「未来を拓く力を育む ― 樟蔭における女子教育とGRID」

近年、AIやグローバル化が進むなかで、社会の変化はますます加速しています。こうした時代を生き抜くために必要なのは、知識だけでなく、自ら考え行動する力、他者と協力する力、そして感情をコントロールする力や思いやりの心などで、数値化や可視化が難しいため「非認知能力」と呼ばれています。
文部科学省は、これらの力を育むために「主体的・対話的で深い学び」を大切にし、「総合的な探究の時間」を通じて、生徒たちが自ら課題を見つけ、情報を集め、考え、発表する学びを重視しています。このプロセスは、思考力や表現力だけでなく、協働性や粘り強さなど、人生を支える力を育てる場でもあります
こういった力の中で、特に「GRID（Grit: 根気・粘り強さ、Resilience: 回復力、Initiative: 自発性、Direction: 方向性）」という概念が注目されています。この4つの力も急速に変化する社会を生き抜くために、これからの若者が身につけるべき重要な力です。

では、これらの力はどのように育まれるのでしょうか。樟蔭中学校・高等学校では、「女子校」であることを強みとして、GRIDの各要素が育てられています。

Grit（粘り強さ）― 小さな成功体験の積み重ねから
樟蔭では、生徒一人ひとりの「やってみたい！」という気持ちを尊重し、部活動や課外活動、探究型授業を通じて「挑戦→失敗→再挑戦→成功」というプロセスを経験します。これこそが、粘り強さを育む土壌なのです。

Resilience（回復力）― 失敗から学ぶ安心の環境
女子同士の学びの場は、互いに寄り添いながら自己表現できる温かい空気に包まれています。何かに失敗しても、仲間と教師が支え、再び立ち上がる力を引き出します。こうした経験が、生涯にわたって必要な「立ち直る力」を養っていきます。

Initiative（自発性）― 一歩踏み出す勇気を応援
樟蔭では「やらされる」学びではなく、「自分で選ぶ」学びを大切にしています。プレゼンテーションやグローバル教育、学校行事やコース行事、部活動など、主体的に行動できる機会が豊富です。女子だからこそ発揮できる繊細な視点や共感力も、自発性の土台となっています。

Direction（方向性）― 自分らしい未来を描く
本校のキャリア教育では、「自分は何が好きで、何をしたいのか」をじっくり考える機会を設けています。大学や社会との接点を持ちながら、自分の価値観に基づいた人生の舵取りを学びます。自分の「軸」を持って未来を選ぶ力、それがDirectionです。

樟蔭の女子教育は、単に知識を習得することにとどまらず、一人ひとりが自分らしく社会で羽ばたいていくための「心の筋力」を育てる教育です。本校が大切にしてきた建学の精神「知・情・意」（＝考える力・感動する心・行動する意志）は、このような学びの土台となっています。GRIDの4要素は、まさにその“土台”となる力。私たちは、すべての生徒が「自分の人生を自分で創る力」を持てるよう、これからも一人ひとりと丁寧に向き合ってまいります。

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Nurturing the power to develop one’s future – Girl’s education at Shoin and GRID.

Along with globalization and the spread of AI in recent years, changes in our society are being felt at an increasing rate. To adapt to these changing times, we don’t only require knowledge, but also the ability to think for ourselves; the ability to work with other people; and the power to control our emotions while having consideration for others. Since these abilities cannot be digitized or visualized, they are known as non-cognitive abilities.

The ministry of education says in order to nurture these abilities, initiative and conversation-based learning is vital. During these hours of research-based study, students can independently identify an issue, gather information on the subject, and prepare a presentation to communicate their findings. This process not only builds powers of thinking and expression, but also the qualities important in life, such as co-operation and determination.

Among these abilities, the traits of grit, resilience, initiative and direction (GRID) are especially receiving attention as the qualities necessary for young people today to adapt to this rapidly changing society.

So how can the qualities of GRID be nurtured? Shoin junior high and high schools achieve this by being girls-only schools.

Grit can be achieved by the accumulation of small successes. At Shoin, we respect each students’ desire to “give it a try,” and through their club activities, extracurricular activities and research-based classes, students can experience the process of try → fail → try again → succeed. These are the grounds on which true grit can be nurtured.

Resilience comes from learning from one’s mistakes in a comfortable environment. Girls at Shoin can work together and express themselves in a warm and welcoming environment. Even if they make mistakes, they are supported by their classmates and teachers which encourages them to keep trying. Through these experiences, they gain the valuable ability of being able to start again.

Initiative comes from having the support to take the first step. At Shoin, students aren’t forced to do something; they are taught the importance of choosing for oneself. Through their presentations, global education, school and course events along with their club activities, there is an abundance of opportunities to act with initiative. The delicate perception and empathy that only women can demonstrate becomes the basis of self-motivation.

Direction comes from picturing a future where one can be oneself. In Shoin’s career education, students are given the chance to consider what they like and what they want to do. While thinking about university and society, students learn how to steer their lives based on their own sense of values, giving them the power to choose their futures using their own focal point. This is direction.

Girls’ education at Shoin is not merely the acquisition of knowledge, it is the nurturing of a strong mind that can go out into the world and prosper. The ethos of “thinking ability,” “emotional heart” and, “will to act” that Shoin is based on provides the grounds on which the four qualities of GRID can be nurtured. Us teachers strive to ensure that all students have the ability to shape their own lives and we continue to work diligently with each and every student to broaden their potential.