As a leading country of education, Finland is one of the highest performing countries in the OECD-PISA(Programme for International Student Assessment). In 1998, Finland’s Basic Educational Act was revised so that when a new elementary and secondary school is constructed, basically a 9 year comprehensive school is established. Presently, in Japan also, efforts are being made concerning educational continuity from elementary through secondary levels. Since 2007, there are approximately 154 integrated school facilities for educational continuity from elementary through secondary level, and with the decrease in the number of children and the consolidation of schools, it is expected that integrated school facilities will increase in the future. In the aim to learn from Finland’s leading edge experiences and invite a new perspective for Japan’s future integrated schools, 2014 Seminar on Educational Facilities Research will be held inviting Mr. Reino Tapaninen, Chief Architect at the Finnish National Board of Education, an expert on Finland’s school architecture, Dr. Marketta Kyttä, Associate Professor at Aalto University, an expert on children’s behavior research, and Prof. Kazumi Kudo, Professor at Toyo University, a noted architect of many school architecture in Japan.

Reino Tapaninen

Chief Architect, Finnish National Board of Education Title: Finnish Comprehensive School Architecture

Kazumi Kudo Professor, Toyo University President, Coelacanth K&H Architects Inc. Title: School Architecture for Educational Continuity from Elementary through Secondary Levels

Marketta Kyttä Associate Professor in Land use planning, YTK Land Use Planning and Urban Studies Group, Aalto University School of Engineering, Finland Title: Activity promoting environment and school settings of Finnish and Japanese children

2014 National Institute for Educational Policy Research, Seminar on Educational Facilities Research

Admission Free Ticket of Attendance Required 2014.1.28

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science

and Technology, Auditorium No.1

Simultaneous Interpretation

provided

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◆ Access

Co-host: Finnish Institute in Japan, Research Center for Educational Facilities

-Tokyo Institute of Technology Support: Architectural Institute of Japan

◆ Date 2014 January 28 (Tue) 13:00～16:30 Doors open 12:30

◆ Venue Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Auditorium No.1 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Central Government Building No.7 East Wing 3F ※We will stop accepting applications when we reach the maximum capacity.

◆ Host National Institute for Educational Policy Research

◆ Co-host Finnish Institute in Japan, Research Center for Educational Facilities -Tokyo Institute of Technology

◆ Support Architectural Institute of Japan

◆ Audience People interested in educational facilities such as architects, policy makers and university students of architectural courses

2014 National Institute of Educational Policy Research, Seminar on Educational Facilities Research

School Architecture in Japan and Finland Focus on Japan’s Integrated School Facilities for Educational Continuity

from Elementary through Secondary Levels and Finnish Comprehensive Schools

2014.1.28(Tue)

■ Opening Remarks (13:00～13:05) Haruki Ozaki/ Director-General, National Institute for Educational Policy Research ■ Remarks from Co-host (13:05～13:10) Kauko Laitinen/ Director The Finnish Institute in Japan

■ Speech1 (13:10～13:55) Finnish Comprehensive School Architecture Reino Tapaninen/ Chief Architect, Finnish National Board of Education

■ Speech2 (13:55～14:40) Activity promoting environment and school settings of Finnish and Japanese children Marketta Kyttä/ Associate Professor in Land use planning, YTK Land Use Planning and Urban Studies Group, Aalto University School of Engineering, Finland

- Break (10 minutes) - ■ Speech3 (14:50～15:35) School Architecture for Educational Continuity from Elementary through Secondary Levels Kazumi Kudo/ Professor, Toyo University, President, Coelacanth K&H Architects Inc. ■ Panel Discussion (15:40～16:25) Q&A Coordinator: Isami Kinoshita/ Professor, Environmental Science and Landscape Architecture Course, Chiba University

■ Closing address (16:25～16:30)

13:00-16:30 MEXT Auditorium 1

Prof. Kazumi Kudo

Mr. Reino Tapaninen

Dr. Marketta Kyttä

Program Simultaneous Translation Admission Free (Ticket of Attendance Required)

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