Gerontology International Synthesis Meeting 2007 in Okinawa
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Gerontology?
Outline
Aim
Schedule
Lecturers
Breakout Session
Participants
Art
Orienteering
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Report
Proclamation
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Live transmission
Cecking of Venue
(2nd-3rd,March)
Listening to Radio
(2nd-3rd,March)
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Language
Japanese



Symposium Breakout Session Outline

*Content

We organize the role of Gerontology in preparation to the transformation of social structure, which is the worldwide emergence of an aging society with fewer children. Therefore, consideration of its impact will be done through examination of specific cases in which industry, government, academy and citizens cooperate with each other to provide welfare service, improve social environment, and enhance quality of life. In this session, we will consider applied cases of Gerontology in 3 different fields; "Education", "Business" and "IT Communication". We will also consider how the applied cases in each field act in the 4 areas; individual, family, community and society, to find out general versatility applicable to further activities.

*Purpose

1.To implement educational approach as cafeteria curriculum that fits each family, school education, business and continuing education.
2.To seal the effect of "Collaborative Learning" to the world from universal point of view through combining the educational effect of "Awareness" to IT and business in the software side of education in addition to its hardware side.

*Proceedings of the Breakout Session

At the beginning of Breakout Session, moderators will introduce applied cases of Gerontology and present topics concerning their contemporary state and issues, followed by presenters that point to actual cases. Then, under the conduction of moderators, questions will be accepted from all participants including general audience, similar-case studies will be done, along with discussion to find solutions for problems those cases have.

Fields Moderators Presenters and Cases Introduced
Business Thomas J. Fairchild

Harvey L. Sterns
Hiroyuki Murata
"The significance of College-linked community in aging society"
Kazuhiko Atsumi
"Collaboration of medical care and business"
Education Hiroshi Shibata

Yaichi Wakai
Edward Ansello
"Education of the Heart(Kigatsuku) and Aging"
Linda Pruski
"Infusing Gerontology Topics into the K-12 Classroom"
IT Communication Matthew P. Janicki

Lenard Kaye
Hiroshi Kubori
"Engagement in Local Wireless Broadband"
Hiroyuki Iida
" Is Aging An Art"

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