"Tsukuba Style" Curriculum - Broad Outline

In 2007, Tsukuba City declared that it would reduce CO2 emissions from the city 50% by 2030. As part of this effort, it developed a new eco-global curriculum, the "Tsukuba Style" curriculum. Piloted in 2011, it is now being fully implemented in grades 1 through 9 in Tsukuba's public schools.

This blogger's son is entering this curriculum in grade 7.


Source: Tsukuba Board of Education, "Shochu ikkan kyoiku ga hajimarimasu. (Elementary-middle school education begins.)", pamphlet, 2012 March

Targeted skills:

• Thinking skills
• Problem solving
• Objective thinking
• Problem discovery
• Self management
• Self consciousness
• Self correction
• Creativity and innovation
• Creativity
• Innovation
• Action skills
• Mutual interaction
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Skills using methods and tools
• Information ICT
• Using information
• Using ICT
• Strengths as world citizens
• Tsukuba citizens
• Citizenry relating to regional and international society
• Career design abilities

Communication projects using In-About-For approach (problem discover - information gathering - communication considering what can be done)

Project areas (7):

• Environment
• Science and technology
• Emotional enrichment
• Social welfare
• Careers
• History and culture
• International understanding