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2020　Social Contributions through Research C

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Academic unit or major
Career development courses
Instructor(s)
Murakami Tomoko  Yamanaka Hiroaki  Takada Jun-Ichi  Akagi Hirofumi 
Class Format
Lecture    (ZOOM)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive (Zoom)  
Group
C
Course number
LAC.M537
Credits
1
Academic year
2020
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2020/9/30
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 professional society members 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

Each instructor will introduce examples from the experience as a council member in the fields of energy, disaster prevention, information and communications, science policy, and an international technical sopciety. 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

Each instructor will post case-study materials to OCWi by more than 10 days before each class, which include the issue specific to each topic. The individual students are required for preparation on the basis of the materials in advance about the challenges in the relevant art, and for submission of a report by the one day before the class of the day through OCWi.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 October 13（Tuseday) 3-4 period Zoom [Akagi] science and technology and social contributions in the field of an international technical society (in Japanese). Doing a case study based on an example and writing a preliminary report.
Class 2 October 20（Tuesday) 1-4 period Zoom [Takada] information science and technology and social contributions in the field of communications (in Japanese). Doing a case study based on an example and writing a preliminary report.
Class 3 November 10（Tuseday) 1-4 period Zoom [Yamanaka] science and technology and social contributions in the field of disaster reduction (in Japanese). Doing a case study based on an example and writing a preliminary report.
Class 4 November 24（Tuesday) 1-4 period Zoom [Murakami] science and technology and social contribution in the energy sector (in Japanese). Doing a case study based on an example and writing a preliminary report.

Textbook(s)

None.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None.

Assessment criteria and methods

Reports submitted (60%) and class contributions (40%).

Related courses

  • Other career courses

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

None

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