals with a respect for "relationships" and "connectedness"; such education also contributes to development of the "key competencies." Part 2: Educational Measures to be Implemented During the Next Five Years I. Measures based on the four basic policy directions 1. Developing social competencies for survival (4) Initiatives to be promoted across all stages of life Basic Measure 11: Promote education relevant to contemporary/societal issues ○ To promote an education (ESD: education for sustainable development) that enables individuals to undertake the building of sustainable societies, by thinking about modern and social issues with a global perspective, seeing them as their own problems, and approaching them at a grassroots level. 11-1: Promote education relevant to contemporary/societal issues To promote an education (ESD: education for sustainable development) that contributes to the building of sustainable societies on a global scale through the further development, etc. of UNESCO Associated Schools in terms of both their number and quality.

5. The Promise of ESD: Illustrative Activities Illustrative ESD Practices in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

ESD activities promise to be systematic, providing opportunities for collaboration and exchange among elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and schools of other kinds.

Achieving sustainable societies through practical, self-initiated action

High school Middle school Elementary school

Skills and experience needed to act as global citizens

Discussion Exchange and understanding of activities at the global level

Participation in local society Environmental knowledge and ethics

Inquiry-guided studies and activities Communication

Sensitivity to nature Reverence for life

Study based on play and hands-on experience Contact with people and nature

(Qualities/abilities to be fostered) (Instructional method/approach)

Examples of "Collaboration Between Regions, Schools, and Specialized Organizations" as the Basis for Learning ESD activities promise opportunities for collaboration and exchange between school education organizations, social education organizations, government entities, NPOs, and other such organizations.

Social Education Community Centers

School Education

Libraries Fine Art Museums

Universities Vertical linkages

High School A

Museums etc.

High School B

Middle School A

Middle School B

Elementary School A

Elementary School B

Kindergarten Kindergarten A B

Horizontal linkages

Lateral linkages Local boards of education Local governments Environmental department /Urban planning department Local UNESCO associations Agriculture, forestry, and fishing organizations Private NPOs etc. businesses Government, NPOs, etc.

Part II: About UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet)

6. What is UNESCO ASPnet? ASPnet:

UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network

UNESCO Associated Schools practice peace and international collaboration in order to realize the ideas of UNESCO as set forth in the Constitution of UNESCO. There are over 9900 UNESCO Associated Schools in more than 180 countries and regions around the world. (As of April 2014) Source: UNESCO Constitution (Excerpted) Article I Purposes and functions 1 The purpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.

Objectives of UNESCO Associated Schools’Activities

To share information and experience through exchanges between schools around the world and students and teachers by utilizing the UNESCO ASPnet. To develop and refine new educational curricula and methods to prepare young people to deal with global issues.

UNESCO Associated Schools are centers for the promotion of ESD. MEXT and JNCU recognize UNESCO Associated Schools as centers for the promotion of ESD and are engaged in efforts to increase the number of UNESCO ASPnet member schools.

7. Why Join UNESCO ASPnet? The Benefits of Becoming a UNESCO Associated School Information provided on activities at UNESCO Associated Schools around the world Increased opportunities for exchange with UNESCO Associated Schools around the world Faculty exchanges with the U.S., South Korea, China and other countries outside Japan Better understanding of educational conditions in the world and of activities at UN organizations ESD instructional materials and information provided Exchanges of information through the official UNESCO ASPnet website Participation in workshops and training Stronger coordination with affiliated institutions within Japan

Certificate sent from UNESCO headquarters to UNESCO Associated Schools

Stronger coordination within Japan Increased opportunities for international exchange

Plaque presented to UNESCO Associated Schools

Examples of UNESCO Associated Schools / ESD-related Programs in 2014 UNESCO Associated Schools ESD Assistance Project http://www.unesco.or.jp/unesco/news/2013/6321304184512.html

This program awards funding to UNESCO Associated Schools for the purchase, etc. of instructional materials or other items needed for ESD. Schools are selected by review. Awards are granted up to 100,000 yen per application.

Japan-UNESCO Partnership Program This program, which promotes UNESCO Associated Schools and ESD through training sessions, exchange activities, and work products, seeks to promotes UNESCO programs in UNESCO-related fields.

Japan-US Teacher Exchange Program for ESD This ESD-focused exchange program for teachers aims to promote ESD and teacher exchange between Japan and the U.S. through reciprocal exchange, idea sharing, and joint research between teachers engaged in ESD at elementary, middle, and high schools in Japan and the U.S.

UNESCO ASPnet in Japan official website http://www.unesco-school.jp/ The official website of UNESCO ASPnet in Japan explains both what UNESCO Associated Schools are and what ESD is. Additionally, the site offers content to support activities at UNESCO Associated Schools by sharing good practices and instructional materials and serving as a place to disseminate information. We hope UNESCO Associated Schools will use the site actively to exchange information, etc. with one another.

ESD Instructional Materials

Case Studies Databases

Hosting the Japanese National Conference on UNESCO ASPnet The 5th Japanese National Conference on UNESCO ASPnet Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Research Conference Toward the Further Growth of ESD: Looking Ahead to the 2014 Japanese National Conference on UNESCO ASPnet The 5th Japanese National Conference on UNESCO ASPnet, held in Tama City, Tokyo on Sunday, December 1, 2013, was attended by around 600 people, including associates from UNESCO Associated Schools, teachers, government educational associates, associates of educational research institutes, corporate associates, students, and others. The 5th Conference included exchange-andtraining sessions on nine different topics, such as "The spread of ESD and intra-school coordination," that fostered lively debate. The Conference also featured a keynote proposal titled "How Schools Perceive ESD Outcomes," presented by the Tama City Board of Education. All public elementary, middle, and high schools in Tama City, the conference host, are UNESCO Associated Schools. Afterwards, a panel discussion titled "Toward the Further Growth of ESD: How Initiative Outcomes Are Tama City Board of Education Keynote Proposal Perceived" was held, bringing the 5th Conference to "How Schools Perceive ESD Outcomes" a successful close.

8. What UNESCO ASPnet Member Schools Are Saying Yanagawa Elementary School, Koto City, Tokyo A "Learning Skills" focus was added to the ESD calendar, making the structure of crosscurricular learning more evident. This calendar is essential to our efforts to maintain and grow ESD as a school.

Nagatadai Elementary School, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Creating a School for Sustainable Education ~ A Whole-School Approach to the Goal of ESD ~ The goal of ESD at our school is for students to give concrete examples of sustainabilityoriented changes in values, behaviors, and lifestyles to help guide regional society away from its unsustainable aspects toward sustainable ones. Based on school ESD objectives, our school has taken a whole-school approach to the goal of ESD. The result was a Sustainability Map that incorporates both hard and soft facets in its design. The map is both an assessment of our activities to date, as well as a pointer to activities to be pursued in the future. Our activities as a school are clearly divided into seven stages to ensure that activities deliberately include sustainability. They are a measure of our activities at the school level. [Produced by Nagatadai Elementary School]

33Focus on 44Subject 11Unaware 無意識 22Becoming 意識化 ○○教育 教科内 aware ○○ education areaイベント 中心 Events focus

7 Region 55Holistic 総合的 6 6Entire 学校全て 7 地域 Community Interconne school 関連的 社会 cted

1 Educational activities do not deliberately include ESD. *Quality instruction is provided with passion, but sustainability is not yet part of the picture. 2 ESD is deliberately included, but mainly through events, etc. *There is now an awareness of sustainable lifestyles, of building an ideal future based on predictions of the actual future, etc. and of un-sustainability. 3 Activities deliberately include ESD. Education on ○○ is rooted in everyday life. *Distinct activities are devoted to education on the environment, on international understanding, etc. 4 Sustainability is evident (incorporated) in subject areas and taught in class. *Teaching in each of the subject areas includes elements of sustainability. 5 Connections are sought across subject areas in order to teach sustainability in a holistic, interconnected way. *Courses are taught flexibly around connections that are sought at the course planning stage. 6 Sustainability is spread throughout all facets of school education. *Education is directed at resolving school issues. 7 The school plays a central role in spreading ESD to the region and community. *Education is directed at resolving local community issues. Students development an awareness of themselves as agents of change.



Sample: Children with special needs undertook a project to address local issues titled “Campaign to Escape the Label ‘Number One Worst’ in Garbage.” It was a big success. “We thought that reducing garbage was something only adults could do, but we discovered that kids can do a lot, too. Understood. If kids and adults just work together, we can create a beautiful town with little garbage. We look forward to working together with people in our community.

< The Appeal of ESD > We approached ESD as a whole school. As a result, sustainability has spread naturally not only to the classroom but also to extracurricular activities, school administration, and activities in the community. Also, students now enact narratives of sustainable development in everyday practice that are informed by the kinds of universal theories that students at any public school learn. Activities at each grade level are deeply connected with changes in children's consciousness.

Yoshino Elementary School, Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture Educating children who can act on their own ideas about building sustainable societies Learning and growing together as children of Yoshino

Through specially designed units in Living Environment Studies and Integrated Studies Period, our program seeks to provide an education aligned with the ESD philosophy by raising children who can act responsibly as members of a sustainable society by respecting "people, things, and ideas," cooperating with others, and communicating in a way that values the opinions of others. Grades 1 and 2: Living Environment Studies Learning Activities Using Biotopes Students observe nature up close and become Grade 3: Integrated Studies Period aware of the changes in the seasons and in living things throughout the seasons. Students observe nature within the school grounds and research things that interest them, Students observed such as insects and plants. living things in Nakayoshi Pond.

Grade 4 Activity "A Thriving Biotope! Campaign"

Let's learn about the Yoshino ES biotope!

Students learned about wild birds and insects.

1) Investigate the origins of the biotope and how the older students feel about it. 2) Observe the biotope in its current stage to understand its present condition and issues.

Let's create and observe a "thriving biotope"!

1) Discuss ideal biotopes after listening to the GT. 2) Plant grasses and install nesting boxes to create an ideal biotope. 3) Observe the progress of the biotope to see how close it is to the ideal

Students had numerous discussions about what to do to protect the biotope.

Let's publicize the "thriving biotope" we made!

1) Students develop a plan to publicize for the biotope they have created. Groups • Water Group • Grass Group • Tree Group Publicity channels: Notice boards, mini field guides, speeches 2) Students prepare publicity. Each group discusses how to best explain the ecology of the thriving biotope and organizes their ideas.

Students reduced water grasses and made homes for insects with an invited GT.

3) Students publicize the biotope to children in other grades and local residents. (Yoshino ES UNESCO ASPnet Festival)

Let's connect our thriving biotope to the future!

1) Students reflect on their learning and summarize the changes in how they and children in other grades felt about the biotope. 2) Students discuss what they can do to protect the Yoshino ES biotope and connect it to the future. • Continue to observe the progress of the biotope and publicize it through notice boards and mini field guides. • Pass it down as a tradition. 3) Students take what steps they can to protect the “thriving biotope." Grade 5: Integrated Studies Period Students investigate the water quality in local rivers (Kumagawa and Shiroganegawa) and seek to create a comfortable habitat for living things based on their observations.

Students publicized the biotope at the Yoshino ES UNESCO ASPnet Festival.

Grade 6: Integrated Studies Period Students adopt an environmentally friendly lifestyle by undertaking eco-friendly activities to protect our environment.

At classwork presentations, students introduced living animals and plants in English. The biotope was inherited by the 3rd Grade students.

Ryunan Junior High School, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture Exchange between UNESCO Associate Schools deepens students' learning Ryunan Junior High School became a UNESCO Associated School when the school participated in the Japan-US Teacher Exchange Program for ESD. Ties formed with teachers met through the program evolved into an exchange between schools involved with disaster prevention studies and deepened the learning of students. The school also values various forms of "exchange" while seeking to heighten students' sense of self-confidence and enable them to contribute to the local community. < The "Ryunan Lifesaving Squad: Building a More Resilient Community" project centered on 3rd-grader Integrated Studies Period > Having received Disaster Management Education Challenge Plan support, the school has pursued inquiry-based activities focused on what can be done by middle-school students to prevent or minimize disasters. (1) Disaster strikes! What do we need to prepare? The stage of "grasping" the research topic Hearing stories from firefighters who were dispatched to support Tohoku at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake, students learned about the need to prepare for the kind of large earthquake that is expected to occur in our area as well. On a school field trips, students visited facilities such as the Sona Area Disaster Prevention Experience-learning Facility inside the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, where they learned first-hand how terrifying [Experience-based disaster disasters are and appreciated the urgency of their study topic. prevention studies]

[Joint Class on Disaster Prevention]

[Agricultural recovery support volunteers]

(2) Learning from friends at UNESCO Associated Schools: The "exploration" stage Students from Kanagase Junior High School in Ogawara, Miyagi Prefecture visited the school to learn together with our students in a "Joint Class on Disaster Prevention." The joint class heard experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake and thought together about what could be done by junior high school students. Also, our students visited Arahama Junior High School in Watari, Miyagi Prefecture to present needed supplies based on Bell Marks collected through volunteering, and also visited disaster-affected agricultural areas to participate in disaster recovery activities as volunteers, etc. (3) Learning locally in the community, through three categories: The "deepening" stage Approaching disaster prevention studies through three categories -- clothing, food, and housing -- students engage in activities from each of these three perspectives to examine "what can be done by middle students." With the help of invited lecturers active in the community, students learn about "making disaster prevention maps," "providing emergency rations," and "inspecting the contents of emergency disaster kits." Valuing ties with Kanagase Junior High School as well, students engage in exchange activities focused on "spirit," like creating joint works for the school cultural festival. (4) Popularizing learning through the Disaster Prevention Festa: The "popularization" stage The Disaster Prevention Festa, designed as an opportunity for the students to communicate what they learned about disaster prevention to younger students and the community, is run by the students themselves. At the Disaster Prevention Festa, students engage in activities intended to share their knowledge, such as preparing and sampling actual emergency food and simulating the construction of an evacuation center. At the close, the students issue a "Ryunan Disaster Prevention Declaration" that stresses the importance of building a more resilient community and declares their commitment to participating actively in community activities.

[Walking the community to map and disaster prevention map] We learned that students who engage in various activities that let them experience various forms of connectedness -- to their UNESCO Associated School, to their community, and so on -- demonstrate a stronger determination to address their topic together with their friends and develop a greater sense of self-confidence. We look forward in the future to advancing student learning even further through the pursuit of such sustainable connections.

[Disaster Prevention Festa]

Oya Junior High School, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture Oya Hummingbird Project Schematic Overview Networks

Energy

Culture Autonomy and Cooperation Kindergarten

Mountains Fields Oceans

School Home Community

Nature and Everyday Living in Oya

Junior High Elementary School school K-9 Cooperation

Community-wide School Support

Community-based Education

Touring the school woodlands

Studying the ecology of sea urchins

Rice planting by elementary and junior high school students

Oya Junior High School is located in the southern part of Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture. Situated between a rias coastline and lush mountains, the Oya area is rich is nature. The Oya Hummingbird Project takes its name from the Tale of the Hummingbird (Hachidori no monogatari) and teaches environmental conversation by "combating pine wilt (mountains), surveying rocky-shore denudation (oceans), and flooding winter fields (fields)." Since 2004, the Integrated Studies Period has been used primarily to develop community-based activities around "flooding winter fields," with some changes made to the topics since the Great East Japan Earthquake. The goal is to discover issues through hands-on experiences with nature and the environment in our hometown and to understand the community and region better through the process of addressing those issues. < General Program Description > In Grade 7, students had been surveying the conditions of serious pine wilt and doing what they could, e.g. replanting trees, to combat it. Unfortunately, nearly all the replanted pine trees were washed away in the tsunami. This year our topic focused on "The Forests of Oya." Students cut away brush under the only pine tree that survived the tsunami and toured the school woodlands. In Grade 8, we were able to resume surveying the oceans, which had been impossible while the coastal areas remained inaccessible as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Activities were focused on the topic of "The Oceans of Oya," with students studying the ecology of sea urchins and researching coastal areas, listening to talks by visiting Tohoku University faculty, and interviewing local fishing cooperatives in order to understand the current state of "The Oceans of Oya." The topic for Grade 9 is "Flooding Winter Fields." Although the fields were filled with debris from the tsunami, they recovered quickly thanks to help from volunteers following the Great East Japan Earthquake. Some activities, such as planting and harvesting, involve students from the entire school, which has turned the fields into the primary symbol of recovery. Every year since the Great East Japan Earthquake, students from Maiko High School in Hyogo Prefecture have come to the school to join us in environmental and disaster prevention workshops and help with weeding the fields. Because of a typhoon, Maiko High School was unable to participate in the “Disaster/Future School” held at Ishinomakinishi High School this year, but students from Oya Junior High School did participate. Also, exchange with Higashiatago Junior High School, a UNESCO Associated School in Tama City, Tokyo, gave birth to the character “Manbei” as a symbol of environmental education. Manbei, which was selected in a school-wide competition, is a combination of manbo (Mola mola, or ocean sunfish), taken from the former Motoyoshicho neighborhood, and bei (rice), representing the flooded winter fields. During a field trip this year, 9th graders had the opportunity to visit and engage in exchange with Higashiatago Junior High School. < Outcomes and Issues > With community-based education at its core and the opportunity to observe nature locally, the program encourages students to think from the perspective of "recovery" as well. We believe the program activities, such as clearing undergrowth from beneath the pine tree planted by past students and touring the school woodlands that were planted some 70 years ago, will contribute significantly to future activities. With the reorganization of city districts this year, we have continued making rice using alternative flooded winter fields. The flooded winter fields are an important site of cooperation that unites kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and the community. We hope to expand their use even further. We also hope to strengthen exchange between UNESCO Associated Schools to think more about the connections between the environment and disaster prevention. Oya Junior High School character Manbei

Shari High School, Hokkaido Using the region, including the Natural World Heritage Site of Shiretoko, for ESD activities The town of Shari, where the school is located, is blessed by its proximity to a natural environment that includes the Natural World Heritage Site of Shiretoko. The school is located in an urban zone near the Shiretoko-Shari Station, which serves as a gateway to the Okhotsk subprefecture. In 2004, when the curriculum was revised to include Integrated Studies, the school created a course titled "Introduction to Shiretoko's Natural Environment" as a distinctive educational program using the region's rich natural resources, including Shiretoko, as course material. The course was first taught in 2005, the year in which Shiretoko was registered as a Natural World Heritage Site. The curriculum has been taught since that time with various innovations made to its content, including the addition of other units such as "Hands-on Learning: Shiretoko's Natural Environment" and "Hands-on Learning: Archaeological Excavation." These activities have been supported in various ways, including visiting teachers, by the local Shiretoko Museum, Shiretoko National Park Nature Center, and local affiliates of the MOE, Forestry Agency, and other institutions, as part of our efforts to enrich the program further. In recognition of the central role these activities play in ESD, the school was approved as a UNESCO Associated School in January 2011. < Program Objectives > The program has been developed using hands-on activities on topics such as natural environmental preservation and coexistence with wild animals that take advantage of local educational strengths in order to instill in students a sense of wonder and responsibility for the natural environment, history and culture, and other features of the region, including Shiretoko, as well as an understanding of the measures that should be taken to ensure their survival and sustainability. The goal is to cultivate human resources with the determination and skill needed to contribute to the region well into the future. < General Program Activities > [Hands-on Learning: Archaeological Excavation] This is a Special Activities course that all members of Grade 10 participate in. With curators and excavation team members from the Shiretoko Museum serving as instructors, students participate in the excavation of historical sites in town and study related subjects at the museum to deepen their understanding of the ties between the history and culture of the region and its rich natural environment.

Hands-on Learning: Hands-on Learning: Shiretoko's School-developed Course: Archaeological Excavation Natural Environment (installing "Introduction to Shiretoko's Natural (experiencing excavation work) dustproof pipe) Environment" [Hands-on Learning: Shiretoko's Natural Environment] This is also a Special Activities course that all members of Grade 10 participate in. With staff from the Shiretoko Nature Foundation and Forestry Agency's Forest Center serving as instructors, students observe nature from the inside by going into the forests of Shiretoko, etc. and participating in reforestation work. The program aims to foster students' understanding of the natural laws at work in Shiretoko and their consciousness of environmental conservation, as well as an attitude of respect for rules. [School-developed Course: “Introduction to Shiretoko‘s Natural Environment] This is an elective course for students in Grades 11 and 12. Student learn tangible knowledge about Shiretoko's natural environment, including its value, activities intended to protect it, and its uses. Through outdoor observation and hands-on learning, students also reflect on our coexistence with nature and our responsibilities as humans. As a culmination to the students' studies, a "Research Projects Presentation Assembly" is held to share information with the community. < Cooperation and Exchange with Outside Organizations, Including Other UNESCO Associated Schools > Preparations for the 2014 National UNESCO Japan Athletic Meet (in Shiretoko) and its "UNESCO Associated School Youth Gathering" began the year before in cooperation with Shiretoko's three neighboring high schools (Rausu High School, Kiyosato High School, and Shibetsu High School). Looking to the future, we are examining ways of expanding this circle of exchange into a regular and ongoing exchange of information and activities. UNESCO Associated School Youth Gathering

Kamo High School, Hiroshima Prefecture Incorporating the Perspective of Disaster Prevention into ESD

~ Classes that Seek to Develop Students‘ Ability to Think Cogently, Make Judgments, and Express Themselves ~ 〇 By providing instruction that draws cross-subject connections between unit lessons on the topic of "disasters," this project seeks to encourage students' integration of knowledge and to strengthen their ability to think cogently, make judgments, and express themselves. 〇 ESD identifies seven important abilities and attitudes. For purposes of assessment, "ability at critical thinking," "ability at multifaceted and holistic thinking," and "ability at forecasting and planning for the future" were included under ability to think cogently and ability to make judgments, while "ability at communicating" was included under the ability to express oneself. 〇 Results showed that students improved their abilities and attitudes in three areas: "attitude towards collaborating with others," "ability at forecasting and planning for the future," and "attitude towards respect for connectedness". Students ability to think cogently and to make judgments also increased, and improvements were also observed in their attitude towards cooperation.

9. How to Join UNESCO ASPnet Who is eligible? Preschool educational institutions, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, technical schools, vocational schools, and teacher training institutions are all eligible, whether public or private, to apply for membership in ASPnet. Member schools must be continually engaged in activities that align with UNESCO‘s ideals.

What is expected of member schools? Schools are not legally bound or obligated in any way, but they are expected to engage actively in the kinds of activities described in the Guidelines for the UNESCO Associated Schools in Japan. Schools will participate in various activities conducted by UNESCO and affiliated organizations and groups. Schools must submit an annual report to the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO (JNCU).

How to apply The membership process from application to approval is shown on the following page. Required documents • ASPnet Application Form (Japanese and English) The ASPnet Application Form can be requested through the official UNESCO ASPnet in Japan website. • Documentation providing general information about the school (existing brochures, etc. in both Japanese and English)

Contact Information UNESCO ASPnet Schools Office Asia-Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO (ACCU)*1 Japan Publishers Building, 6 Fukuromachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8484 Japan Phone: 03-3269-4559 FAX: 03-3269-4510 E-mail: [email protected] UNESCO ASPnet in Japan official website: http://www.unesco-school.jp/ Guide to Completing the ASPnet Application Form http://www.unescoschool.jp/?action=common_download_main&upload_id=5689 *1: ACCU has assumed UNESCO ASPnet Schools Office administration as part of the 2014 Japan-UNESCO Partnership Program.

From Application to Membership

Municipal

school*２

Prefectural or designated-city school*２

National school,*2 teacher-training university, etc., other school

Private school,*2 miscellaneous school

Request ASPnet Application Form through the official UNESCO ASPnet in Japan website Please refer to Guide to Completing the ASPnet Application Form when completing the application form. Submit a draft of the application form by email to UNESCO ASPnet Schools Office to have it checked The office will check the application draft, so once your Japanese draft is complete, please submit it to the UNESCO ASPnet Schools Office. The office will share your draft application with ASPUnivNet member universities for review and feedback on the content of your application. You may be asked to add and/or revise portions of the application, as needed. Only after this process is complete should you create your English-language version of the application form. The UNESCO ASPnet Schools Office can also sometimes provide assistance translating your application into English.

Submit your English-language application form (signed by the head of the school) and general school information documentation (e.g. brochure, etc.) together with your Japanese-language application form and general school information documentation Submit to municipal board of education Submit to prefectural (or designated-city) board of education

Submit to prefectural governor's office

Submit to the Secretariat of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO (JNCU) Secretary-General of JNCU (Office of the Director-General for International Affairs of MEXT) submits application to UNESCO headquarters*３ UNESCO headquarters sends acceptance letter and certificate to the Secretary-General of JNCU

The Secretariat of the JNCU sends the acceptance letter and certificate to the board of education / governor's office. The board of education / governor's office sends the acceptance letter and certificate to the school

The Secretariat of the JNCU sends the acceptance letter and certificate to the school

*2: "School" refers to elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, secondary education schools, technical high schools, special needs schools, and kindergartens. *3: Processing at UNESCO headquarters can take more than six months.

10. UNESCO ASPnet Support Structure The Interuniversity Network Supporting the UNESCO Associated School Project Network (ASPUnivNet) What is ASPUnivNet?

Number of Member Universities by Prefecture (as of April 2014) ○ Hokkaido: ○ Miyagi: ○ Ishikawa: ○ Aichi: ○ Mie: ○ Nara: ○ Hiroshima: ○ Fukuoka:

１ ２ １ ２ １ １ １ １

○ Iwate: ○ Tokyo: ○ Shizuoka: ○ Gifu: ○ Osaka: ○ Okayama: ○ Tokushima: ○ Okinawa:

１ １ １ １ １ １ １ １

Institutions of higher learning have the capability to provide exceptional ESDrelated educational resources. The Interuniversity Network Supporting the UNESCO Associated School Project Network (ASPUnivNet) is a network of universities that use these resources in partnership with UNESCO Associated Schools to provide application and activity support to UNESCO Associated Schools. How ASPUnivNet Was Established At the November 2008 "Gathering of UNESCO Associated Schools" in Sendai, the creation of an inter-university network was proposed and launched in the belief that the nationwide expansion of UNESCO Associated Schools w the establishment engaged in ESDHwouldorequire of a nationwide structure of support by universities. ASPUnivNet At the International Forum on ESD Dialogue 2008 a s in December ofWthe same year, the launch of Established ASPUnivNet was officially announced nationally and internationally.

Member Universities Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro Campus (ESD Promotion Center);Iwate University; Tohoku University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies; Miyagi University of Education; Tamagawa University, College of Education; Kanazawa University; Shizuoka University; Aichi University of Education; Chubu University; Gifu University; Mie University; Osaka Prefecture University; Nara University of Education; Okayama University; H i ro s h i ma U n i v e rs i t y, G r a d u a t e S c h o o l o f Education; Naruto University of Education; Fukuoka University of E duc a tio n; Okinawa Chris tia n University, Okinawa Christian Junior College (as of April 2014)

There were eight member universities at that time, a number that has since increased to 18 member universities as of April 2014.

Member Activities With some regional variation, ASPUnivNet members engage in the following kinds of activities. 1) Assist schools in joining ASPnet (application and activities) 2) Provide intellectual resources held by universities for use in activities at UNESCO Associated Schools 3) Help schools network with other UNESCO Associated Schools in Japan and abroad 4) Foster regional cooperation between local educational institutions and UNESCO Associated Schools

【Contact Information】 ASPUnivNet Secretariat 1-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530 Academic Planning Division, Academic Affairs Department, Okayama University Tel 086-251-7170 Fax 086-251-8440 E-mail [email protected]

Funding for UNESCO Activities Program to Promote ESD in the Development of Global Human Resources http://www.mext.go.jp/unesco/017/index.htm

This program establishes a board-of-education and university-led consortium in partnership with UNESCO Associated Schools serving as ESD promotion centers to expand ESD beyond UNESCO Associated Schools through ESD programs in the community, and to broaden the base of global human resources with an international perspective by encouraging exchange between UNESCO Associated Schools within Japan and abroad. General Consortium Activities 1) Exchange between UNESCO Associated Schools within Japan and abroad 2) ESD activities at schools that are not UNESCO Associated Schools 3) Cooperation with social education facilities, youth education facilities, etc. 4) "Project Presentations" and other methods of sharing outcomes within and beyond the local community 5) Cooperation with prefectural boards of education 6) Detailed planning to ensure that the consortium continues to operate even after program funding has ended

Implemented starting FY 2014

11. UNESCO-affiliated Organizations in Japan

12. UNESCO Associated Schools in Japan As of February 2015

Hokkaido & Tohoku Area: 137 schools

Nationwide: 913 schools K: 23; ES: 475; JHS: 221; JHS/HS span, etc.: 51; HS: 121; university: 5; technical HS: 1; special needs school: 6; other: 10

K: 9; ES: 65; JHS: 35; JHS/HS span, etc.: 7; HS: 20; university: 1

Hokuriku Area: 87 schools ES: 67; JHS: 17; HS: 2; technical HS: 1

Kinki Area: 126 schools K: 4; ES: 48; JHS: 29; JHS/HS span, etc.: 14; HS: 27; university: 2; other: 2

Chugoku and Shikoku Areas: 150 schools ES: 79; JHS: 31; JHS/HS span, etc.: 7; HS: 31; special needs schools: 1; other: 1

Ogasawara Islands

Kanto Area: 145 schools K: 1; ES: 70; JHS: 31; JHS/HS span, etc.: 16; HS: 19; university: 1;spcial needs schools:2 ;other: 6

Kyushu Area: 59 schools K: 1; ES: 33; JHS: 19; HS: 5; special needs schools: 1 Reference: Changes in number of UNESCO Associated Schools (unit: school)

Chubu Area: 209schools K: 8; ES: 113; JHS: 59; JHS/HS span, etc.: 7; HS: 17; university: 1; special needs schools: 3;other:1

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1990

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2005

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2012

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25

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152

277

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12. UNESCO Associated Schools in Japan Kindergartens: 23 Hokkaido Kohan Nursery School Hokkaido Wakaba Friend Kindergarten Hokkaido Mihara Friend Kindergarten Hokkaido Aikoku Friend Kindergarten Hokkaido Seisen Kindergarten Hokkaido Rausu Kindergarten Hokkaido Shunsho Kindergarten Miyagi Magome Kindergarten Miyagi Karakuwa Kindergarten Chiba Yaehara Kindergarten attached to Seiwa University The Kindergarten attached to Faculty of Niigata Education, Niigata University Yamanashi Kaori Kindergarten Shizuoka City Kiyosawa Kindergarten Shizuoka Shizuoka City Higashi Toyoda Shizuoka Kindergarten Shizuoka Shizuoka City Yui Kindergarten Aichi Kindergarten Affiliated to Aichi University of Education Aichi Okehazama Kindergarten Aichi Kaminokura Kindergarten Nara Tomiokita Kindergarten Nara Nimyo Kindergarten Nara Miato Kindergarten Nara Rokujo Kindergarten Saga Homeinosato Kindergarten

As of February2015

Oshima Elementary School Omose Elementary School Shishiori Elementary School Shinjo Elementary School Nakai Elementary School Hakusan Elementary School Hashikami Elementary School Matsuiwa Elementary School Tsukidate Elementary School Ochiai Elementary School Karakuwa Elementary School Kesennuma Elementary School Kujo Elementary School Koharagi Primary School Magome Primary School Tsuya Primary School

Miyagi

Ohya Primary School

Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi

Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi

Ota Elementary School Oyafuru Elementary School Futaba Elementary School

Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido

Koizumi Elementary School Takashimizu Primary School Saikawa Elementary School Shiroishi City Shiroishi Daini(2nd) Primary School Shirakawa Primary School Obara Elementary School Shiroishi Daiichi Elementary School Fukuoka Elementary School Fukaya Primary School Ootakasawa Elementary School Narugo Elementary School Onikobe Elementary School Onuki Elementary School Kashimadai Elementary School

Matue Elementary School

Hokkaido

Kashimadai Second Elementary School Miyagi

Elementary Schools: 475

Hokkaido Tsuisikari Elementary School Hokkaido Takashima Primary School Hokkaido Midori Primary School Hokkaido Suehiro Elementary School Kushiro Elementary School attached to Hokkaido Hokkaido University of Education Hokkaido Benkebetsu Elementary School Hokkaido Rausu Elementary School Hokkaido Shunsho Elementary School Hokkaido Sarabetsu Elementary School Hokkaido Rusutsu Elementary School Sapporo Elementary School attached to Hokkaido Hokkaido University of Education Miyagi The Affiliated Elementary School of Miyagi University of Education Miyagi Ayukawa Elementary School Miyagi Higashine Elementary School Miyagi Ogawara Minami Elementary School Miyagi Mizunashi Elementary School

Numabe Elementary School Tsurusu Elementary School Ogawara Elementary School Kanagase Elementary School Hiyoshidai Elementary School Kaneyama Primary School Hokushin Elementary School Shinjo Elementary School Numata Elementary School Shirakata Elementary School Asahi Elementary School Yotsukura Elementary School Kawanami Elementary School Higashiyama Elementary School Rokugou Primary School Onishi Kita Elementary School Hino Elementary School Mikuri Nishi Elementary School Onishi Elementary School

Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi

Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Yamagata Yamagata Yamagata Fukushima Fukushima Fukushima Fukushima Tochigi Gunma Gunma Gunma Gunma Gunma

Kanna Elementary School Hirai Elementary School Fujioka Daini Elementary School Mikurihigashi Elementary School Midori Elementary School Ogo-higashi Elementary School Kuge Elementary School Sayada Elementary School Shibiraki Elementary School Hasuda Chuo Elementary School Shirai Elementary School Nakayama Primary School Inagoshi Primary School Tsurusashi Primary School Ohno Elementary School Tatsumidainiishi Elementary School Kozunomori Primary School Ogu-Miyamae Elementary School Akamatsu Elementary School Aoto Elementary School Shinonome Elementary School Yanagawa Elementary School Nishioyama Primary School Nishita Elementary School Nakazato Elementary School Oizumi Elementary School Attached to Tokyo Gakugei University Sacred Heart Elementary School Gohongi Elementary School Ogasawara Elementary School

Gunma

Hahajima Elementary School

Tokyo

Inagidaini Elementary School Inagidaisan Primary School Couyoudai Primary School Inagi 6th Elementary School Inagi Dainana Elementary School Inagi 4th Elementary School Nagamine Elementary School Hirao Elementary School Wakabadai Elementary School Inagidaiichi Primary School Shiroyama Primary School Seimei Elementary School Nagayama Elementary School Nishiochiai elementary school Kaidori Elementary School Toyogaoka Elementary School Kitasuwa Elementary School MinamitsurumakiElementary School Higashiterakata Elementary School Tama-daini Elementary School Tama-daisan Elementary School

Tokyo

Gunma Gunma Gunma Gunma Gunma Saitama Saitama Saitama Saitama Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo

Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo

Tokyo Higasiatago Eimentary School Tokyo Renkouji Elementary School Tokyo Ohmatsudani Elementary School Tokyo Tamadaiichi Elementary School Tokyo Hijirigaoka Elementary School Tokyo Uryu Elementary School Tokyo Suwa Elementary School Tokyo Nishiatago Elementary School Tokyo Higashiochiai Elementary School Tokyo Fuda Elementary School Kanagawa Nagatadai Primary School Kanagawa Kohgaya Elementary School Kanagawa Elementary School at Kamakura, Faculty of Education And Human Sciences, Yokohama National University Niigata Shitayama Primary School Niigata Kamiyama Elementary School Niigata Kitasabaishi Primary School Niigata Aikawa Elementary School Niigata Tobitari Daiichi Primary School Niigata Mitsuke Elementary School Niigata Tai Elementary School Niigata Kamikitadani Elementary School Niigata Mitsukedaini Elementary School Niigata Imamachi Elementary School Niigata Nagino Elementary School Niigata Kuzumaki Elementary School Mitsuke Municipal Niigata Elementary Niigata School Niigata Niigata University department-ofeducation attached Nagaoka elementary school Toyama Chuo Elementary School Toyama Samue Elementary School Toyama Gofuku Elementary School Toyama Kouyou Elementary School Toyama Horikawa Elementary School Toyama Jinzumidori Elementary School Toyama Furusawa Elementary School Toyama Seibi Elementary School Toyama Asahigaoka Elementary School Ishikawa Asanogawa Elementary School Ishikawa Asahi Elementary School Ishikawa Kanaiwa machi Elementary School Ishikawa Zaimokucho Elementary School Ishikawa Shijima Elementary School Ishikawa Tagami Elementary School Ishikawa Toita Elementary School Ishikawa Moriyamacho Elementary School Ishikawa Chuo Elementary School Ishikawa Hanazono Elementary School Ishikawa Kuratsuki Elementary School Ishikawa Minma Elementary School

Ishikawa Misoguracho Elementary School Ishikawa Mitani Elementary School Ishikawa Nagasakadai Elementary School Ishikawa Nishi Elementary School Ishikawa Onomachi Elementary School Ishikawa Oshino Elementary School Ishikawa Uchikawa Elementary School Ishikawa Yuwaku Elementary School Ishikawa Juichiya Elementary School Ishikawa Meisei Elementary School Ishikawa Chisaka Elementary School Ishikawa Yuuhidera Elementary School Ishikawa Awagasaki Elementary School Ishikawa Saigawa Elementary School Minamikodatsuno Elementary School Ishikawa Ishikawa Fusgimidai Elementary School Ishikawa Ougidai Elementary School Ishikawa Izumino Elementary School Ishikawa Kodatsuno Elementary School Ishikawa Yonaizumi Elementary School Ishikawa Morinosato Elementary School Ishikawa Fudoji Elementary School Higashi-Asakawa Elementary School Ishikawa Ishikawa Morimoto Elementary School Nakamuramachi Elementary School Ishikawa Ishikawa Shinkanda Elementary School Ishikawa Togashi Elementary School Kanazawa Municipal Nuka Elementary Ishikawa School Ishikawa Mii Elementary School Mukaiawagasaki Elementary School Ishikawa Ishikawa Seiko Elementary School Ishikawa Tsurugaoka Elementary School Ishikawa Oonebu Elementary School Ishikawa Nishiaraya Elementary School Ishikawa Ao Primary School Fukui Arado Elementary School Fukui Kitago Elementary School Fukui Shikatani Elementary School Fukui Seiki Minami Elementary School Fukui Seiki Nishi Elementary School Fukui Nomuki Elementary School Fukui Heisenji Elementary School Fukui Mimuro Elementary School Fukui Muroko Elementary School Fukui Naruka Elementary School Fukui Uchitomi Elementary School Yamanashi Ashiyasu Elementary School Yamanashi Kushigata Nishi Primary School Nagano Higashi Elementary School Gifu Shima Elementary School Shizuoka Shizuoka Salesio Primary School Shizuoka Iwamatukita Elementary School

Jimokuji Primary School Satomachi Elementary School Nakashima Primary School Nishinari Primary School Azaikita Primary School Asahinishi Elementary School Suehiro Elementary School Chiaki Primary School Haguri Elementary School Hagurikita Elementary School Miyanishi Primary School Asano Primary School Tanyo-nishi Primary School Higashi Elementary School Umezono Elementary School Tokiwaminami Elementary School Jonan Public Elementary School Otogawa Elementary School Hosokawa Elementary School Mutsumi Chubu Elementary School Katano Elementary School Okazaki Praimary School Affiliated to Aichi University of Education Miyada Elementary School Fujimatsu Minami Elemetary School Miyuki Elementary School Hanei Elementary School

Aichi

Matsuyama Elementary School

Aichi

Osaki Elementary School Asahi Elementary School Ashihara Elementary School Azumada Elementary School Imure Elementary School Isobe Elementary School Iwanishi Elementary School Ueta Elementary School Oitsu Elementary School Ooshimizu Elementary School Oomura Elementary School Ozawa Elementary School Kamo Elementary School Saigo Elementary School Gejo Elementary School Shiota Elementary School Shimoji Elementary School Shinkawa Elementary School Takaoka Elementary School Tsuda Elementary School Tenpaku Elementary School Nakano Elementary School Hatcho Elementary School Hanada Elementary School

Aichi

Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi

Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi

Futagawa Elementary School Futagawaminami Elementary School Hosoya Elementary School Mukaiyama Elementary School Yutaka Elementary School

Aichi

Ushikawa Elementary School

Aichi

Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi

Aichi Suse Elementary School Aichi Ishimaki Elementary School Aichi Iwata Elementary School Aichi Sakae Elementary School Aichi Sugiyama Elementary School Aichi Takashi Elementary School Aichi Takane Elementary School Aichi Tanigawa Elementary School Aichi Tamagawa Elementary School Aichi Tame Elementary School Aichi Tsutsujigaoka Elementary School Aichi Tonami Elementary School Aichi Fukuoka Elementary School Aichi Fujimi Elementary School Aichi Maeshiba Elementary School Aichi Matsuba Elementary School Aichi Muro Elementary School Aichi Yoshidagata Elementary School Aichi Noyori Elementary School Aichi Higashitsukiji Elementary School Nagoya City Aichi Elementary School Aichi Aichi Arimatsu Elementary School Aichi Sasashima Elementary School Aichi Yaguma Elementary School Nagoya Primary School Affiliated to Aichi Aichi University of Education Aichi Sugiyama Jogakuen University Affiliated Primary School Aichi Narumi Elementary School Aichi Shikatsu Elementary School Aichi Nishio Elementary School Aichi Ogawa Elementary School Aichi Fujie Elementary School Aichi Tsukude Elementary School Aichi Tsuchihashi Elementary School Nagakute Higashi Elementary School Aichi Aichi Itayama Primary School Aichi Ariwaki Primary School Mie Iino Elementary School Mie Kambe Elementary School Mie Makita Elementary School Mie Kuramochi Elementary School Mie Nabari Elementary School Mie Minowa Elementary School Mie Kikyougaoka Elementary School Mie Komohara Elementary School

Jyosei Primary School Johoku Elementary School Kamigamo Primary School Kenryu Primary School Shichiku Eimentary School ShimogyoShousei Elementary School Umedukita Elementary School Miyukimori Elementary School Sekimehigashi Elementary School Takadono Elementary School Seimeigaoka Primary School Ueno Elementary School Shinden Elementary School Sakuraidani Elementary School Sennari Elementary School Miyake Primary School Ega Minami Primary school Minoh Kodomonomori Gakuen Mikanodai Elementary School Asuka Primary School Obitoke Elementary School Seibi Elementary School Sahogawa Elementary School Tsubai Primary School Torimi Primary School Nimyo Elementary School Saho Elementary School Tsuzaka Elementary School Seibiminami Elementary School Tsurumai Elementary School Miato Elementary School Tsuzakakita Elementary School Touichi Elementary School Yagyuu Elementary School Elementary School, Nara University of Education Imai Elementary School Shirakashikita Elementary School Hirose Elementary School Misu Elementary School Kimi Elementary School Iwami Minami Elementary School Iwami Kita Elementary School Iwami Nishi Elementary School Mitani Elementary School Nakagawa Primary School Yakage Elementary School Dai-ichi Fujita Elementary School Dai-san Fujita Elementary School Second Fujita Elementary School Keimei Elementary School Fukuda Elementary School

Shiga Shiga Kyoto Kyoto Kyoto Kyoto Kyoto Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Nara Wakayama Wakayama Wakayama Tottori Tottori Tottori Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama

Takebe Elementary School Ashimori Elementary School Takeeda Elementary School Fukuwatari Elementary School Kouura Elementary School Kogushi Elementary School Minan Elementary School Tsushima Elementary School Nishi Elemetary School Uno Elementary School Ishima Elementary School Masada Elementary School Fukushima Elementary School Kaisei Elementary School Nanki Elementary School Sankun Elementary School Ukida Elementary School Kyokuryu Elementary School Kousai Elementary School Jotodai Elementary School Takashima Elementary School Chikusa Elementary School Tunoyama Elementary School Hirajima Elementary School Miyasu Elementary School Tubue Elementary School

Ehime

Hiroshima

Ukijima Elementary School Ohjoin Elementary School Kaneko Elementary School Kinei Elementary School Kouzato Elementary School Sumino Elementary School Soubiraki Elementary School Takatsu Elementary School Nakahagi Elementary School Niihama Elementary School Habu Elementary School Funaki Elementary School Takihama Elementary School Wakamiya Elementary School Izumigawa Elementary School Miyanishi Elementary School Nanasato Elementary School Momochihama Elementary School Akasaki Elementary School Sugao Elementary School Ichimaru Elementary School Sayagatani Elementary School Fujimatsu Elementary School Hayameminami Elementary School Hyamekita Elementary School Amanohara Elementary School Tamagawa Elementary School Ｊyokan Elementary School Taisho Elementary School Nakatomo Elementary School Meiji Elementary School Shirakawa Elementary School Hirabaru Elementary School Takatori Elementary School Miike Elementary School Ginsui Elementary School Kamiuchi Elementary School Yoshino Elementary School Kuranaga Elementary School Tegama Elementary School Omuta Elementary School Hayamadai Elementary School Minato Elementary School Tenryo Elementary School

Hiroshima

Yuutoku Elementary School

Saga

Tokushima

Chika Elementary School Ogawa Elementary School Kaito Elementary School Aya Elementary School Nakagawa Elementary School

Saga

Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama

Elementary School attached to the Faculty Hiroshima of Education, Hiroshima University

Noboricho Elementary School Obayashi Elementary School Hataka Elementary School Hesaka Elementary School Samba Elementary School Kuritani Elementary School Yasuda Elementary School Kaitahigashi Elementary School Kumano Daiichi Elementary School Kumano Daini Elementary School Kumano Daisan Elementary School Kumano Daiyon Elementary School Shinjo Elementary School Nyuno Elementary School Utsumi Elementary School Ekiya-nishi Elementary School

Hiroshima University Shinonome Elementary School Aizumi Minami Elementary School Aizumi Kita Elementary School Aizumi Nishi Elementary School Aizumi Higashi Elementary School Sanagochi Elementary School Shimotakase Elementary School Aratama Elementary School

Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima

Tokushima Tokushima Tokushima Tokushima Kagawa Ehime

Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Ehime Kochi Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka

Kumamoto Kumamoto Miyazaki Okinawa

Junior high schools: 221

Miyagi

Tokyo Inagi-dai4 Junior High School Tokyo Inagi the 3rd Junior High School Tokyo Inagi 6th Junior High School Tokyo Inagidaini Junior High School Tokyo Inagidaigo Junior High School Tokyo Higashi-atago Junior High School Tokyo Suwa Junior High School Tokyo Hijirigaoka Junior High School Tokyo Tama Junior High School Tokyo Wada Junior High School Tokyo Seiryo Junior High School Tokyo Turumaki Junior High School Tokyo Ochiai Junior High School Tamanagayama Junior High School Tokyo Kamakura Junior High School Kanagawa Affiliated with the Faculty of University of Education And Human Sciences at Yokohama National Kanagawa Ichigao Junior High School Niigata Makihigashi Junior High School Niigata Hakushin Junior High School Niigata Yokogoshi Junior High School Niigata Akatsuka Junior High School Niigata Miyaura Junior High School Niigata Imamachi J.H.S Niigata Minami Junior High School Niigata Nishi Junior High School Niigata Mitsuke Junior High School Nagaoka Minami Junior High School Niigata Niigata Fuzoku Nagaoka J.H.S Faculty of Education, Niigata University Niigata Omaki Junior High School Niigata Matsunoyama Junior High School

Miyagi

Junior High School Attached to Faculty of Toyama

Miyagi

Tokyo

Human Development, University of Toyama Ishikawa Shikindai Junior High School Ishikawa Izumi Junior High School Ishikawa Shibahara Junior High School Ishikawa Uchikawa Junior High School Ishikawa Koshomachi Junior High School Ishikawa Kenroku Junior High School Kanazawa Municipal Kanaiwa Junior Ishikawa High School Ishikawa Uchinada Junior High School Ishikawa Itazu Junior High School Ishikawa Notokashima Junior High School Ishikawa Asahi Junior High School Ishikawa Neagari Junior High School Katsuyama Chubu Junior High School Fukui

Tokyo

Katsuyama Nanbu Junior High School Fukui

Kitami Junior High School

Tokyo

Katsuyama Hokubu Junior High School

Komazawa Junior High School Sacred Heart Junior School

Tokyo

Teine-Nishi Middle School Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo Affiliated Junior High School Seibu Junior High School Rausu Junior High School Shunsho Junior High School Benkebetsu Junior High School Minami Yoshinari Secondary School Iwanuma Junior High School Kanegase Junior High School, Ogawara Junior High School Kakuta Junior High School Omose Junior High School

Hokkaido

Kesennuma Junior High School

Miyagi

Shishiori Junior High School Hashikami Junior High School Niitsuki Junior High School Karakuwa Junior High School Ohshima Junior High School Jonan Junior High School, Koharagi Junior High School Matsuiwa Junior High School Ohya Junior High School Tsuya Junior High School Koizumi Junior High School Obara Junior High School Shirakawa Junior High School Higashi Junior High School Minami Junior High School Shiroishi Junior High School Tajiri Junior High School Furukawa Kita Junior High School Shizugawa Junior High School Omagari Minami Junior High School Shinjo Junior High School Naganuma Junior High School Yamabe Junior High School Ichijo Junior High School Ono Junior High School Kita Junior High School Higashi Junior High School Dairoku Junior High School Wakamiya Junior High School Tamatsukuri Junior High School Hasuda Chuo Elementary School Oomori 6th Junior High School Fukagawa 1st Junior High School Dai-ni Minami-Suna Junior High School

Miyagi

Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi

Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi Miyagi

Akita Yamagata Fukushima Tochigi Tochigi

Gunma Gunma Gunma Gunma Saitama Chiba Chiba Tokyo

Tokyo

Fukui

Fukui Tsuruga Kehi Junior High School attached to Tsuruga Kehi Senior High School Yamanashi Ashiyasu Junior High School Nagano Shinshu University Matsumoto Junior High School Seizan Junior High School Gihu Shizuoka Tamakawa Junior High School Shizuoka Amagi Junior High School Shimada Junior High School Shizuoka Attached to the Faculty of Education of Shizuoka University Marunouchi Junior High School Aichi Shioji Junior High School Aichi Sasashima Junior High School Aichi Kikui Junior High School Aichi Maezu Junior High School Aichi Wakamizu Junior High School Aichi Nagoya Junior High School Aichi Affiliated to Aichi University of Education Higashiyama Junior High School Aichi Hagiwara Junior High School Aichi

Ryunan Junior High School

Aichi

Shinkayama Junior High School Tokiwa Junior High School Okazaki Junior High School Affiliated to Aichi University of Education Tsukude Junior High School Fujioka Minami Junior High School Ishimaki Junior High School Shonan Junior High School Takatoyo Junior High School Chubu Junior High School Toyo Junior High School Toryo Junior High School Toyohashi Nanbu Junior High School Hojo Junior High School Hokubu Junior High School Hongo Junior High School Muro Junior High School Takashidai Junior High School Toubu Junior High School Inami Junior High School Seiryo Junior High Schooll Toyooka Junior High School Nanyo Junior High School Nanryou Junior High School Hada Junior High School

Aichi Aichi Aichi

Futagawa Junior High School

Aichi

Maeshiba Junior High School Maebayashi Junior High School Yoshidagata Junior High School Haruhigaoka Junior High School

Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi

Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi Aichi

Minami Junior High School Kambe Junior High School Tsuzumigaura Junior High School J.H.S Attached Faculty of Education, Mie University Kita Junior High School Minami Junior High School Nishiazai Junior High School Gokasyo Junior High School Hikone Chuo Junior High School

Aichi

Hikone West Junior High School

Shiga

Mie Mie Mie Mie Mie Shiga Shiga Shiga

Osaka Tsurumibashi Junior High School Osaka Dai-juichi Junior High School Toyonaka municipal 2nd Junior High Osaka School Osaka Neyagawa the 10th Junior High School Matsubara the 7th Junior High School Osaka Osaka Toyonaka Municipal Dai-jusan Junior High School Hyogo Seiryo Junior High School Nara University of Education Junior Nara High School Nara Koto Junior High School Nara Tsukigase Junior High School Nara Mikasa Junior High School Nara Yagyu Junior High School Nara Heijo Nishi Junior High School Nara Nimyo Junior High School Nara Tonan Junior High School Nara Keisei Junior High School Nara Tomio Junior High School Nara Unebi Junior High School Nara Miato Junior High School Wakayama Fukko Junior High School Okayama Fujita Junior High School Okayama Fukuda Junior High School Okayama Takebe Junior High School Okayama Kounandai Junior High School Okayama Kyoyama Junior High School Okayama Ashimori Junior High School Okayama Misaoyama Junior High School Okayama Minan Junior High School Okayama Fukunan Junior High School Okayama Jonan Junior High School Okayama Joto Junior High School Okayama Seto Junior High School Okayama Takashima Junior High School Sanyo-Jogakuen Girl's Junior High Hiroshima School Hiroshima Furuta Junior High School Hiroshima Josuikan Junior High School Hiroshima Kumano Junior High School Kumano Higashi Junior High School Hiroshima

Mitaka Junior High School Taika Junior High School

Hiroshima Yamaguchi

Showa Women's University Showa Junior/Senior High School

Saba junior high school

Yamaguchi

Den-en Chofu Gakuen Junior&Senior High School Tokyo

East Junior High School

Ehime

Futaba Junior High School and High School

Funaki Junior High School South Junior High School

Ehime Ehime

Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary Tokyo School

Izumigawa Junior High School

Ehime

Koka Gakuen Junior and Senior High School

Tokyo

Ohjoin Junior High School Sumino Junior High School Nakahagi Junior High School Kawahigashi Junior High School

Ehime

Musashino Joshi Gakuin Junior and Senior High School

Tokyo

Tokiwamatsu Gakuen Junior and Senior High School

Tokyo

Ehime

North Junior High School

Ehime

Tokyo Rissho Junior and Senior High School

Tokyo

Nishi Junior High School

Ehime

St.Margaret's Junior & Senior High School

Tokyo

Hayatomo Junior High School

Fukuoka

Shonan Gakuen Junior and Senior High School

Kanagawa

Funatsu Junior High School Ukyo Junior High School

Fukuoka

Tsubame Secondary School Sado Secondary School

Niigata

Fukuoka

Yoneo Junior High School

Fukuoka

Yamanashi Eiwa Junior & Senior High School

Yamanashi

Kattachi Junior High School Enmei Junior High School Matsubara Junior High School Hakko Junior High School

Fukuoka

Fuji Sacred Heart School Seiryo Junior & Senior High School

Shizuoka

Fukuoka Fukuoka

Nagoya University School of Education

Aichi

Fukuoka

Affiliated Upper and Lower Secondary Schools

Kunugi Junior High School

Fukuoka

Nagoya International Junior & Senior High School Aichi

Takuma Junior High School

Fukuoka

Tachibana Junior High School

Fukuoka

St.Joseph Joshigakuen Ritsumeikan Moriyama Junior & Senior High School

Amagi Junior High School Ogura Junior High School Motooka Junior High School

Fukuoka Fukuoka

Heian Jogakuin (St.Agnes) Junior and Senior High Kyoto School Touei Gakuen Kyoto

Takeokita Junior High School

Saga

Naniwa Junior High School・Naniwa High School

Osaka

Shiranuhi Junior High School

Kumamoto

Osaka Gakugei Secondary School

Osaka

Aya Junior High School

Miyazaki

Otemon Gakuin Junior & Senior High School

Osaka

Okawa Junior High School Chatan Junior High School

Kagoshima

Tezukayama Gakuin Izumigaoka Junior & Senior High School

Osaka

Saito-no-oka Elementary & Junior High School

Osaka

Unified lower and upper secondary schools: 51

Kobe University Secondary School

Hyogo

Hokkaido Noboribetsu Akebi Secondary School

Hokkaido

Nara Women's University Secondary School

Nara

Yamahana Primary-Secondary School

Hokkaido

Tawara Elementary and Junior High School

Nara

Nakaｃhanbetsu Elementary and Junior High School

Hokkaido

Tomio Daisan Elementary and Junior High School Nara

Utoro Elementary & Junior High School

Hokkaido

Kosadagaoka Junior

Sendai Nika Junior High School & Senior High School Sendai Ikuei Gakuen, Incorporated, Shukoh Middle School Saint Ursula Eichi Elementary and Junior High School Namiki Junior High School

Miyagi

High School/Hashimoto Senior High School Seishin Junior High School / Seishin Girls' High School

Ehime Ehime

Fukuoka

Okinawa

Miyagi

Tokyo

Tokyo

Niigata

Shizuoka

Mie Shiga

Wakayama

Okayama

Miyagi

Hiroshima Junior & Senior High School

Hiroshima

Ibaragi

Upper Secondary School

Hiroshima

Niijima Gakuen Junior & Senior High School

Gunma

attached to the Faculty of Education

Kokusaigakuin Junior & Senior High School

Saitama

, Hiroshima University

Ichikawa Junior and Senior High School

Chiba

Miyajima Primary and Secondary School

Hiroshima

Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Makuhari Junior & Senior High School Reitaku Junior & Senior High School

Chiba

Hiroshima

Chiba

Eisugakkan Senior High School Takamizu Junior High School/Takamizu Senior High School

Okimoto-Ougi Gakuen

Tokyo

Seiwa Junior and Senior Girl's High School

Kochi

Ymaguchi

High schools: 120 Sapporo Odori High School Sapporoyamanote SR High School Hokkaido Sapporo Hiragishi High School Engaru High School Hokkaido Kaminokuni High School Hokkaido Kamishihoro High School Kiyosato Senior High School Shari Senior High School Kaisei Gakuin High School Hokkaido Rausu High School Hokkaido Rebun High School Hokkaido Rubeshibe Senior High School Hokkaido Akan High School Morioka Chuo High School Kesennuma High School Kesennuma-West Senior High School Morioka Chuo High School Akita Commercial High School Meioh High School Adachi Senior High School Tone Vocational High School Senior High School at Sakado, Ichikawa-Nishi Senior High School Chiba Prefectural Kokubun High School Ichihara Chuo High School Sakuraminami High School Nagareyama Otakanomori Senior High School Chibahigashi High School Chiba Reimei High School Chiba Prefectural Kamagaya Nishi High School

Hokkaido Hokkaido

Chigusa High School Yamada Senior High School Aichi Commercial High School

Aichi Aichi Aichi

Hokkaido

Toho High School

Aichi

Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido

Aichi Nagoya Commercial High School Aichi Meito Senior High School Nagoya City Technical High School Aichi Aichi Haruhigaoka High School Senior High School Affiliated to Aichi Aichi University of Education Aichi Kariyakita Senior High School Chubu University Daiichi High Schoo Aichi

Hokkaido

Toyohashi Chuo High School

Aichi

Hokkaido Iwate Miyagi

Kinomoto High School Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School Murasakino Senior High School

Mie Kyoto Kyoto

Miyagi

Sagano High School

Kyoto

Miyagi Akita Akita Fukushima Gunma Saitama Chiba

Kitayodo Senior High School Sumiyoshi High School Meijo Gakuin High School Nishiyodogawa Senior High School Ichioka High School Imamiya Senior High School

Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka

Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba

Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Shibuya Senior High School

Tokyo

Suginami Sogo High School Senior High School at Komaba, University of Tsukuba

Tokyo Tokyo

Mita High School

Tokyo

Sacred Heart High School Hachioji High School Keio Senior High School Arima High School Toyama University 0f International Studies High School Fukui Senior High School attached to Fukui University of Technology Kokusai Joho High School Gifu Shotoku Gakuen High School Izusogo High School Kariya High School Toyota Higashi High School

Tokyo Tokyo Kanagawa Kanagawa Toyama Fukui Niigata Gihu Shizuoka Aichi Aichi

Ikeda Senior High School Attached to Osaka Kyoiku University Sano Senior High School Kasugaoka High School Nagano Senior High School Semboku Senior High School Hagoromo Gakuen High School Nose Senior High School Hirakata High School Matsubara High School Hokusetsu Tsubasa Senior High School Tondabayashi Senior High School Fukiai High School Mikikita High School Kitasuma High School Horyuji International Senior High School Seirin Senior High School Kusimotokoza High School Shimane-chuo High School Okayamaichinomiya High School Okayama Gakugeikan High School Okayama Ryukoku High School Mimasaka Senior High School Maniwa High School Hayashino High School Yakage High School Wake Shizutani Senior High School Hiroshima-Kokutaiji High School Hirosima Inokuchi High School

Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Osaka Hyogo Hyogo Hyogo Nara Wakayama Wakayama Shimane Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Okayama Hiroshima Hiroshima

Sanyou High School Yasufuruichi High School Onomichi Kita High School Mitsugi Senior High School Kure-Mitsuta Senior High School Sanyo-Jogakuen Girl's Senior High School Fukuyama Seishinkan Senior High School Koryo High School Daimon High School Akifuchu Senior High School Josuikan High School Miyoshi Senior High School Kamo Senior High School Fuchu High School Suo-Oshima High School Tokushima Prefectural Senior High School of Science and Technology Kanonji Chuo Senior High School

Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima

Mominoki Nursery School Wakabadai Mominoki Nursery School Nagamine Tokyo Kenji Steiner School Yokohama Steiner School Aichi International School

Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Kanagawa Aichi

Hiroshima

Kyotanabe Steiner School

Kyoto

Hiroshima

Korea International School

Osaka

Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima Yamaguchi Tokushima

Nursery Tomida Kindergarten

Tokushima

Kagawa

Takamatsu Sakurai Senior High School Kagawa Niihama South High School Niihama Higashi High School Jonan High School Kasumigaoka High School Hibiki High School Musashidai High School Tsushima High School

Ehime Ehime Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Fukuoka Nagasaki

Universities:5 Miyagi University of Education Tamagawa University, College of Education Aichi University of Education Mie University The Nara University of Education Technical college:1 Ishikawa National College of Technology

Miyagi Tokyo Aichi Mie Nara

Ishikawa

Special needs schools: 6 Sakuragaoka School for Special needs education Mitsuke School for Special Needs Education Miai Special-Needs School Toyohashi School For the Deaf Saijo Special Needs School Omuta Special Education School with special care

Chiba Niigata Aichi Aichi Hiroshima Fukuoka

Others: 10 Nerima Wako Hoikuen Mominoki Nursery School Taishido

Tokyo Tokyo

Part III: For Corporations and NPOs Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) produces even greater change when not just schools but also corporations, communities, NPOs and other organizations work together. Many companies have been engaged in environmental education and numerous other activities as part of their social contribution activities. Our hope is that such companies will help to make an even bigger impact by aligning their activities with ESD.

way to help (Examples) Support for ESD and UNESCO Associated Schools through social contribution activities • Sending instructors to conduct on-site classes • Providing instructional materials • Organizing events Support programs for UNESCO Associated Schools ...and more

Some companies and NPOs that are already helping

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ito En, Limited FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Chubu International Center Shiga Kogen Tourism Association ...and more

Instructional Materials and Other Reference Matter 【Featured ESD Sites from MEXT】 MEXT's ESD Internet Portal http://www.esd-jpnatcom.jp/index.html A site created to provide the general public and ESD stakeholders with a single source of easy-tounderstand information on international conference programs, events, and other activities in anticipation of the UNESCO World Conference on ESD.

Japanese National Commission for UNESCO (JNCU) ESD Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/esd.jpnatcom

Facebook page where ESD QUEST characters share information on ESD activities, related books, news, and more.

【Instructional Materials Available for Reference】 "ESD QUEST" http://www.mext.go.jp/unesco/004/1339957.htm http://www.unesco-school.jp/

Category: PRG-type manga (anime) that explains ESD in easy-to-understand terms Creator: MEXT "Guruguru / Around It Goes: What Is ESD?" http://www.unesco-school.jp/?action=common_download_main&upload_id=4917

Category: Comic Creator: Ryuji KITAHARA (teacher, Shibuya Junior and Senior High School) "Let's Protect the World's Treasures: Building a Sustainable Society" (The Natural Environment and Its Riches; World Heritage Sites and Their Riches) Category: Instructional materials for grades 1-12 Creator: National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan Assistance: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

ESD QUEST

Guide to Developing and Using ESD Materials: Hope for Building a Sustainable Future http://www.unesco-school.jp/index.php?action=pages_view_main&page_id=91

Category: Case studies and explanations Creator: Asia-Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO (ACCU)

UNESCO Associated Schools / Community Exchange Gathering in Hiroshima: Select Presentations http://www.unesco-school.jp/murm7er1q-230/?action=common_download_main&upload_id=7616

Category: Case studies Creator: Asia-Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO (ACCU)

[ESD Message Song “We are All One Grain of Life in this Big World”] http://www.esd-jpnatcom.jp/index.html Official ESD supporter and singer-songwriter Takako Shirai created this ESD message song to help make ESD more familiar and better known. There is also a fun dance choreographed by Minami Sasuga to go with the song, so we hope schools can make good use of it at various school events. For details, please contact the coordinator listed on the back cover.

Created June 2008 Revised February 2015 [Contact Information] Office of the Director-General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Secretariat of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO) Tel: 03-5253-4111 (ext. 2595, 2602) Fax: 03-6734 3679 Location: 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Website: http://www.mext.go.jp/unesco/index.htm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esd.jpnatcom (Japanese National Commission for UNESCO ESD) : https://www.facebook.com/esd.jpnatcom (Japanese National Commission for UNESCO) Email: [email protected]