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 B” 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
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
Roles, Responsibilities, Rights, Required qualifications and abilities, Teacher’s professional development
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Lectures by the instructor
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | In-service training of school teachers - beginning teachers' training, the system of in-service training in Japan | Students are required to review the topics covered in the class. |
Class 2 | Positions and duties of teachers and roles of in school administration (1) - Positions in details | See above |
Class 3 | Positions and duties of teachers and roles of in school administration (2) - Duties in details Explanation on final report | See above |
Class 4 | Positions and duties of teachers and roles of in school administration (3) - Administration and management of schools | See above |
Class 5 | Teachers in educational reform (1) - Models in argument of educational reform - Teachers and school autonomy | See above |
Class 6 | Teachers in educational reform (2) - Teachers as "reflective practitioner" in "open school" | See above |
Class 7 | teachers in educational reform (3) - Teachers' mental health and school reform | See above |
Class 8 | future plans: how to use the knowledge you obtained from this class. | See above |
Hiroshi Takahashi, Kenichi Kaneda (Eds.) Essentials of Modern Educational Systems (2nd edition), Gakubunsya, 2009 (In Japanese)
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20% motivation to learn judged by class activities, 80% final report covering “Introduction to the Teaching Profession (A & B)” .
Introduction to the Teaching Profession A
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