The SDGs in " Time for Integrated Learning" for first-year junior high school students
Middle School Attached to Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University
https://www2-edu.edu.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/jhschool/Background and objectives of activities
The aim of the integrated learning time in junior high school is to develop the qualities and abilities needed to think about how to live one's life by solving problems better.
In order to solve problems better, it is important to identify problems in the real world and in real life, and to view them as your own problems.
At the affiliated junior high school, in the first year, under the theme of “Getting to know Kagoshima”, we aim to set problems as our own by considering the 17 goals of the SDGs in relation to the appeal and issues of Kagoshima, and to think about and propose what we can do now.
Summary of Activities
Each student set themselves a personal challenge in order to sustain the good things about Kagoshima or to solve the problems that Kagoshima faces. They then used their summer holidays to spend time researching, thinking deeply about and actually working on their personal challenges, and compiled a report on their activities. After bringing their reports together and presenting them as a group, they organized and analyzed the information they had gathered, keeping in mind the 17 SDG goals, and considered what they could do as a group to solve the problems they had identified. At the school festival, each group presented their findings and proposals through a mixture of drama and presentations.
Expected Benefits
By having students learn about the town where they live, and then communicating its appeal and proposing solutions to issues, we can raise awareness of the need to participate in society in a collaborative way, with the aim of achieving the goals set out in the SDGs.
This will help to give junior high school students, who will be the future leaders of society, a perspective on creating a sustainable society.