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2016　Introduction to the Teaching Profession B

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Academic unit or major
Teacher education courses
Instructor(s)
Morishita Minoru 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed9-10(W933)  
Group
-
Course number
LAT.A102
Credits
1
Academic year
2016
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2017/1/11
Lecture notes updated
2016/7/21
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

The aims of “Introduction to the Teaching Profession (A & B)” are to help students consider a possibility to become teachers and determine to continue the teacher education program, and further understand the roles and responsibilities of schools and teachers, and the rights and career development system allowed for teachers in fulfilling their duties.
The main topics of “Introduction to the Teaching Profession A” are as follows. These are necessary for understanding the present state of Japanese teachers as professionals in the modern society.
- Teachers in the Japanese law system.
- Social demands to teachers and teachers’ consciousness reported in public statements and statistical data
- Historical changes and future perspectives about qualifications and abilities required of teachers
- Roles of the teacher education program in the formal teacher’s professional development system

Student learning outcomes

Students are required to achieve the following objectives:
1) To memorize important laws that define teaching professions and understand their essentials systematically.
2) To be able to explain appropriate/inappropriate acts as teachers in typical events which frequently take place at school and reasons for them based on the objective 1)
3) To memorize reliable information resources useful to understand social needs for schools and teachers, and adopt an attitude to consider changes required of themselves based on data collected periodically
4) To be able to explain objectives of the teacher education program based on the formal teacher’s professional development system

Keywords

Roles, Responsibilities, Rights, Required qualifications and abilities, Teacher’s professional development

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

Lectures by the instructor

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 training of active teachers Students are required to review the topics covered in the class.
Class 2 status of teachers and their roles in schools (1)
Class 3 status of teachers and their roles in schools (2)
Class 4 status of teachers and their roles in schools (3)
Class 5 teachers in educational reform (1)
Class 6 teachers in educational reform (2)
Class 7 teachers in educational reform (3)
Class 8 future plans: how to use the knowledge you obtained from this class.

Textbook(s)

Hiroshi Takahashi, Kenichi Kaneda (Eds.) Essentials of Modern Educational Systems (2nd edition), Gakubunsya, 2009 (In Japanese)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Related material will be uploaded to OCW.

Assessment criteria and methods

20% motivation to learn judged by class activities, 80% achievement test score.
Students can bring relevant materials to the final exam which will be of essay type.

Related courses

  • LAT.A101 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession A

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

Introduction to the Teaching Profession A

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

office-tw[at]ila.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Please send an e-mail for appointment.

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