Institute of Human Development Support
Modern society strongly requires that academic faculty contribute to the resolution of many a problem in communities, and in response to such summons we have thus far, as one of our objectives, made much of applicability and practicality of human development research in Faculty of Human Development and Graduate School of Cultural Studies & Human Sciences. For enhancing the objective further we have newly established this institute composed of the following three units; (1) Action Research Center for Human and Community Development, (2) Psychological Counseling Center and (3) Center for Enhancing Social Contribution. We aim at the improvement of action research on human development in active cooperation with administration, NPOs, NGOs, enterprises, schools and so forth in order for the institute to be a solid linkage between academic theory and community practice.
Outline of Action Research Center for Human and Community Development
- Health Promotion Section aims at developing the strategies enabling people to avoid health-related risk behavior and to promote healthy life style voluntarily.
- Child & Family Section aims at enhancing family competence and child development through supporting child caring.
- Voluntaryism & Informal Education Section aims at making clear how to facilitate volunteer activities as occasions for building humanity, creating community and establishing lifelong learning through enhancing and evaluating cooperative practice.
- Gender & Education Section aims at drawing up the curricula on career development for women on the basis of gender issues.
- Inclusive Society Section aims at realizing the society where every person can lead his/her life without being discriminated, by means of facilitating self-advocacy for social change.
- Adult Education & Social Promotion Section aims at developing the learning theory and methodology of adult education practically by using an autobiographical method with adults in all walks of life.
Outline of Psychological Counseling Center
We make service of therapeutic consultation for those suffering from mental troubles by applying the methods of clinical psychology. The center is open and available to the entire neighborhood.
Updated: 2008/07/31 (Thu) 18:03