2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses
Method of Teaching Extracurricular Activities and Period for Integrated Studies
- Academic unit or major
- Teacher education courses
- Instructor(s)
- Toshiki Matsuda / Tomoo Imaizumi
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAT.A233
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
To master the method of planning and instruction of special activities classes in school through lectures and group discussions.
As for the Period for Integrated Study (PIS), students need to understand the roles and objectives of the PIS, to be able to distinguish appropriate/inappropriate design of PIS lessons, and to discuss effective method to support exploration activities.
Course description and aims
As for the special activities:
-To obtain basic knowledge of special activities as an important group activities in school.
-To be able to help students to participate in better group activities.
As for the Period for Integrated Study:
- To be able to explain differences between PIS and subject-area classes, and reasons for required cooperation between PIS and each subject area, as well as Time for Special Activities
- To be able to point out required methods in the designed curriculum and unit plan to achieve its objectives by presenting an example
- To be able to plan and perform methods of instruction and assessment to support student’s learning activities corresponding to the processes and situations of problem-solving.
Keywords
National Course of Studies, special activities, extra-curricular activities, Period for Integrated Study, exploration activities, Warp and Woof model of problem-solving
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Class will be given as an intensive course in two or three days.
The class will consist of the lectures by the instructor and the group discussions.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Basics of special activites | Students are required to review the topics covered in the class. |
| Class 2 | classroom activity, school events, student council | |
| Class 3 | Instructional methods for group discussion and decision-making | |
| Class 4 | How to evaluate special activities | |
| Class 5 | To examine and discuss a sample lesson plan; its strengths and weaknesses; how to improve it. | Proposal to make PIS more effective |
| Class 6 | To compare appropriate PIS designs; Differences between JHS and HS;Discussion based on the Warp and Woof model of problem-solving | Proposing appropriate themes of problem-solving activities for PIS |
| Class 7 | To understand the principles and the perspectives on designing unit plans based on the checklist | Developing an improved plan from a sample lesson plan based on the checklist |
| Class 8 | To check the homework assignments and their explanations by the jigsaw method To clarify appropriate designs based on the model learning objectives, corresponding learning activities, and methods of instructions | Developing an revised plan and checklist |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
National Course of Studies, Guidelines
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Sample instructional plans for PIS
Evaluation methods and criteria
(Special activities) term paper.
(Period for Integrated Study) reports of every lessons and end-term examination.
Related courses
- LAT.A203 ： Educational Technology
- LAT.A101 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession A
- LAT.A102 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession B
- LAT.A206 ： Curriculum Design and Management
Prerequisites
・Students are required to earn the credit for related courses shown above.
・Students must take "Curriculum Design and Management" at the same quarter.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
sa-and-pis[at]et.hum.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Please send an e-mail for appointment.