著者

Fujita Hajime

出版者

公益社団法人日本工学教育協会

雑誌

JSEE annual conference international session proceedings

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2006, pp.66-71, 2006-07-29

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The economic depression during the last decade of the 20th century caused various drastic changes in the social structure, including employment and educational systems. Japanese universities have devoted much effort to research activity and the development of teaching methodology for engineering education was not a major effort for professors. Decrease of 18 years old population, however, forced universities to change this attitude. University education is no more for only elite but is becoming very popular among young people. Another impact came from the 'globalization' of industrial societies such as establishment of WTO and APEC. Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE) was established to cope with both domestic and international problems in 1999, and JABEE was admitted as a full signatory member of the Washington Accord in 2005. The Professional Engineer Law was amended linked with JABEE. The importance of engineering ethics has been recognized with these social structure changes. This paper describes the problems now Japanese engineering education is facing and the role of Japanese Society for Engineering Education (JSEE) in order to reorganize the engineering education in Japan.

著者

Yoshida Yoshikazu Abellana Virgilio Badana Jeremiah Miller Waku Kanesaka Yoshikazu

出版者

公益社団法人日本工学教育協会

雑誌

JSEE Annual Conference International Session Proceedings

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2013, pp.26-31, 2013-08-29

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The authors' monozukuri (Japanese-style conscientious manufacturing) project in the Philippines is an initiative in industrial-academic cooperation for human resources development. This project consists of (1) the promotion of R&D and human resources development by Philippine universities, by companies affiliated with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and by Toyo University; (2) training for Filipino professors at Toyo University; and (3) lectures in the Philippine Economic Zone by Toyo University professors. The feasibility study spanned three phases: (1) creating a textbook, (2) training Filipino professors in Japan, and (3) conducting trial lessons for Filipino university students and for local employees of the Philippine subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturer. The questionnaire survey results reveal the following: (1) the participating university students and company employees found the lectures to be applicable to their lives and good preparation for the working world and (2) the scores are uniformly high for applicability, comprehensiveness, relevance, appropriateness, and effectiveness.