At KSU VISION DAY 2025, held last autumn, Faculty of Human Sciences Department of Childhood Education The artwork "Light Bridge Across the Strait," a collaborative project between the artist and students from Daegu University in South Korea, has been released. [d]arc award (Dark Award) "of Shortlist I was selected.
Organized by arc/darc magazines, publishers of the globally acclaimed British lighting design magazines darc and mondo*arc, this award is an international recognition of outstanding lighting design activities and works from around the world, including architectural lighting, interior lighting, and light art. The winning entries are determined by votes from lighting designers worldwide.
This work was created as part of the FY2025 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) "Construction of an Evaluation Tool for Improving the Quality of Department of Childhood Education Childhood Education Based on the Results of a Follow-up Survey of Early Childhood Educators in Korea," with Professor Yoko Shimizu of the Department of Child Education serving as the principal investigator. It is also featured on the cover of the research report as a result of a joint Japan-Korea workshop supervised by Associate Professor Yasuhiko Isami of the Faculty of Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering (who also teaches in Department of Childhood Education), who is a research collaborator.
Because there are few examples of teaching light and illumination in Japanese children's education, we are also researching children's play environments that focus on the beauty of light and shadow. We are applying the insight that "the quality of lighting depends on the balance of light source, reflector, and shielding material" to art and science communication activities that children learn through experience, and are working to develop and disseminate teaching materials for the "Light Workshop with Building Blocks." In addition, our research is aimed at training the next generation of leaders among students specializing in child education. This work, which has received high international acclaim in the UK, was created by students specializing in child education in Japan and South Korea with the hope that a rainbow-like bridge of friendship will be built across the strait between the two countries.
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