Course Overview

Learning objective of this course is to understand the issues of education in contemporary Japan in terms of policies, institutions and practices and discuss the issues based on sufficient knowledge. This course will outline principles, policies and practices of Japanese education. Topics covered will include the education system, school management, mathematics education, science education, social studies education, language education policy, moral education, special needs education and higher education. Have a discussion based on the focus of the class to deepen your understanding of the issues. This class is mainly conducted in English.

Learning Achievement

Competence

General-purpose comptension: The power to utilize know
Specialized Competencies: Ability to discover educational issues

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Comment cards (20%), essays (80%)

Course schedule

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Kawaguchi Jun

Other information

This course may not be available if there are too many participants. Lecture is conducted in English.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university