Abstract
In the era of globalization, it is imperative that we recognize diversity as well as universality. The perspective provided by the humanities and social sciences would be advantageous to comprehend diversity in the globalized world and consequently deepen the students understanding of technology which they have studied. In this paper, I introduce the "inter-disciplinary" attempts made by the Green Asia Program at Kyushu University. The Green Asia Program provides various "inter-disciplinary" subjects and course-work, in order to cultivate leaders in the field of engineering who can combine the ideals of protecting the environment and economic growth .I present actual practices used in the Green Asia Program, and then I point out two key findings. Firstly, some students have misunderstood social science as exclusively only normative discourses. Secondly, several students, particularly Japanese students, worried about spelling out social matters on their home countries in English because they do not know the technical terms used within the field. These findings suggest that the significance of dialogue and the importance of attention to the level of focus in the education.
