What is GSCO
A program supported by JST and implemented by Okayama University to promote :- Exposure of High-School students to International research – Western countries
GSCO offers:
– Science Lectures
– Specific training to English practises
– VC (Virtual Classroom) programs with foreign students:
VC is a 6 month internet exchange program in English to prepare the Japanese High-school students to intense international exchanges when they ‘ll visit abroad.
– International supervisors: France, Canada, UK
– Visits abroad (10 days – 2 sites) including:
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- International research Practicals: 1 day in Clean rooms, Synchrotron radiation facilities, Green Chemistry labs….
- Cultural exchanges via strong interaction with International High-Schools
And the FY-2016 results of the “Visit to France” are…..
1 – English practice improvement
Schematic of the Virtual Classroom (VC) program. The VC program extended over nearly 6 months. It was a platform to train students from CSI (Cité Scolaire Internationale at Grenoble) and Okayama University to work together in a common language -English- before starting face to face exchanges at Grenoble.
Each VC session was about 2 hours long – Exchanges were in English – This preparatory work before meeting in the “Real” world has proved to be very useful
2 – Improve the ability of the Japanese H-S Students to communicate in English.
3 – Exposure to International Research (ESRF synchrotron@school)
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ESRF synchrotron@school
4 – Strengthening their capacity in critical thinking
The WEB site of the NEEL Institute reports the visit.
International Research at Okayama University 