The Shukutoku University Community Policy Department aims to collaborate with companies and communities, propose problem-solving practices from a wide range of perspectives, and envision and realize a new society.
"Service learning" has been introduced for that purpose.
Service-learning is one of the methods of active learning, and it is literally learned by actually providing services (providing specialized knowledge and skills).It may be regarded as a volunteer, but while volunteers are a service, service learning is characterized by reflecting on what was learned through the experience after the experience as part of the learning and further deepening the learning. Will be.
The Service Learning Center in Shukutoku University's Community Policy Department supports various projects.Through participatory and interactive experiential learning in collaboration with the local community, we are broadening our horizons for our own academic research and career paths based on what we have learned in the local community.
Aiming to promote and popularize parasports
Shukutoku University has a service-learning project to promote the region through sports.Among them, the "Wheelchair Basketball Student Executive Committee" holds the "Ryoshin Hasegawa Memorial / Chiba Mayor's Cup Competition Wheelchair Basketball National Selection Tournament" every March, where students manage all operations such as requesting sponsorship from companies and collecting sponsorship advertisements. I am working on it.
Wheelchairs do not mean that athletes who are usually trained need help, for example, to change clothes or move.However, it is necessary to create a venue where they can move easily.It is necessary to consider their movements and overall progress, such as securing spaces and parking lots that are premised on wheelchair movement, checking conductors, and a generous time schedule.At the same time, attracting customers to the tournament is also an important task of management.With the support of the wheelchair basketball experience event, we are trying to mobilize spectators to the tournament by letting children know the fun of it.
The encounter between Shukutoku University and wheelchair basketball was in 2009.When a wheelchair basketball public game was held at the school festival because active players were in school, students who were impressed that "there is such an interesting sport" said, "Know more about this sport. I want it, "said the project in 2010.
Aiming for the 2011 event, each student went around the company and gathered support and sponsorship, but due to the impact of the earthquake, the first event was held in 1.After that, coupled with the measures of Chiba City that are considering the spread and experience of parasports, from the 2012rd time, we will cooperate with Chiba City as the mayor's crown competition, and from the 3th time, the venue will also move to Chiba Port Arena, the manager. The tournament is run in collaboration with the Chiba City Sports Promotion Foundation.
Regarding management, we are working to promote and popularize parasports by passing on the know-how from student to student, collecting it as knowledge, and utilizing it in the future.
Chiba City and Shukutoku University signed an agreement on comprehensive cooperation on June 2020, 2017, in preparation for the 6 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which have been highly evaluated for their achievements so far. (16) Community contribution activities that make use of Shukutoku University's expertise, (XNUMX) Human resource development, (XNUMX) Utilization of university resources to promote measures in Chiba City and solve local problems, (XNUMX) Others in the previous article We have decided to cooperate on four matters necessary to achieve the purpose.
Regarding parasports, we plan to continue to promote efforts toward the realization of a symbiotic society, such as holding lectures and exchange meetings, and students' participation in solving local issues through service learning at the university. I am.
A support project to liven up the local team
In Shukutoku University's service learning, there is also a project to support local sports teams as one of the contributions to the community.
Chiba Jets Funabashi's official partner, the university, supports Chiba Jets, plans various guests and events for the game, and promotes the university in professional sports. I'm learning how to go.In the half-time, while introducing the university, we planned a free throw confrontation between Shukutoku University mascot character "SHUKUTOKUMA" and Chiba Jets mascot character "Jumbo-kun" to entertain the audience.
In the Chiba Lotte Marines project, "Shukutoku University Special Night Game" will be held on Matchday, events such as struck out for children will be planned, and lunch boxes that can only be bought at the stadium will be sold by order, and will be used as a bonus for purchasers. We are also challenging various projects to attract customers, such as offering discounts.In collaboration with the Wheelchair Basketball Student Executive Committee and the Parasports Promotion / Experience Project, a wheelchair basketball experience event was also held, which seems to be a good opportunity for sports-loving citizens to learn about the fun of parasports.
In the Jeff United Ichihara / Chiba support project, on the day of the home game, a yellow pinwheel was set up on the road from Soga Station to the stadium to support Jeff, and "Jeff's pinwheel" with hospitality to supporters. I also participate in the activity.
In each project, we invite the staff of the companies and governments involved to hold a debriefing session and look back, but we actually interact with various people outside the university on various issues related to the region. In the process of thinking and practicing while thinking, students seem to have a lot of awareness.From the graduates, "I feel that it was good to be able to work again because I was able to broaden my horizons and learn the importance of thinking about the progress of the project through participation in the project." It seems that the experience gained in each activity of service learning is also utilized in the subsequent career development of students.
