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2018　Social Contributions through Research D

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Academic unit or major
Career development courses
Instructor(s)
Kashiwagi Takao  Yamanaka Hiroaki  Takada Jun-Ichi  Hatori Yoshinori 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive (すずかけ台, （未定）, Suzukakedai Campus, (To be announced))  
Group
D
Course number
LAC.M537
Credits
1
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2018/9/7
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

As part of the process of transferring the research results of scientists and engineers to society, one duty of Tokyo Tech is to provide national and public body council members and professionals engaged in raising the awareness of the public through writing and journalism. However, there are a number of points of concern for these activities. Based on the examples of instructors with experience as a council member, students discuss problems such as research and social contributions, and fairness and conflicts of interest.
Through this course, students learn that the role and responsibility of universities is not just education and research, but also raising the awareness of the public.

Student learning outcomes

Instructors will introduce examples from the experience as a council member in the fields of energy, disaster prevention, information and communications, and science policy. Students will gain an understanding of the issues related to the relationship between science and society for relevant fields. Next, students will discuss with each other fairness and conflicts of interest from the perspective of researchers, based on the insights they gained. Through this course, students will develop their own opinions about the social contributions of science and technology.

Keywords

Dissemination of research results to society, Social contribution and enlightenment, Relationship between science ／technology and society, Science studies, Science ethics

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

Both lectures of each professor, issues specific to the topics taken up before more than tuition 10 days, posting a case study materials to OCWi. Each student is preparation on the basis of this in advance about the challenges in the relevant art, it is submitted together to the report until the lecture the day before.
The lecture day, than a profecer, the first half explanation, a problem of equity/conflict of interests is argued between the receipt of receiving and the second half attendance student. We settle on more about a problem concerned and concerning with science through these problems and question to a case introducer.
An intensive course format of about four times, each time with 1. In advance to submit a exercise report, 2. Profecer's lecture, 3. Argument by students and profecers, promoting the lecture in the form. (Upon evaluation, it noted that the challenge submission is sought before profecer's lecture!)
・With attendance number of students even at most 60 people

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Deceｍber 4（Tuesday), 1-2Period suzukakedai J232 [Kashiwagi] science and technology and social contribution in the energy sector (1) Understanding of a problem based on case introduction and making on a preliminary report.
Class 2 Deceｍber 4（Tuesday), 3-4 Period suzukakedai J232 [Kashiwagi] science and technology and social contribution in the energy sector (2) Exchange of views with respect to issues related to the text field.
Class 3 Deceｍber 11（Tuesday), 1-2 Period suzukakedai J232 [Takada] information science and technology and social contributions in the field of communications (1) Understanding of a problem based on case introduction and making on a preliminary report.
Class 4 Deceｍber 11（Tuesday), 3-4Period suzukakedai J232 [Takada] information science and technology and social contributions in the field of communications (2) Exchange of views with respect to issues related to the text field.
Class 5 Deceｍber 25（Tuesday), 1-2Period suzukakedai J232 [Yamanaka] science and technology and social contributions in the field of disaster reduction (1) Understanding of a problem based on case introduction and making on a preliminary report.
Class 6 Deceｍber 25（Tuesday), 3-4Period suzukakedai J232 [Yamanaka] science and technology and social contributions in the field of disaster reduction (2) Exchange of views with respect to issues related to the text field.
Class 7 Januaryr 15（Tuesday), 1-2Period suzukakedai J232 Summary Enhance understanding by bird's-eye view of the whole
Class 8 Januaryr 15（Tuesday), 3-4 Period suzukakedai J232 Comprehensive Discussion(Discussion among students) By doing discussion, we will rais the level of understanding.

Textbook(s)

None.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None.

Assessment criteria and methods

Class Activities (59%) and Participation in Discussion (41%).

Related courses

  • Other career courses

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

None

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

iidpinfo[at]jim.titech.ac.jp
(Indicate the name and affiliation)

Office hours

Weekdays　9：00-17：00

Other

Is a four-times intensive course format, each time with 1. In advance to submit a challenge, 2. Professor lecture, 3. Discussion by students and Professors, promoting the lecture in the form.
(Upon evaluation, it noted that the challenge submission is sought before professor's lecture !)

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