UNESCO Chair visits Japan

DCU's UNESCO Chair on Tackling Bullying in Schools and Cyberspace, Prof. James O'Higgins Norman, was recently invited to Japan to deliver an address to the Japanese National Bullying Project and to meet with government officials and academics working to tackle bullying and cyberbullying in Japanese schools.

The meeting took place in Tokyo and was hosted by Naruto University of Education.

In addition to the address by the UNESCO Chair, Darran Heaney who is Project Manager at DCU National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre delivered a workshop on the FUSE Anti-Bullying and Online Safety programme which is based at the Centre.

In the photo.

Kagawa Univeisity/　Dr Kanetsuna Tomoyuki
Miyagi University of Education/ President Takashi Muramatsu
Naruto University of Education/ Prof. Makiko Kasai
University of Teacher Education Fukuoka/ President Takatoshi Sakurai
UNESCO Chair on Tackling Bullying in Schools and Cyberspace/ Prof. James O'Higgins Norman
the National Institute for Educational Policy Research/ President Takeo Nakagawa
Naruto University of Education/ President Kazuo Yamashita
Joetsu University of Education/ President Naoya Kawasaki
Dublin City University/ Project manager Darran Heaney
Osaka Kyoiku University/ Prof. Yuichi Toda
National Congress of Parents and Teachers Association of Japan/ President Hideyuki Sato