Thinking about Regional/ School Reform from an ESD Perspective: Asking about the Role of the University

Abstract

After the Akita case report, we first report the current situation and issues of the relationship between the Shizuoka area and its schools. Next, with the possibility of the extinction of the region, we will consider what to do with the future region and schools, and what kind of practice the teachers should do from the perspective of ESD. Based on my experience and reflections, I propose the “Basic Framework for Intrinsic Practice of Schools and Teachers（ESD × PLC）”. PLC is understood as “in-service　teacher education” in Japan, but it is a concept (idea) to be reconstructed with the role of ESD and future universities in mind. The “basic framework” is a framework in which schools and teachers practice internally, but the “ecological teacher agency” is used as the basic theory by taking advantage of the OECD key concept of “teacher agency”.