11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
[G05-P01] Construction of "JGN Youth Network"
Keywords:inquiry activity, Kochi Prefectural Muroto High School, Nagasaki Prefectural Koka High School, Youth
Participation in the activities of the younger generation is necessary for sustaining geopark activities in the region. There are many cases where the inquiry activities carried out in high schools are used as an opportunity for the younger generation to get involved in community activities using a geopark program. On the other hand, especially for high school students, information about local resources is little, so even if they promote inquiry activities, it is difficult to obtain a certain level of results. It is possible that the younger generation gaining the experience of knowing the goodness of other areas through interaction with people of the same generation living in other areas will promote the re-recognition of the goodness of the local area and broaden their views. This is expected to lead to the development of personnel with values that emphasize balancing the conservation of local resources in sustainable communities. In this poster presentation, we introduce the significance of building a "JGN Youth Network" on the basis of past activities and show future developments.
Among Japanese high schools, Kochi Prefectural Muroto High School has set up a unit specializing in regional exploration learning called "Geopark Studies" for the first time in Japan since 2011, and is responsible for understanding the value of local resources of students and for community development. On the other hand, Nagasaki Prefectural Kouka High School has set up a "Glocal Course" from 2017, and has begun to carry out regional exploration activities. When Muroto High School participated online in the "Inquiry-Based Learning Presentation Meeting" sponsored by Kouka High School and introduced case studies, the students who participated in that time were greatly inspired. This is the trigger for building a youth network.
At the "10th JGN Conference " held in Oita Prefecture in 2019, we set the exchange meeting for four high schools (Muroto High School, Oki High School, Mineyama High School, Kuchika High School) participating in this conference. Students from the four high schools gathered to set up a place in a room of the public center to introduce the characteristics of each school and their efforts. It was only a few hours, but during that time, the exchanges between the students progressed, and even now, the exchanges between static and dynamic are continuing. In November 2021, Muroto high school students visited Unzen UGGp and interacted with Kouka high school students face-to-face. Furthermore, in February 2022, Muroto High School hosted the "UNESCO Global Geopark High School International Exchange Meeting". At the exchange meeting, students from 10 high schools in Japan actively exchanged opinions with each other.
As online conferences have become universal, it can be said that exchanges between high school students are gradually expanding throughout the country. At the "9th Geopark International UNESCO Conference" held in Jeju UGGp, South Korea in 2021, the youth session was set up, and the construction of a network by youth is also a global trend. In the future, we plan to set up a "youth session" at the JGN Conference held at Hakusan Tetorigawa Geopark to create opportunities for younger generations to interact face-to-face or online.
Among Japanese high schools, Kochi Prefectural Muroto High School has set up a unit specializing in regional exploration learning called "Geopark Studies" for the first time in Japan since 2011, and is responsible for understanding the value of local resources of students and for community development. On the other hand, Nagasaki Prefectural Kouka High School has set up a "Glocal Course" from 2017, and has begun to carry out regional exploration activities. When Muroto High School participated online in the "Inquiry-Based Learning Presentation Meeting" sponsored by Kouka High School and introduced case studies, the students who participated in that time were greatly inspired. This is the trigger for building a youth network.
At the "10th JGN Conference " held in Oita Prefecture in 2019, we set the exchange meeting for four high schools (Muroto High School, Oki High School, Mineyama High School, Kuchika High School) participating in this conference. Students from the four high schools gathered to set up a place in a room of the public center to introduce the characteristics of each school and their efforts. It was only a few hours, but during that time, the exchanges between the students progressed, and even now, the exchanges between static and dynamic are continuing. In November 2021, Muroto high school students visited Unzen UGGp and interacted with Kouka high school students face-to-face. Furthermore, in February 2022, Muroto High School hosted the "UNESCO Global Geopark High School International Exchange Meeting". At the exchange meeting, students from 10 high schools in Japan actively exchanged opinions with each other.
As online conferences have become universal, it can be said that exchanges between high school students are gradually expanding throughout the country. At the "9th Geopark International UNESCO Conference" held in Jeju UGGp, South Korea in 2021, the youth session was set up, and the construction of a network by youth is also a global trend. In the future, we plan to set up a "youth session" at the JGN Conference held at Hakusan Tetorigawa Geopark to create opportunities for younger generations to interact face-to-face or online.