Junten Junior High School / Senior High School

At 2:30 PM on Friday, February 17th, Junten held the 2016 SGH Presentation. Fifty-five guests including teachers from different prefectures and representatives from corporations came to see the presentation.

The event opened with Principal Nagatsuka’s keynote presentation. The topic of the presentation was “The High School and University Network and SGH.”  Principal Nagatsuka addressed the current issues concerning the high school and university network, new ways to ensure the quality of high school education, and measuring students’ abilities. Principal Nagatsuka also discussed SGH’s role in the high school and university network and the multiple-evaluation approach for university entrance exams. Principal Nagatsuka is an authority on these topics and he shared valuable information. Following the keynote presentation, the Director of the SGH Project talked about the SGH project’s progress, how students have evolved through their SGH experiences, and the first attempt at hosting a Global Week.

Three　groups gave their presentations.

The first student group gave a presentation on hygiene education. The students explained what their mentors did during the Junten field trip two years ago and evaluated the effectiveness of hygiene education. Then the students talked about their improvements to the hygiene education program this term.

The second presentation was about sex education from the women’s point of view. The group formed a hypothesis correlating poverty and a lack of sex education. They did research on their topic in the Philippines. Based on their findings, they developed an educational pamphlet about sex education.

The final presentation was about science education through internet videos. The group of students developed a website and uploaded videos of their science experiments with easy to follow instructions of their process. By doing this, people from all over the world can access the site and easily repeat the interesting science experiments.

After the three presentations, there were poster presentations in JM Hall. There were 21 poster presentations. Students used Japanese and English according their audience.

Dr.Robin Sakamoto from Kyorin University gave comments at the end of the event:  “Students who are digital-savvy are quickly evolving. Academics are required to make drastic change, accordingly.”