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Doctoral Academic Presentation IV
- Academic unit or major
- Career development courses
- Instructor(s)
- Hidekazu Tanaka / Toshi-Aki Shibata
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAC.A644
- Number of credits
- 0.50.50
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
It often happens that you are required to give an explanation on specialized subjects to an audience of non-experts when you work at a university, a research institute, or a private company. A session of "Questions and answers" is usually scheduled after your talk. However, it is not supplementary but rather essential. In this course, the students will learn how to analyze the possible questions in advance and take them into explanation beforehand.
The aim of the course is to acquire the ability to orally explain the technical terms with the questions to be asked in mind.
Course description and aims
1) to be able to analyze which parts are difficult to understand for non-experts when you give an explanation on specialized subjects.
2) to acquire the method to prepare your explanation taking 1) into account.
3) to be able to ask appropriate questions.
4) to become able to organize a meeting, attract the audience and give a lecture.
Keywords
Communication, Questions and answers
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each student takes up one technical term which is used in specialized research, and investigate how to explain it to non-experts in easily understandable way. Each student prepares sentences to explain orally. The talk should be prepared based on the contents in high school textbooks.
The capacity of the course is 12. So, it can happen that only a part of the applicants are accepted.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Oct. 22 (Sat.) 3-8 period, Zoom On the morning of the 1st day, guidance is given and the students conduct exercises to prepare an explanation, with possible questions to be asked in mind. The example of outreach activity of the graduate students of Tokyo Tech at a science museum in a town is also introduced. Then, each student picks up one technical term, prepares the outline of the explanation, and criticizes each other in each group consisting of a few students. | Prepare for presentation. |
| Class 2 | Nov. 12 (Sat.) 3-10 period, Zoom Each student gives a presentation one after another and answers the questions. Based on this experience, students plan a seminar by themselves. | Make an actual presentation. Plan a seminar. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handout is prepared when necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
It is mandatory to attend all the classes. Grading is based on the exercises and the presentations.
Related courses
- None.
Prerequisites
1) The lecture is given in Japanese language. Therefore, the ability of understanding Japanese language is necessary.
2) As a general rule, each of doctoral students, who belongs to his/her doctoral course for less than six months, cannot register for this course.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Toshiaki Shibata
Office hours
Office hour is available after an appointment with e-mail.
Other
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