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School of Environment and Society
- Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
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- Department of Social and Human Sciences
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- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
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- Liberal arts and basic science courses
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- Instructor(s)
- Furuta Kenji Horizoe Kouji
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Intensive 5-10(G511)
- Group
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- Course number
- LAC.P642
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2017
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2017/4/17
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
*This course is for the doctoral program students.In this course, students experience the problem resolution process through group discussion, report to one another, and receive comments from the staff of private company. This course is intended for students from all academic majors, so a variety of members with different knowledge and ideas will be debating. By coming into contact with diverse and different cultures, students are expected to enhance their thinking and expand their perspectives.
* This course is conducted in collaboration with Japan Business Federation (Keidanren). The lecturer is a current manager of a company. The outline of the problems are provided by the comapny staff, and students receive advice from facsilitators from the comapny in group discusison. Students learn the details of problems in the industry, initiatives aimed at solving them, and the values and perspectives of people in the industry.
Student learning outcomes
In groups composed of members with different backgrounds, students can deepen the understanding of the nuts and bolts of acting as a team by summing up and expressing their opinions about issues, listening to the opinions of others, and adding corrections in order to reach conclusions.
At the same time students deepen their understanding of how to get a picture of industry problems, approaches towards a solution, values and perspectives, etc.
Keywords
PBL (Problem-based Learning), group debates, collaboration with industry, interactions with students from other fields
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
*The target class size is 30 students or less.
* Group discussion
* 3 intensive lectures in 5th and 6th periods
* This program is carried out in collaboration with the Japan Business Federation, with topics presented by instructors sent from companies selected by the federation. Group debates and presentation sessions will be held.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Messages from the lecturers about the current circumstances in the industry, offering basic ways of thinking for problems and problem solving, forming groups and exchanging opinions among members, assigning roles within the group, setting a concrete problem in each group | Data gathering and analysis about the theme related issues in each group |
| Class 2 | Visiting companies, exchanging opinions with young researchers and engineers in companies, group debates aimed at solving problems, analysis and interpretation of gathered information, debating guidelines with sights set on the final report, interim report session and exchanging opinions within the group | Data gathering and analysis about the theme related issues in each group, Starting final report Preparation |
| Class 3 | Group debates aimed at solving problems, organizing the final report, final report session, Q&A, comments from outside lecturers | Impression and comments on the project, Things learned from the course, Things learned from the students of different fields |
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Assessment criteria and methods
* Students are evaluated based on the participation and contributions in group discussions. (80%)
* Evaluated based on the degree of involvement as the roles such as leader, presenter, and record taker. (20%)
Related courses
- PLP Intenship
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
Daily conversation lebel Japanese capability is recommended.
