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2025.09.22
Learning of Tomorrow News

• “General Education” Is Directly Linked to the Ability to Create Problems: Japanese Language Skills, Ethics, and Programming Education for Co-creation with AI <Ken Sakamura, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo> (Kyoiku Katei Shimbun)

・What Kind of Leaders Do Seiko Gakuin and Harrow Appi Aim to Cultivate in the Age of AI? (AERA with Kids Plus)

・"Ikuno Gakuen," a School for Students Who Have Stopped Attending School: Why Dorm Life, Which Fosters Deep Human Connections, Transforms Children—Free Learning and Living That Allow Them to Be Their True Selves (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

・School Classes Are About to Change Dramatically! Major Revision to the Curriculum Guidelines—Could “School-Specific Subjects” Be Introduced Through “Greater Flexibility in Class Structure”? [N-Sta Analysis] (TBS NEWS DIG)

・With over 100,000 students! The philosophy behind one of the world’s largest universities is simply amazing (DIAMOND online)

・Kinki University’s industry-academia collaboration is fascinating. Why are student-designed products so popular? (Forbes JAPAN)

• A child who “prefers videos 100 times more than books” has discovered the joy of reading! 59 books in one month—and the benefits of reading have brought calm to the classroom [Yondemy Pilot Program at a Public Elementary School in Toyohashi City] How to Cultivate the “Reading Skills” Children Need in the AI Era (HugKum)

・The Background Behind a Night School—Where 70% of Students Are Foreign Nationals—Deciding to Adopt “AI-Based Japanese Language Learning Materials”: Challenges in Japanese Language Instruction, Assigning Full-Time Teachers, and Establishing Guidelines (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

・A First for Kyushu! “Future Classrooms” Introduced at Three Schools Affiliated with Fukuoka University of Education—Serving as Hubs for Educational Research and Practice (Children and IT)

・More than half of fourth-grade through ninth-grade students nationwide say they “think generative AI will change the way they study,” according to a survey by the Hakuhodo Educational Foundation’s Children’s Research Institute (EdtechZine) 

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”