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- Instructor(s)
- Yamaji Hiroki
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Wed7-8(W9-202(W922))
- Group
- -
- Course number
- LAT.A416
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2024/3/14
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
Agency has been identified as a core 21st-century competency (OECD, 2019). The recent enactment of the Basic Act for Children and the revision of the Student Guidance Essentials may be addressed from the perspective of agency development. This class will begin with an understanding of agency (a concept that overlaps with self-directedness) and elucidate the factors that inhibit or promote agency by examining various aspects of interpersonal culture in schools. We will then explore ways to foster agency from environmental, individual, and curricular perspectives. Each session will include opportunities for class participants to reflect on their own relevant experiences, reinterpret them in terms of agency, and consider alternative actions. At the end of the course, each participant shall give a summary presentation.
Student learning outcomes
The objective of this course is twofold: (1) To understand how teacher-student relationships in school education should change in the future; and (2) To envision how to foster learner agency based on the reflection on school experiences.
Keywords
agency, interpersonal culture, 21st-century competency, conflict management, social and emotional learning
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
This course is offered in Japanese.
As indicated in the "Course description and aims" section, there will be a pre-assignment related to the content of each class, so please check with T2Scholar and come prepared to class. There will also be a post-assignment for each class, which must be submitted by the deadline.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to the Agency Concept | Pre-assignment and post-assignment relevant to class content |
| Class 2 | Interpersonal Culture in Schools | Pre-assignment and post-assignment relevant to class content |
| Class 3 | Social Psychological Understanding of Interpersonal Relations | Pre-assignment and post-assignment relevant to class content |
| Class 4 | Changing Interpersonal Culture | Pre-assignment and post-assignment relevant to class content |
| Class 5 | Conflict Management | Pre-assignment and post-assignment relevant to class content |
| Class 6 | Trends and Challenges in Social-Emotional Learning | Pre-assignment and post-assignment relevant to class content Preparation of summary presentation |
| Class 7 | Summary Presentations | Final essay |
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Shirai, S. (2020). OECD Education2030プロジェクトが描く教育の未来 [The future of education as envisioned by the OECD Education2030 project]. Minerva Shobo.
Gruen, A. (2014). Wider den gehorsam [Against obedience]. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta.
Tomano, K. (2022). 校則が変わる、生徒が変わる、学校が変わる [School rules change, students change, schools change]. Gakuji Shuppan.
Nozawa, S. (2017). 大学生のための交渉術入門 [An introduction to negotiation skills for college students]. Keio University Press.
Durlak, J. A., Domitrovich, C. E., Weissberg, R. P., & Gullotta, T. P. (Eds.). (2015). Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning: Research and Practice. New York: Guilford.
Assessment criteria and methods
Achievement of the course objectives is to be assessed as follows.
Pre-assignments, contributions to the class (cooperative learning), and post-assignments will be evaluated from the first through the 6th sessions (72/100). In addition, a summary presentation in the 7th session and a final essay based on the presentation will be evaluated (28/100). Students who fail to submit all post-assignments will not earn credit.
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).
Students who need to contact Dr. Yamaji should contact Dr. Matsuda, the liaison faculty member.
Note that the reply to the email may not arrive on the same day.
matsuda[at]et.hum.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Being an adjunct professor, Dr. Yamaji will answer questions only in class.
