| Since the 21st century has started, we have been facing unprecedented fundamental changes in every scene of politics, economics, and culture. In academic fields, traditional boundaries of intellect are being shaken and grope for creative intellect has been under way on the boundaries. Turning to education, problems such as bullying, truancy, disorder in classes, decline in scholastic ability, and meager cultural knowledge of university students have us question what the ideal school education should be.
In the midst of the turbulent conditions, Tokyo Gakugei University is about to start a new voyage as an independent administrative corporation navigated by the idea of "Fostering able educators". Qualified as an administrative corporation, our university will increase social communication, aiming at new development and creation in scientific special fields, educational science, and subject education in response to demands both in education and culture from the people. At the same time, we will foster able and practical educators with fine characters who can properly handle educational problems today and contribute to both school and lifelong education, as well as cultural developers equipped with excellent special abilities and viewpoint as educators active in advanced information business society.
We do believe education is the origin of solutions to all kinds of problems. Tokyo Gakugei University is hoping to be a part of building this new century as a century of education and culture by fostering able educators.
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