Seeking a new form of women's college

I want to make use of essential ICT skills, experience in corona damage, and trial and error.

A society in which women play an active role is being promoted, but the situation in which women are placed is still severe.I think it is the unchanging mission of women's colleges to provide a place where you can feel at ease and learn calmly.
　However, the skills required are changing as the times change drastically, so I would like to hurry to deal with them.
　Above all, it is an urgent task to informatize the university and to have each student acquire ICT (Information and Communication Technology) literacy toward the advanced informationization of society, Society 5.0. ICT does not require power and does not matter where it is.It is genderless and has many aspects that are suitable for females, and it is expected that it may change the traditional male-centered industrial structure.
　Therefore, from the spring of 2022, we will develop ICT education by BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), which has all enrollees hold their PCs.Classrooms and self-study rooms for that purpose are being developed at a rapid pace.In addition, all students will be able to understand information technology and utilize it independently, and at the same time, raise social issues.
It is recommended to develop the ability to find out and propose solutions.Specifically, we will prepare a group of subjects called "Data Understanding and Statistics Subjects", and from the latter half of 2021, "Modern Society and Data" common to the entire university will start as the first step.For the past year and a half, we have been searching for online, hybrid, and high-flex education with all our might, but it is certain that such experience and trial and error have given momentum to ICT education.Not only teachers but also students were proficient in how to use equipment and software, and they gave us many suggestions on how to use ICT and how to learn effectively in post-corona.
　On the other hand, under the catchphrase of "Educational Matsukage", the other pillars that have been actively developed are extracurricular lessons, PBL (Project Based Learning), community-contribution-type and problem-solving-type active learning through industry-academia collaboration activities. , Corona was forced to stagnate.However, considering that the Corona disaster is a special factor, I feel that the efforts aimed at improving the quality of education, including the establishment and reorganization of a series of faculties up to this point, are steadily producing results. ing.
　Corona was certainly a tailwind for the promotion of ICT education, but it also reminded us of how great the real effect is on education.
　In 130 years of history, we have overcome the great disasters of World War II and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.We are still in the midst of a new disaster called the Corona disaster, but we would like to overcome it and further accelerate the course of education.In the milestone year of the 130th anniversary of the school's founding, a new slogan was created to dynamically express the growth of the previous motto "A grain of mustard seed". A grain of mustard seed is Jesus that if the breath of God's love and grace is blown in the hope of growing while changing its shape, it will eventually become a tree that birds will nest on branches. Derived from the promise of (New Testament "Gospel of Matthew"). The 130th anniversary slogan is to become a brilliant woman who contributes to society by constantly looking at herself, breaking old shells, and discovering her new self through learning and encounters at Matsukage Girls' Academy. The educational philosophy of promoting the growth of women is included.

130th anniversary logo mark

130th KOBE SHOIN means Matsukage Girls' Academy, which was born in Kitano-cho, Kobe City and has a history of 130 years.The cross is the cross of Jesus who died as a substitute to reveal the sinfulness of human beings by snuggling up to human weakness and suffering.The four directions represent Heart / Heart, Soul / Spirit, Mind / Thought, Body / Whole Body, and it is best to love God with the heart, spirit, and whole body, and to love each other with each other. Represents an important commandment.The olive leaves were added to the mouth by a dove that was released from Noah's Ark and returned, and it is said that the great flood has ended and peace has been restored to the world again. Represents the infinite love of.

Clothes designed by students using the original "Kobe Matsukage Tartan" as a material.The five colors of tartan symbolize 5 years of history. It was registered as a formal tartan by the Scottish government in March 130.

Kobe Shoin Women's Gakuin University
President Shoji Makita