Speaking of cram schools, there are various options such as “English conversation, abacus, music”.
Among them, the existence of “classrooms that use programming and robot production as teaching materials” has attracted particular attention in recent years.
This time, I was able to cover the classroom “crefus” where you can learn science by making robots, which is the most advanced .
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■ “Crefus” fosters the ability of children to play an active role in the world
The robot classroom “Crefus” was established in 2003, and now it has opened robot classrooms all over the country, offering a wide range of 12 courses from kindergarten students to high school students with a systematic curriculum that can be learned according to the purpose.
In the classroom, it is possible to learn while enjoying science knowledge by arousing children’s interests and curiosity through robot production.
Furthermore, “Crefus” is an accredited school of “Robot Certification” established by the Robot Technology Certification Organization.
Many of the students enrolled are aiming for this robot certification. It is because of the goals that children can engage in learning enthusiastically.
■ World standard robot teaching materials
The basic teaching materials for “Crefus” are “LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3” and “LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0”, which are recognized in educational settings around the world.
This teaching material, which is familiar to parents, leads to a sense of security and reliability.
At Clefas, you can acquire logical thinking, communication methods, and ideas while studying science and information technology using teaching materials.
Robot teaching materials that students can assemble and move by themselves can be said to be “thinking tools” (tools for thinking) rather than tools.
And for further learning, the curriculum of the advanced course of “Crefus” has graduated from the LEGO® teaching materials and adopted the more authentic robot kit VEX® EDR.
■ Cram school aiming for the world
What enhances the value of studying at “Crefus” is the existence of a world competition called “FLL (First Lego League)”.
“FLL” is a tournament that attracts a lot of attention in Japan, with a total of more than 32,000 teams from more than 88 countries participating, and teams with the highest results in regional and national tournaments around the world.
The Japanese national team sent by “Crefus” has achieved impressive results every year.
In addition to this interview, Future Media was also able to interview FLL. I will post an article at a later date.
■ The reason why Crefus started robot education
In 2002, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology introduced a full school five-day week system, and the number of classes was cut significantly.
Hideki Kamoshida, President and CEO of Robot Science Education Co., Ltd., who was worried about the decrease in the number of science and mathematics classes, was thinking of an educational plan that would allow him to enjoy learning and supplement his knowledge of science and mathematics.
At that time, I discovered that in the process of assembling a robot creation kit that I received from an acquaintance, I was clogged with various ideas and knowledge of science and mathematics such as pulleys, lever principles, and trigonometric ratios.
He realized that a high learning effect could be obtained, and by incorporating robot production into the curriculum, it became the current form.
■ State of the classroom
Children voluntarily set goals, act, and enjoy learning.
It is very impressive to see the robot actually moving by telling the result that he derived in response to the teacher’s question.
Each person is moving his hands with a serious expression, and he can no longer feel that he is being made to study.
It can be said that this is the ideal classroom scenery, where the children themselves voluntarily and actively engage in learning.
■ Serious shortage of IT human resources and Crefus’ efforts
In recent years, the evolution of domestic and overseas IoT / AI / big data utilization has been remarkable. Partly because of this, IT human resources are in extremely high demand.
On the other hand, the issue of IT human resources shortage continues to increase year by year, and it is estimated that it will reach 300,000 by 2020.
The excellent curriculum of “Crefus” will soon be a precursor to solving the shortage of IT human resources in the future.
I look forward to the further development of robot science education in the future.
【Company Profile】
Robot Science Education Co., Ltd. (Crefus)
President Kamoshida Hideki
Yubinbango215-0021
Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Aso District Kamiaso 1-3-4 WAKA building 4F
TEL 044-959-1161 FAX 044-966-0507
Mail Fujimotoattocrefus.Com
URL https://www.crefus.com/