Curriculum Design and Management

Academic unit or major

Teacher education courses

Instructor(s)

Toshiki Matsuda

Class Format

Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

7-9 Wed

Class

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Course Code

LAT.A206

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 17, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Students need to understand roles and history of the National Course of Studies, methods of designning school curiculum and its management. In addition, students need to discuss how to design the better school curriculum through exercises.

Course description and aims

- Students need to understand legal aspects, roles, and history of the National Course of Studies.
- Students need to understand a method of curriculum design, instructional and assessment methods for each subject area based on the latest report of the Central Council of Education publishded in 2016.
- Students need to understand a method of curriculum management.

Keywords

National Course of Studies, types of curriculum, competency-based vs. contents-based, curriculum management, Warp and Woof model of problem-solving, generic skills, ways of viewing and thinking, domain-specific knowledge, meta-cognition, information literacy, study skills

Competencies

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

Class flow

Students are assigned homework for each lesson. Students are required to read related chapters of textbooks before each lesson. Therefore, the purpose of each class is focusing on explaining reasons, frameworks, terms, procedures, and examples of instructional design tasks related to homework assignments.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

・Toshiki Matsuda, Atsuko Hoshino, and Kazuhiko Hatano (2013) Lesson Improvement with Learners: Instructional Design, Method of Instruction, and Educational Assessment. Gakubunsya (In Japanese)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

・Toshiki Matsuda, Atsuko Hoshino, Kouji Karino, and Takashi Tubuki (2012) How to Learn Pedagogy: Laws, Administration, and Curriculum of Schools, Gakubun-sya. (In Japanese)
・http://www.et.hum.titech.ac.jp/~matsuda/et.html
・Central Council of Education (2016) Report to reform National Course of Studies of K-12, MEXT (In Japanese)
・Abiko, T. (2014) Lesson design beyond competency-based approach, Toshobunka (In Japanese)
・Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (1992) History of Japanese School Education System (In Japanese)
・National Institute of Educational Policy Research(2014) Database of the National Course of Studies (In Japanese)

Evaluation methods and criteria

・Students will be assessed based on ratio of attendance, all homework exercises, and end-term examination.
・Students who have un-submitted homework or who do not attend lessons twice or more lose their credit.

Related courses

• LAT.A203 ： Educational Technology
• LAT.A233 ： Method of Teaching Extracurricular Activities and Period for Integrated Studies

Prerequisites

・Students are required to earn the credit for related courses shown above.
・Students must take "Method of Teaching Extracurricular Activities and Period for Integrated Studies" at the same quarter.

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

et-ask[at]et.hum.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Please send an e-mail for appointment.