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Records of symposia, panel discussions, seminars, etc.

 

 

2007-2008
East Asia Child Science Exchange Program
The program promotes the perspectives of Child Science on a global scale through academic exchange between universities and schools in East Asia. Its particular focus is child-rearing, child care, and early childhood education with a view to solving the problems of children and improving the environment in which they live.
“Tears of Little Emperors” through Chinese Eyes
Jiaxiong Zhu, Professor, East China Normal University
Experience and Understanding through the Education of Preschool Teachers
Shaowen Huang, Associate Professor, Changsha Normal College
Children’s Social Development and Deficits
Yoichi Sakakihara, Professor, Ochanomizu University
Is a Child’s Lie a Real Lie? -- Power of Talk
Nobuko Uchida, Vice President, Ochanomizu University
Children’s Preferences and Creating Kindergarten Environments
Jinliang Qin, Dean, Hangzhou College of Preschool Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University
“Development as Culture” from a Comparative View of Japan and China
Toshiya Yamamoto, Professor, Waseda University
2008
NOVA’s Expert Conference
Reflections on research on the transition from care to independence NEW
Jan Storø, Associate Professor of School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science at Oslo University College
The 53rd Public Symposium of International Center for Child Studies, Konan Women's University
Educational Reform and Child Raising in Finland
Presenter: Mikko Ojala, Head for Kindergarten Teacher Education, Professor, University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Sciences of Education
Panelist: Bernard Spodek, President of Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign
Coordinator: Yoko Shirakawa, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Konan Women’s University
2007
CRN 10th Anniversary International Symposium
Children in Societies with a Declining Birthrate: The Case of East Asian Countries
Special Lecture: Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate in Literature
“Children: A Model of the Human Future” (Summary) (Full Text)
Keynote Address: Dr. Wei Yu, Ph.D.
“How to Cultivate the Children’s Social Emotional Competence with the Support from Neuroscience” (Summary) (Full Text)
Panel Discussion (Summary) (Full Text)
“The Declining Birthrate as a Social Phenomenon Affecting Children: Research in Japan, China, and South Korea”
Coordinators: Yoichi Sakakihara, M.D., Keun Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Panelists: Jung Han Park, M.D., Ph.D., Nianli Zhou, Ph.D., Masafumi Harada, M.D., D.S. (Summary) (Full Text)

2006
Infant Studies and Baby Science in the Future
Part 1 My historical sketch of infant studies and baby science in Japan
Noboru Kobayashi, M.D.
Part 2 Pleasures and Annoyances: Lessons from Babies
Lewis P. Lipsitt, Ph.D.
*These were presented as lectures of special symposium at XVth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies held in Kyoto in June 2006.

2005
Joie de vivre is Essential for Children, Anywhere and Anytime Child Science of Emotion.
Noboru Kobayashi, M.D.
*This was presented as a symposium lecture at the international symposium held in Shanghai on Early Childhood Education in Multi-Culture background in September 2005.

2001
Pediatricians Must Create Joie de Vivre for Children Anytime and Anywhere
Noboru Kobayashi, M.D.
*This was presented as a symposium lecture at the 23rd International Congress of Pediatrics held in Beijing in September 2001.
Newer Understanding of "Growth and Development" by the System Information Theory
Noboru Kobayashi, M.D.
*This lecture was given to a group of pediatricians in Wuhan, the People's Republic of China in September 2001.

2000
CRN International Symposium 2000
The Child Care Paradox: Choices in Children's Development
"Is Parenting Diminished by Child Care? Relations Between Family Characteristics, Young Children's Experiences in Child Care and Children's Developmental Outcomes"
Sarah L. Friedman, Ph.D.
"Current Situation and Awareness of Working Mothers in Japan"
Yuko Takaki
"The Child Care Paradox: Choices in Children's Development" (Panel Discussion)
Sarah L. Friedman, Ph.D., Toshimichi Matsumoto, M.D., Nobuko Uchida,Ph.D. and Kazuko Imai
CRN Panel Discussion
Bringing Family and School Together: How Do Children Learn Social Aptitude and Rules?
Hidenori Fujita, Katsuko Makino and Hideki Watanabe

1999
Learning and Creativity, A Biomedical Consideration
Noboru Kobayashi, M.D.

1998
Dr. Jane Goodall in Tokyo 1998
Dr. Jane Goodall
CHILDREN, MEDIA AND THE RELATIONAL PLANET:
some reflections from the European context

Prof. Farren Casas
*This speech was presented at "Cultural Ecology" seminar supported by Hoso Bunka Foundation (HBF), Tokyo, Japan.
CRN International Symposium 98
"Augmented Childhood"
Infants In The Age Of Television: Studies In Japan
Noboru Kobayashi, M.D.
*This was presented at International Institute of Communications, Annual Conference, September 6-9, 1989, Paris France.

1997
Corporal Punishment in the Schools and Homes of Japan
Noboru Kobayashi, Masako Tanimura and Yukio Shimauchi
-Visit to Child Research Net-
Dr. Jay Belsky
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Dr. Jane Goodall
 

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