Support teachers who work hard and help create a future for children. What is EduPedia, the educational web dictionary?
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The educational environment is becoming increasingly demanding.
Teachers' workloads are also growing with the times.
In the past, it might have been enough to just teach general subjects. However, now, in order to adapt to a changing society, the educational environment must also continuously evolve.
As a result, in addition to the general education we would have received in compulsory education, subjects like 'English education,' 'mandatory dance,' 'IT,' and 'programming' – education on skills for surviving in society – are increasingly being incorporated into school curricula.
If the scope of education expands, naturally, the skills and knowledge that teachers must acquire and be responsible for will also become diverse.
Furthermore, it's not just about academics. Teachers must not only pay attention to children's situations, such as truancy, class disruption, and bullying, but also handle non-academic activities like sports festivals, cultural festivals, and club activities.
Even with an already diverse workload, new fields are constantly entering the educational environment. It's natural that problems will increase, such as 'I want to focus on preparing for lessons, but I can't find the time,' or 'I became a teacher because I love children, but I don't have time to communicate with them.'
Amidst the evolving education system, we want to help hardworking teachers.
Born from this desire is 'EDUPEDIA,' an educational website encyclopedia created by everyone.
EDUPEDIA shares 'know-how' and 'ideas' from the educational field.
Until now, educational know-how itself was mostly shared by individual teachers or within schools. Experienced teachers, naturally, possess the know-how on how to proceed with work in the educational field based on their many years of experience, and they carry out their work based on that know-how.
For example, lesson plans and guidelines for daily life, such as 'how to deal with hidden shoes,' also fall under know-how. Currently, EDUPEDIA primarily focuses on content for elementary schools, covering a wide range of themes such as major subjects like Japanese language and arithmetic, as well as ethics and anti-bullying measures.
Until now, the knowledge and experience generated in the educational field have not been widely shared.
If the accumulated experience from the field could be retrieved from the internet and applied to one's own work, it would quickly solve the problems of busy teachers.
EDUPEDIA is committed to being free to use.
Rather than limiting the scope of access like membership registration, it aims to support the learning of more teachers and children. That is the service EDUPEDIA strives for.
A tool where if you have any problems or don't understand something, you can immediately search on EDUPEDIA and find some kind of answer.
As many of you may know, there is 'Wikipedia,' the world's largest web encyclopedia.
When you are lost, don't understand something, or want to know the meaning of something, you often end up searching on Wikipedia. If this service can be utilized just like 'Wikipedia,' wouldn't the educational field surely become more robust?
Speaking of teachers, various scandals are often reported, and some people may have a negative image of teachers themselves.
Media only talks about bad things.
To get ratings, they report negative scenes rather than positive ones that occur in educational settings. There are probably many positive aspects you would notice if you looked closely with your own eyes.
Pushing already extremely busy teachers even further will achieve nothing. Of course, it won't benefit education, let alone the children.
If an environment is created where teachers are supported and encouraged, allowing them to provide richer school life and lessons, then the quality of education and communication will improve, eventually benefiting our own children, won't it?
An evolving environment, a changing society. What we must do for our children to receive adequate education and develop their abilities.
Realizing this, finding what to do, and taking action is what 'EDUPEDIA' is all about. Nothing changes by merely criticizing or observing.
It would be great if we could cooperate where possible to create a richer educational environment.
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Shota Ueyama
Began activities as a WEB designer / engineer in 2007. In 2015, sold a creator training school for Japanese people established in Cebu Island and the media it operated. After that, forcibly learned business design in the United States. After returning to Japan, launched an entrepreneur training program, engaged in new business development and entrepreneur training, and provided marketing strategy formulation and web development technology. Developed and operated 'IT Study Abroad Share House' and 'Entrepreneurship Education and Support Platform'. Subsequently, established QUON Co., Ltd. With web production business as its core, promotes village creation projects that produce creators and entrepreneurs, mainly in Bali and Japan.
