International Collaboration Research on Visualization of Learning Outcome in Higher Education

Research Outline

Creative learning in Higher Education draws much attention as an urgent issue today. How can we realize “assurance of high-quality and diverse learning“ to foster global citizens who will lead to sustainable social development? Sophia University and International Christian University in Japan have joined the OECD Project on Fostering and Assessing Students’ Creative and Critical Thinking Skills in Higher Education since 2019.
This project is based on that OECD project and was initiated with the following two objectives; 1)What kind of learning outcome evaluation index and teaching / evaluation model are effective for realizing the task of visualizing learning outcomes in the quality assurance approach of higher education, 2)How to confront the difference in socio-cultural context of the evaluation index and how to make it consistent with the universalization of the model. We aim to become a platform for international comparative and international education by collaborating with various domestic and international higher education researchers, institutions, and international organization.

Key Words: 
Learning Outcome, Higher Education, Quality Assurance, International Collaboration Research

General Information

Research PeriodApril 2021-March 2025
Research FundFT2021 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
(Japanese government's KAKEN Grant) (21H00880)
RepresentativeMiki Sugimura
Department of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University
Research Members1) Makiko Nishimura
Professor, Sociology of Education and International Educational Development Director, Service-Learning Center and Chair, Education and Language Education Department, International Christian University
2) Tatsuo Nunoshiba
Professor of Microbial Genetics, Chair, Dept. of Natural Sciences College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
3) Ryosuke Fujinuma
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at International Christian University
4) Susan Edwards
English for Liberal Arts Department (ELA), International Christian University (ICU)
5) Simon Evan
English for Liberal Arts Department (ELA), International Christian University (ICU)
6) Taro Komatsu
Department of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University
7) Mikiko Sugiura
Center for Global Education and Discovery, Sophia University
8) Takehito Kamata
Sophia University Research Center
9) Hemmi Chantar
Center for Language Education and Research (CLER), Sophia University
10) Tamanori Sato
Center for Language Education and Research (CLER), Sophia University

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