2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses
Educational Administration and Finance
- Academic unit or major
- Teacher education courses
- Instructor(s)
- Takahiro Saito
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAT.A108
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
To obtain the knowledge of educational administration and finance some lectures and group discussions will be offered.
The topics covered by this class may change upon request from the students.
Course description and aims
To obtain the knowledge of educational administration and finance the students will consider and analyze how the national and local governments are managing to organize educational resources such as human resources, facilities and equipment, and money.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
The lecturer has eight years experience of the practical work concerning university evaluation when he was engaged in National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation (now National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education). This experience was used for the explanation of educational administration and policies.
Keywords
educational administration, educational finance, teacher education
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The classes will be given as an intensive course in two days.
They will consist of the lectures by the instructor and the group discussions.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Fundamentals of educational administration | Students are required to review the topics covered in the class, especially for the group work. |
| Class 2 | Japanese educational administration system | |
| Class 3 | History of Japanese educational administration system | |
| Class 4 | Conflict between policies and administration | |
| Class 5 | Conflict between political change and reaction of the administration | |
| Class 6 | Japanese educational finance/ Investment in education | |
| Class 7 | School management and school evaluation |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Relevant materials will be distributed in the class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Relevant materials will be distributed in the class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
50% class activities, 50% term paper
Related courses
- LAT.A107 ： Educational System
Prerequisites
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
office-tw[at]ila.titech.ac.jp, saito.takahiro.omp[at]osaka-u.ac.jp
Office hours
The time after the class, or send an e-mail for the comments and questions.
Other
No tardy, no early leaving! This is because the class will be offered in two days.