2020 Special Lecture : Social Issues and Communication

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Kujira Masaya 
Class Format
Lecture    (ZOOM)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon5-6(H101,H114)  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.S108
Credits
1
Academic year
2020
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2020/9/18
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

Description
-This course focuses on employing ideas and communication to resolve the diverse issues troubling or improving our contemporary society. Several employees of Hakuhodo provide examples of their latest cases.
-The final outcome will be a "proposal report" that addresses a contemporary social issue.
Aims
-This course gives students numerous opportunities to share and discuss their impressions with other students, and then create their own ideas to resolve social issues.
-This course facilitates students’ ability to recognize a social issue, draw a vision, and make movements to resolve it.
Note
- Hakuhodo, founded in 1895, is a global top-ten integrated marketing solutions company.
https://www.hakuhodo.co.jp/

* This course is lectured only in Japanese.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) [Recognize an issue] Realize connections between social issues and our daily lives.
2) [Draw a vision] Draw an attractive vision for involving stakeholders in order to resolve the problems.
3) [Make a movement] Create an idea and action framework in order to make sustained moves towards resolution.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
Practical experience of the general instructor :
(1)Hakuhodo Human Capital Development Division/Manager(2013-2018)
(2)Hakuhodo Sei-katsu-sha Academy/Producer(2015-2019)
(3)Hakuhodo Brand & Innovation Design/Directer(2020-)

Keywords

innovation, idea, social issues, problem solving, communication, SDGs

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The instructors are one general instructor and two guests. Lectures and Q&A sessions using "Zoom", and dialogue between students in the "Zoom Breakout Rooms".

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Orientation for "Proposal Report" Comprehend the goals of this class.
Class 2 (1) Recognize an issue Learn how to ask yourself questions to get noticed from our daily lives. Think and realize connections between social issues and our daily lives.
Class 3 (2) Draw a vision Create an attractive vision in order to resolve the social issues. Think and draw an attractive vision in order to resolve the social issues.
Class 4 (3) Make a movement Comprehend ideas and action frameworks regarding issues and their solutions. Work together to create ideas and action frameworks regarding issues and their solutions.
Class 5 Three forces for "Proposal Report" Learn how to create a proposal report using the three forces.
Class 6 Submission and sharing of "Proposal Report" Pay attention to presentations and give feedback to each other.
Class 7 Reflections and outlook Summarize efforts to address social issues.

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

No textbook is set. Think of daily lives as a textbook.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Not specified. Some materials used in class can be found on OCW-i.

Assessment criteria and methods

1.Participation in class : 50%
2.Proposal Report : 50%

Related courses

  • LAH.C101 : Tokyo Tech Visionary Project
  • LAH.H107 : Communication A
  • LAH.H207 : Communication B
  • LAH.C301 : Liberal Arts Final Report

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None required.

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